Spring arrives at 4:24 PM CDT today but outside it wasn’t quite ready with the temperature around 55 degrees and cloudy. So it was a Zwift ride today. After trying to out smart the Zwift route today I rode on the route with no turns off of the route. I rode the Watopia’s Waistband route which is 17.3 miles long with 332 feet of climbing but I didn’t stop until I rode 20.41 miles and climbed 354 feet. That was a lot less climbing than yesterday’s ride. I thought I might make a turn off the route after completing Watopia’s Waistband but there weren’t any when I finished.

During the ride my pace partner started out in front of me but as you can see in the video as the ride unfolded he fell behind, over 2 minutes at times, and stayed there until I finished Watopia’s Waistband. I thought I set a PR but none showed in Zwift or Strava. My legs felt good and pedaling was good. There just over 10,000 other Zwifters riding in Watopia.

During the ride I listened to SiriusXM 60’s Gold music. I used my GoPro Hero 10 Black as the webcam.

The route goes clockwise around Watopia. ZwiftInsider.com describes it, “Originally created as a “rebel route”, Watopia’s Waistband was launched in game as an event-only route, then became an open route in the December 2022 update. It’s called “Watopia’s Waistband” because it’s a perimeter route that nicely encircles key landmarks in Watopia proper including downtown Watopia, Fuego Flats, the Italian Villas, the Volcano, and the Fishing Village.” The route is somewhat lumpy as shown by my SportTracks summary. There is one significant downhill but it is not very long followed by a 2 mile ride up to the next peak.

This was the 9th time riding this route on Zwift and the longest distance since I didn’t stop at the end of the route.