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Race Watopia: Stage 5 – Going Coastal (B)

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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

Race Watopia: Stage 2 – Flat Route

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Another trip around the Flat Route. Or, well, two trips. It’s been a disjointed week of riding days, starting Monday instead of Tuesday, then having yesterday ‘off’ as I had to go away for the day with work. As it happens, 5h 45m in the car on top of a day of work is not … Read more

Race Watopia: Stage 1 – Beach Island Loop

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When I woke up this morning I felt thrashed already. Not a great nights sleep. Up every 3 hours for no good reason. However it wasn’t the bad sleep that had me not wanting to do today’s race. It was how my legs felt this morning after yesterday’s Stage 1 ride on the Tour of … Read more

Zwift Get Rolling: Stage 4 – R.G.V (B)

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Right then. Where to begin? The bike is back. Hurrah. It’s been three days since the bike went away, and three days since the FTP test. I’ve been out on a few short walks but by and large I feel rested.  And the bike is chock full of new shiny goodness, thoroughly serviced and aside … Read more

Zwift Get Rolling: Stage 3 – London Classique (B)

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It feels like a while since I rode on the London map, and the search provided by WordPress, the blogging platform that I use, isn’t particularly good at ordering in a way I want. So tracking down the exact last time I did a London ride isn’t easy. Anyway, it feels like a while ago. … Read more