Tour of Watopia 2023 Ride: Stage 2 – Eastern Eight (Long)

A new route for me today, and a longer one than usual also. Clocking in at ~52km, the Eastern Eight loop sees a full traversal of Titan’s Grove, Fuego Flats, and Ocean Boulevard in both directions. I went into this one with the idea of taking it at a slightly lower pace, as I am … Read more

Tour of Watopia 2023 | Stage 4 | Longer

Tired, in a word. Very tired. Probably not enough sleep, combined with not enough lower intensity rides over the last few weeks, combined with this one being fairly long and fast paced. For the Tour of Watopia 2023’s Stage 4 Longer ride, we were off on the Dust in the Wind route. This is another … Read more

Tour of Watopia 2023 | Stage 2 | Longer

This one has taken it out of me, pretty much as expected. My standard ride length is anything up to an hour. Anything over that and usually I notice a drop off in pace. But I knew this one was going to be a long ride. 70km, pretty much. With 700m of climb. I think … Read more

Zwift Academy Road 2022: Baseline Ride

Late to the party, I am doing the Zwift Academy Road 2022 group rides and workouts out of order. The key thing is to get both the two mandatory group rides (Baseline and Finish Line) done by this Sunday when ZA2022 officially ends. Technically I think it ends at 9am on the Monday, but whatever. … Read more

Tour Of Watopia 2021 – Stage 2: Longer Ride

Well by jingo, that was knackering. I mean, I knew it would be a tiring ride, what with the pre-ride notes saying 900m of climb over 40km, but to do that on a Tuesday evening after a bank holiday weekend spent eating excessive amounts of scones and cake? Yeah, brutal. This was a new route … Read more