{"id":51682,"date":"2019-12-18T15:55:28","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T21:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=51682"},"modified":"2019-12-18T15:55:33","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T21:55:33","slug":"no-running-with-the-herds-bull-run-ride-on-zwift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2019\/12\/18\/no-running-with-the-herds-bull-run-ride-on-zwift\/","title":{"rendered":"No Running With The Herd&#8217;s Bull Run Ride on Zwift"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"No Running With The Herd&#039;s Bull Run Ride on Zwift\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hOpJe0J6VeQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Going up the mountain for the initial 7.5 miles of today&#8217;s 20.08 mile Zwifting included no running from me, just slow pedaling as I ground out the climbs. The profile looked like this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/12-18-2019-Strava-Zwift-Bike-Ride-Route-and-Profile.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1043\" height=\"1222\" data-attachment-id=\"51679\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/12-18-2019-strava-zwift-bike-ride-route-and-profile\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/12-18-2019-Strava-Zwift-Bike-Ride-Route-and-Profile.jpg?fit=1043%2C1222&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1043,1222\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"12-18-2019 Strava Zwift Bike Ride Route and Profile\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/12-18-2019-Strava-Zwift-Bike-Ride-Route-and-Profile.jpg?fit=384%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/12-18-2019-Strava-Zwift-Bike-Ride-Route-and-Profile.jpg?fit=512%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/12-18-2019-Strava-Zwift-Bike-Ride-Route-and-Profile.jpg?resize=1043%2C1222&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"12-18-2019 Strava Zwift Bike Ride Route and Profile\" class=\"wp-image-51679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/12-18-2019-Strava-Zwift-Bike-Ride-Route-and-Profile.jpg?w=1043&amp;ssl=1 1043w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/12-18-2019-Strava-Zwift-Bike-Ride-Route-and-Profile.jpg?resize=384%2C450&amp;ssl=1 384w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/12-18-2019-Strava-Zwift-Bike-Ride-Route-and-Profile.jpg?resize=512%2C600&amp;ssl=1 512w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/12-18-2019-Strava-Zwift-Bike-Ride-Route-and-Profile.jpg?resize=410%2C480&amp;ssl=1 410w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1043px) 100vw, 1043px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Notice the high point in the route profile? That included climbs of 17% which a flat lander like never climbs. The Blue Norcross AL cyclocross bike gets carried up terrain like that. A couple of times one of the Herd&#8217;s Sweeps gave me encouragement messages as we slogged up the climb. I rode The Herd&#8217;s Bull Runs before but none contained climbs like this. I set 3 Personal Records but they were not on the climbs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My Wahoo Kickr Snap smart trainer recognized every climb making me pedal hard and slow up the inclines even as I shifted to the lowest gears the Blue Norcross AL bike had. I wondered if I would be able to stay on the bike all the way to the top. I passed a few bikers stopped on the side of the road. Zwift&#8217;s scenery moved us up through the tree line and into snow to the top where a radio tower marked the turnaround for the ride down. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ride down didn&#8217;t always go down with short climbs thrown in to break up the descent and test the tired legs. I thought the last 4 or 5 miles took longer than it should for the 14 to 15 mph I pedaled. Finally after riding for 1:36:52 I reached the end and got off the bike. This was a real WORKOUT! I finished 82nd out of 299 bikers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/2941677104\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1035\" height=\"1099\" data-attachment-id=\"51680\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/12-18-2019-strava-zwift-bike-ride-summary-part-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/12-18-2019-Strava-Zwift-Bike-Ride-Summary-part-1.jpg?fit=1035%2C1099&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1035,1099\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"12-18-2019 Strava Zwift Bike Ride Summary part 1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/12-18-2019-Strava-Zwift-Bike-Ride-Summary-part-1.jpg?fit=424%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/12-18-2019-Strava-Zwift-Bike-Ride-Summary-part-1.jpg?fit=565%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" 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The profile looked like this. Notice the high point in the route <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2019\/12\/18\/no-running-with-the-herds-bull-run-ride-on-zwift\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-drA","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51682"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51683,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51682\/revisions\/51683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}