Getting fit through indoor cycling
My rides in Zwift’s Tour of Watopia 2019. Seven group ride events covering 155 miles / 249km, and 16,437ft / 5009m of elevation gain.
Stage 3 already, three weeks in. It can’t be? Well, apparently it is. So two big rides this week. I believe this is considered the Queen Stage, which I have learned means the hilliest stage. Not entirely sure how Queen + Hills relate, but I’m sure it makes sense in French. I actually thought I … Read more
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
OK, a tiring one again today, but mostly of my own making. Aiming to keep to FTP for this one, mainly as a personal test to see what I am really capable of over the hour. And it turns out, yet again to be a fairly disappointing figure. At least, comparatively. It looks like my … Read more
Hmm. So today’s plan was pretty simple. My usual Saturday rides as of late are, ideally, harder climbing rides. However for October (and probably a bit of November), I want to use the Saturday ride to take on the Longer variant of the week’s Tour of Watopia 2023 rides. With a usual Saturday ride being … Read more
Confusing. This is the second Tour of Watopia 2023. I had forgotten this, but then I was wondering what to call the category to put all these new posts under, and it turns out I already have a Tour of Watopia 2023 category. But apparently this is different. This is Tour of Watopia 2023 Ride. … Read more