watopia

Not The Right Ride

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The last two days have been fairly high effort rides. Short (under an hour, anyway), but fast (enough). Today should have been an endurance ride. But Zwift don’t massively cater for the “Endurance in Under 30 minutes” type of workouts. Probably because the statement is a total contradiction. Anyway, I should have done a custom … Read more

Tour of Watopia 2023 | Stage 2 | Short

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There’s no denying it, this years Tour of Watopia has some ambitiously sized routes. Certainly ambitious when it comes to week day riding, at least for me. The short ride is Watopia’s Waistband – 26km and mostly flat. The standard ride is Out and Back Again, 40km with 300m of climbing. And the longer ride… … Read more

Tour of Watopia 2023 | Stage 1 | Standard

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Concluding the week with the Standard ride from Stage 1 of this years Tour of Watopia means I have managed to do all three of the available rides. Pretty pleased with that. It wasn’t always going to be the case. This morning I got my walking boots on and had made it about 25 metres … Read more

Tour of Watopia 2023 | Stage 1 | Long

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I’m aiming to get all the Long routes done for this years Tour of Watopia. Stage 3 looks like it’s going to be suitably horrendous, but Stage 1 certainly wasn’t that bad. This one saw us tackling the Triple Flat Loops route. A new route badge for me today. And honestly, a route I had … Read more