Neokyo Nights: Stage 1 – Sleepless City (B)

November’s new ZRacing series kicks off with Stage 1, two laps of the Sleepless City route. That’s 19km of racing for about 85m of elevation. In other words, flat and fast. In fact, all the races in the Neokyo Nights series look to be this way. Will that help me in any way? Well, we … Read more

Zwift Academy 2023 – Group Workout #1: Short | Explosive 30s

Explosive indeed. So explosive I ended up blowing up, big time. The big takeaway from today’s ride was this: eat properly before tackling this one. I’d started the day not even thinking about Zwift. I mean I knew I would be on Zwift at lunch time, but that’s just a regular Tuesday for me. The … Read more

Weekly Review October 30th – November 5th 2023

Each week I try to review and reflect on my previous week on the bike. This allows me to see how my fitness and ability is progressing on a wider timescale than day to day. For previous weekly reviews please click here.  Three rides, two walks, and a sore knee. Not a bad week, all told. … Read more

Tour of Watopia 2023 Ride: Stage 5 – The Big Ring (Longer)

I’m pretty sure I’ve done my left knee some damage, but this one was as good a ride as any to see out the Tour of Watopia Fall 2023. Ahead of this one I’d read that the name of the route, The Big Ring, implies that this one can be taken on, in full, using … Read more

Race Watopia: Stage 5 – Going Coastal (B)

Thursday. Race day. And as it’s the big new release week of the latest update to Watopia, we were off to a new route for today’s race, Going Coastal route. This route is one of the flattest I have raced on yet. As per, I had planned to be on at least ten minutes early … Read more