I went back and forth on whether to ride outdoors or indoors because the temperature was in the low 60’s and the wind was from the north at 16 mph with 22 mph gusts. It was sunny but not enough to offset the wind chill so I opted for Zwift. The plan was to use RoadCaptain route builder to select a route and RoadCaptain Runner along with Zwift to direct my ride on the ZwiftInsider Rebel Route: The Snake. Watopia was the world and the ride began taking a reverse turn on the Big Loop course, 51.6km and 334.6m of climbing. Not too much for a flatlander. I started RoadCaptain Runner and then Zwift. Opening the Zwift companion app on my phone I tried to connect the Wahoo Kickr Core trainer, cadence, and heart rate monitor but it wouldn’t connect. I thought the problem was with my phone but after trying 3 different phones the solution was restarting my Windows 11 desktop computer. All this took about an hour. I could’ve given up and rode outdoors but after all of the problem solving I decided to ride Zwift.
With RoadCaptain Runner open I started the ride waiting for instructions from RoadCaptain Runner to appear. The only directions was to start on Big Loop Reverse but there isn’t a Big Loop Reverse. I decided this meant to reverse my direction at the start of Big Loop which I did. No more instructions showed. I decided to continue but make turn choices as they came up. My criteria was to avoid any turn with KOM or looked like climbing might happen. The first several turns I didn’t remember but at 2.7 miles I began taking screenshots of most of the turns.
Turns and mile point:
- 2.7 miles left on Sprint
- 3.2 miles right on Bridge/Islands
- 3.4 miles right on Islands
- 3.5 miles left on Islands
- 4.8 miles straight on Sequoia Circle
- 5.6 miles straight to Downtown
- 8.0 miles straight on Sprint
- 9.4 miles straight to 360 Bridge
- 9.9 miles straight to 360 Bridge
- 10.2 miles left to Italian Villas/Sprint
- 10.7 miles straight to 360 Bridge
- 11.1 miles right on Sequoia Circle
- 12.4 miles straight on Sequoia Circle
- 13.2 miles straight to Downtown
- 14.4 miles right to Desert Flats
- 15.2 miles straight on Desert Flats
- 21.6 miles left on Desert Turnaround
- 21.9 miles right on Desert Flats
I finished on Fuego Flats at 26.74 miles.
