Tour of Watopia 2019 – Stage 1 – Glow In The Night

What’s the most fun you can have riding 30km in your dining room on a grey and gloomy Sunday morning? If you answered: Touring Watopia with 800 other indoor cyclists, then you’d be absolutely right. I was nervous about this ride. Would I be able to finish it? Would I be dead last — or … Read more

Two Laps of Innsbruckring

Innsbruck is one of my favourite Zwift locations, alongside Watopia and London. Yet it’s easily my least explored. As such, I was happy to see Innsbruck as today’s guest world. I haven’t ridden since Tuesday this week. There’s a good reason for this. I had done six days in a row by Tuesday, and whilst … Read more

It’s Slightly Farther If You Go Backwards

Today is Richmond day as the guest map on Zwift. I don’t particularly like Richmond due to the cobbles. The Tacx Neo 2 vibrates / gives force feedback / rumbles when I pedal over different surfaces in Zwift, and the cobbles are fairly unpleasant. I therefore opted to ride Watopia. And specifically, the Volcano Circuit … Read more

The Knee Bone’s Connected from the Shin Bone

Starting with a bit of bad news this morning: I’ve hurt my knee. My left knee to be precise, and somewhere on the lower part of the knee cap, to be exact. At some point during the morning yesterday, I was heading upstairs to my office carrying a nice, tasty brew, and I must have … Read more

Harder. Better. Faster. Stronger.

As said yesterday, I had decided to do only free-rides each day this week. Today, the guest world is Innsbruck, which to me says “Hills!”, so I opted for the 4.1km Volcano Circuit on Watopia. Last night when led in bed, I did myself some quick maths. To make it round 10km in 20 minutes, … Read more