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.
Each week Zwift sends me an email summarising my activity for the week. For previous weekly reviews click here. Easily the biggest achievement of the week – and of my cycling career so far – was climbing the Alpe Du Zwift. Good enough for a Ride On from Zwift themselves: With the 2019 Tour of … Read more
Climbing Alpe Du Zwift at 9am on a Bank Holiday weekend Sunday. I wouldn’t have done this out of choice. But I did it anyway thanks to the Tour of Watopia 2019. If giving people who wouldn’t normally climb the Alpe a real sense of achievement is what Zwift were after, then I think they … Read more
This morning I took part in the Tour of Watopia: Stage 6 – Against The Clock. This involved 3 laps of Watopia Flat. In total, about 460 people took part. Stage 6 was ridden on Time Trial (TT) bikes, so no drafting. A 9am start, on a Sunday, whilst feeling knackered from yesterday wasn’t the … Read more
This morning I took part in the 9am Tour of Watopia: Stage 5, Tempus Fugit. This is a 18km time trial race that’s not a race race. Which is to say that whilst Zwift bill the tour as not being a race, each event is timed and ranked. There was a decent attendance, despite the … Read more
Halfway done! Keep the momentum going in Stage 4’s rolling hills and flats. Go for your personal bests as you make your way through various KOM segments. Segment starts are marked with neon dashes on the road. We’ll begin on Ocean Boulevard’s pier, then head to downtown Watopia. Once we’re away from the hustle and … Read more