Stage 4: The Jungle – Longer Ride

This morning I took part in Stage 4 of the Tour of Watopia 2020, riding the Longer Group Ride, aka 5 laps of the Jungle Circuit. Fun, fun. On this ride we were joined by Fabian Cancellara as ride leader. A nice touch. It’s fairly common to start these ride reports as of late with … Read more

Stage 3: The Climbs – Longer Ride

For this afternoon’s ride I took part in the Tour of Watopia 2020, this time tackling Stage 3: The Climbs on the longer ride. Which meant a midweek trip up the Alpe du Zwift. There’s a variety of reasons why I prefer not to do a big climb like this on a weeknight. So, with … Read more

Stage 2: The Loops – Longer Ride

This morning I took part in the longer ride of the Tour of Watopia 2020: Stage 2. This was essentially a re-run of yesterday’s race, though today featuring two laps, instead of one. And ideally, a less intense pace. I set out today with the goal of taking this one at recovery. Or, thereabouts. That … Read more

Stage 1: The Flats – Longer Ride

This morning I took part in my second leg of Stage 1 of the Tour of Watopia 2020. Fortunately zero technical issues this morning, though perhaps doing a 50km+ ride less than 24 hours after doing a hard race was a bit optimistic. For an unassuming Thursday morning ride this one was well attended. I … Read more