Tour of Makuri Islands: Stage 5b – Valley to Mountaintop Race (B)

Heads up: I know these races do not come under the Tour of Makuri Islands. These are from the Race Makuri series. I covered this here. Whoops! One down, and one final race to go. Two for the price of one today. With Stage 5a in the bag, we had ~10 minutes to rest and recover before … Read more

Tour of Makuri Islands: Stage 5a – Twilight Harbor Race (B)

Heads up: I know these races do not come under the Tour of Makuri Islands. These are from the Race Makuri series. I covered this here. Whoops! Moving into the final week of the Race Makuri series and that means Stages 5 and 6… or, Stages 5a and 5b. An unusual one from my point of view, … Read more

Tour of Makuri Islands: Stage 2 – Suki’s Playground

Catch up. That was the order of the day. I missed Stage 2 as a group ride due to being late for the event as it took waaaay longer than expected applying the 1.31 Zwift patch. At the time I then did Suki’s Playground by complete coincidence as a Pace Partner Robo Pacer ride. Only … Read more

Tour of Makuri Islands: Stage 6 – Country to Coastal

Another day, another intensive ride. This time on the sixth and final stage of this years(?) Tour of Makuri Islands. For this one we would be hitting up a new route: Country to Coastal, a 33.5km route with 286m of climbing. There are three climbs in this route that make up the majority of those … Read more

Tour of Makuri Islands: Stage 4 – Fine and Sandy Race (B)

Heads up: I know these races do not come under the Tour of Makuri Islands. These are from the Race Makuri series. I covered this here. Whoops! Hate is a strong word, so let’s just say that at the moment I really, really dislike my job. Fortunately I am a contractor, so it’s only a … Read more