{"id":58837,"date":"2022-03-30T16:00:21","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T21:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=58837"},"modified":"2022-03-30T16:00:21","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T21:00:21","slug":"executive-decision-ride-zwift-stage-5-tour-of-watopia-high-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2022\/03\/30\/executive-decision-ride-zwift-stage-5-tour-of-watopia-high-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Executive Decision: Ride Zwift Stage 5 Tour of Watopia: High Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Zwift - Tour of Watopia Stage 5: Watopia Legends And Lava 3\/30\/2022\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CP2NkiNKo9w?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>After two back to back 40+ mile bike rides and looking at the weather forecast I made an executive decision for today&#8217;s bike ride. A line of rain was approaching from the northwest wetting the streets so the decision was to ride Zwift. I wasn&#8217;t sure if there was a make up ride for stage 5 (the only stage I missed) of the Tour of Watopia but the companion app showed one starting at 1:32 PM. That gave me enough time to get everything humming on my new desktop computer to livestream the bike ride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stage 5 was titled &#8220;High Life&#8221; and I chose group B riding the Legends and Lava route. I guessed from the title there would be some climbing and there was. The stage description listed the 15.3 mile distance but nothing about climbing. I went to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/zwiftinsider.com\/route\/legends-and-lava\/\">ZwiftInsider.com<\/a><\/strong> to find out more information. There I learned the route include 1,053 feet of climbing. Additionally it said, &#8220;This route was designed to hit three different segments which test your sprint, VO2, and threshold power: <strong>Sprint:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/segments\/12109305\">Watopia Sprint Forward<\/a>, <strong>VO2:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/segments\/21343961\">Titans Grove Reverse KOM<\/a>, <strong>Threshold:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/segments\/14270131\">Volcano KOM<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Checking for previous rides on the route in SportTracks it showed my only other ride on <a href=\"https:\/\/sporttracks.mobi\/activity\/29305299\">March 7th, 2021<\/a>. The distance matched today&#8217;s but the climbing was only 861feet. This left me wondering what today&#8217;s climbing would be. Today it turned out to be 1,152 feet according to Strava. Checking Strava for the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/6788498255\">March 7th<\/a><\/strong> ride the climbing was same as today as was the distance. SportTracks and Strava apparently calculate this differently. There are other features I use SportTracks for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the start time neared the wet streets dried, the sun came out and the temperature started going up from the 60 degrees the rain brought. But I stayed the course to complete the Tour of Watopia, all 5 stages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Riding the terrain seemed about the same resistance from the Wahoo Kickr Snap smart trainer. My last ride the resistance cranked up I pushed the watts over 200 before the ride began. I didn&#8217;t do that today. Maybe I should have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The number of riders today at the start was around 300 and increased to around 330 as the we rode. I wasn&#8217;t near the front the entire ride hanging around position 288 or so. Jumping over to ZwiftPower.com to check the results for group B I came in at 178 out of 182. Group A shows 202 riders, Group C 107, and Group D 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-30-2022-ZwiftPower-results-Group-B-Tour-of-Watopia-Stage-5.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"860\" data-attachment-id=\"58838\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2022\/03\/30\/executive-decision-ride-zwift-stage-5-tour-of-watopia-high-life\/3-30-2022-zwiftpower-results-group-b-tour-of-watopia-stage-5\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-30-2022-ZwiftPower-results-Group-B-Tour-of-Watopia-Stage-5.png?fit=1667%2C1195&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1667,1195\" 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=\"3-30-2022-ZwiftPower-results-Group-B-Tour-of-Watopia-Stage-5\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-30-2022-ZwiftPower-results-Group-B-Tour-of-Watopia-Stage-5.png?fit=600%2C430&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-30-2022-ZwiftPower-results-Group-B-Tour-of-Watopia-Stage-5.png?fit=800%2C573&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-30-2022-ZwiftPower-results-Group-B-Tour-of-Watopia-Stage-5.png?resize=1200%2C860&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"ZwiftPower results Group B Tour of Watopia Stage 5\" class=\"wp-image-58838\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-30-2022-ZwiftPower-results-Group-B-Tour-of-Watopia-Stage-5.png?w=1667&amp;ssl=1 1667w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-30-2022-ZwiftPower-results-Group-B-Tour-of-Watopia-Stage-5.png?resize=600%2C430&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-30-2022-ZwiftPower-results-Group-B-Tour-of-Watopia-Stage-5.png?resize=800%2C573&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-30-2022-ZwiftPower-results-Group-B-Tour-of-Watopia-Stage-5.png?resize=640%2C459&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-30-2022-ZwiftPower-results-Group-B-Tour-of-Watopia-Stage-5.png?resize=1536%2C1101&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>ZwiftPower results Group B Tour of Watopia Stage 5<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I record two top results today in Strava: <strong>PR<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/6908286729\/segments\/2944334894145582010\">Legends and Lava<\/a>\u00a0(1:00:22) and <strong>2nd fastest time<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/6908286729\/segments\/2944334894148290490\">Titans Grove, Southbound<\/a>\u00a0(20:08). The March 7th ride had one top result on a different segment. Today&#8217;s ride was 3 minutes faster than March 7th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid column1-desktop-grid__span-6 column1-desktop-grid__row-1 column2-desktop-grid__span-6 column2-desktop-grid__start-7 column2-desktop-grid__row-1 column1-tablet-grid__span-4 column1-tablet-grid__row-1 column2-tablet-grid__span-4 column2-tablet-grid__start-5 column2-tablet-grid__row-1 column1-mobile-grid__span-4 column1-mobile-grid__row-1 column2-mobile-grid__span-4 column2-mobile-grid__row-2\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid-column wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid__padding-none\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/6908286729\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"684\" height=\"600\" data-attachment-id=\"58836\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/3-30-2022-strava-zwift-tow-watopia-legends-and-lava-summary-data\/\" 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data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-30-2022-Strava-Zwift-TOW-Watopia-Legends-and-Lava-Summary-Data.png?fit=513%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-30-2022-Strava-Zwift-TOW-Watopia-Legends-and-Lava-Summary-Data.png?fit=684%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-30-2022-Strava-Zwift-TOW-Watopia-Legends-and-Lava-Summary-Data.png?resize=684%2C600\" alt=\"3-30-2022 Strava Zwift TOW Watopia Legends and Lava Summary Data\" class=\"wp-image-58836\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-30-2022-Strava-Zwift-TOW-Watopia-Legends-and-Lava-Summary-Data.png?resize=684%2C600&amp;ssl=1 684w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-30-2022-Strava-Zwift-TOW-Watopia-Legends-and-Lava-Summary-Data.png?resize=513%2C450&amp;ssl=1 513w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-30-2022-Strava-Zwift-TOW-Watopia-Legends-and-Lava-Summary-Data.png?resize=547%2C480&amp;ssl=1 547w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-30-2022-Strava-Zwift-TOW-Watopia-Legends-and-Lava-Summary-Data.png?w=1039&amp;ssl=1 1039w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>3-30-2022 Strava Zwift TOW Watopia Legends and Lava Summary Data<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid-column wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid__padding-none\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/6908286729\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"678\" height=\"600\" data-attachment-id=\"58835\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/3-30-2022-strava-zwift-tow-watopia-legends-and-lava-route-map\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-30-2022-Strava-Zwift-TOW-Watopia-Legends-and-Lava-Route-Map.png?fit=1046%2C926&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1046,926\" 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=\"3-30-2022 Strava Zwift TOW Watopia Legends and Lava Route Map\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;3-30-2022 Strava Zwift TOW Watopia Legends and Lava Route Map&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;3-30-2022 Strava Zwift TOW Watopia Legends and Lava Route Map&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-30-2022-Strava-Zwift-TOW-Watopia-Legends-and-Lava-Route-Map.png?fit=508%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-30-2022-Strava-Zwift-TOW-Watopia-Legends-and-Lava-Route-Map.png?fit=678%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-30-2022-Strava-Zwift-TOW-Watopia-Legends-and-Lava-Route-Map.png?resize=678%2C600\" alt=\"3-30-2022 Strava Zwift TOW Watopia Legends and Lava Route Map\" class=\"wp-image-58835\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-30-2022-Strava-Zwift-TOW-Watopia-Legends-and-Lava-Route-Map.png?resize=678%2C600&amp;ssl=1 678w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-30-2022-Strava-Zwift-TOW-Watopia-Legends-and-Lava-Route-Map.png?resize=508%2C450&amp;ssl=1 508w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-30-2022-Strava-Zwift-TOW-Watopia-Legends-and-Lava-Route-Map.png?resize=542%2C480&amp;ssl=1 542w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-30-2022-Strava-Zwift-TOW-Watopia-Legends-and-Lava-Route-Map.png?w=1046&amp;ssl=1 1046w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>3-30-2022 Strava Zwift TOW Watopia Legends and Lava Route Map<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid column1-desktop-grid__span-6 column1-desktop-grid__row-1 column2-desktop-grid__span-6 column2-desktop-grid__start-7 column2-desktop-grid__row-1 column1-tablet-grid__span-4 column1-tablet-grid__row-1 column2-tablet-grid__span-4 column2-tablet-grid__start-5 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A line of rain was approaching from the northwest wetting the streets so the decision was <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2022\/03\/30\/executive-decision-ride-zwift-stage-5-tour-of-watopia-high-life\/\"><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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[22,5352],"tags":[5304,5563,5456,5399,5429,5347],"class_list":["post-58837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bike-ride","category-virtual-bike-ride","tag-blue-norcross-al","tag-legends-and-lava","tag-stage-5","tag-tour-of-watopia","tag-virtual-ride","tag-zwift"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-fiZ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58837","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=58837"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58839,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58837\/revisions\/58839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}