When i was futzing with going through all the free training and cycling apps, Ratrider Roy planted the seeds of doing the weekly team time trial. I joined his team for the first time last night. The team is mostly recumbent and dedicated to helping new racers.  
 
We did a 29k race that was fairly flat. Everyone slowed down when i kept falling behind. It took a while to figure out some nuances and not get dropped so often, but this group is dedicated to getting everyone to the finish together. The time went quickly and i enjoyed chatting with everyone on the discord app during the race. I've done nothing but solo rides and forgot how much fun and how much faster you can go when BSing with others.  
 
If you're interested I'm sure you can join the gang.  I still don't think I'll do a ton of solo zwifting, but the racing, especially the team, is cool.

This was my 4th week. It's getting to be more and more fun. I don't really think of it as a race as much as an unplanned interval training ride with cool bent riders i can talk to. Probably because I'm pretty slow right now.  Even though I'm too out of breath to talk a lot, it also helps with the socializing need. I've been getting real tired of solo rides.  
 
We need more riders though to maintain the bent only teams. Not everyone can make it every week and we have a team for newer slower riders and one for faster racers. If we can't field a team we have to separate and go to other teams.  If you have ANY interest let me know and I'll get you set up.

Alas, I have only a "stupid" trainer, and none of the required accessories - and no real budget for it.  Maybe someday...

Anyone have any luck trying a Wahoo Kickr on a recumbent? I was wondering about that for Christmas this year...