Tour de Zwift 2023 | Stage 4 | Longer Ride

I’ll stand by my decision that Stage 3 was the hardest ride of the Tour de Zwift 2023, and not just because it buggered up my knee. But Stage 4 was a very close second. Back to back as well. Absolutely brutal. So today I made up for having to take the Shorter Ride initially … Read more

Tour de Zwift 2023 | Stage 8 | Longer Ride

Three laps of a new map, what’s not to like. Yes, the end of the Tour de Zwift 2023 brings a new map – which I am no doubt sure you have heard about by now – in the form of Scotland. And more specifically, I believe, Glasgow. I have a bit of a downer … Read more

Tour de Zwift 2023 | Stage 7 | Longer Ride

If the comments were to be believed today, we ought to have been riding Makuri 40 for this one, but due to bugs in the recent Zwift release, we were instead re-routed to Chasing The Sun. Personally I would rather have done Chasing The Sun, as it’s shorter, and I am lazy. Today was really … Read more

Tour de Zwift 2023 | Stage 6 | Longer Ride

Having hurt my knee climbing up Mount Ventoux on Stage 3, here we are 11 days later and I’m only just about back up to speed – not quite, but close enough. The plan today was to complete the Longer Ride, but not at max pace. I had in mind ~220w on the flats and … Read more

Tour de Zwift 2023 | Stage 5 | Longer Ride

Stage 5 of this years Tour de Zwift saw us move over to New York, and on the Longer Ride today we were tackling the Everything Bagel route. I’m pretty sure that means all the roads in both directions, but I could be wrong. With my knee still not right, I was nevertheless drawn to … Read more