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Zwift Race Scotland: Stage 4 – City and The Sgurr (B)

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8.5km or so really doesn’t sound so bad. Until I did a bit of pre-ride recon and found out that during that 8.5km we’d be ascending three hills. At race pace. Based on previous races over similarly hilly terrain, I wasn’t anticipating greatness for today’s ride. Instead I was hoping to do well against previous … Read more

Zwift Race Scotland: Stage 3 – The Muckle Yin (B)

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As a heads up: I have now updated the Zwift Climbing Difficulty page to include the Scotland climbs. A new week and a new route for today’s race, this one being The Muckle Yin on Zwift’s Scotland map, as part of February’s Zwift Race Scotland series. I did pretty poorly on Stage 2 – Glasgow … Read more

Zwift Race Scotland: Stage 2 – Glasgow Crit Circuit (B)

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New week, new route. For Stage 2 of February’s Zwift Race Scotland series saw the herd travelling to Glasgow Crit Circuit, where I would be taking part in the B Category race, along with 96 other dinner time racers. I thought I’d do things properly today. Get in a solid warm up (15+ minutes) at … Read more

Zwift Race Scotland: Stage 1 – Rolling Highlands (B)

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It doesn’t seem like four days ago that I did three laps of Zwift’s new Scotland map, on the Rolling Highlands route. But today I was back there for another lap (and a chunky lead-in), this time under race conditions. Having ridden the route three times (or once, but three laps), I knew that the … Read more

Zwift Flat Is Fast: Stage 5b – Watopia Flat Route (B)

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One down, one to go. With the previous race starting at 12:10 and only lasting 7 minutes, I had a ~13 minute gap between Stage 5a and 5b. I used 8 minutes or so to spin around Mech Island loop for a second time, and then parked myself in the Downtown Watopia starting pens ready … Read more