{"id":60612,"date":"2022-11-15T14:19:47","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T20:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=60612"},"modified":"2022-11-15T14:19:49","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T20:19:49","slug":"3-koms-tour-of-makuri-islands-stage-3-1050-feet-of-climbing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2022\/11\/15\/3-koms-tour-of-makuri-islands-stage-3-1050-feet-of-climbing\/","title":{"rendered":"3 KOM&#8217;s Tour of Makuri Islands Stage 3, 1050 Feet of Climbing"},"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 Makuri Islands Stage 3 Temples and Towers 11\/15\/2022\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C6LaBOgMXNg?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>The description said 3 KOM&#8217;s on stage 3 of the Tour of Makuri Islands. I chose the long stage, Temples and Towers, riding 20.54 miles and climbing 1,050 feet. The only other time I rode this route was December 11, 2021 and today I average 15.7 mph versus 14.5 mph. Another day that I was faster than previous rides. Some of the climbing hit 11% but only for a short distance settling back to single digits. On the KOMs I slowed to around 4 to 5 mph but sped up on the false flats. Some of the roads were in yesterday&#8217;s route.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Introduced in Zwift\u2019s November 2021 update, Temples and Towers is the biggest Makuri Islands route, both in elevation and distance. It takes you up all three KOMs: Rooftop, Castle, and Temple. From <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/zwiftinsider.com\/route\/temples-and-towers\/\">ZwiftInsider.com<\/a><\/strong>. This is a lot of climbing for a flatlander like me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zwiftinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/temples-and-towers-zwift-insider.png?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Outside the weather was cloudy and 50 degrees with a 16 mph north wind and 22 mph gusts. That is why I rode indoors. Music while I rode: SiriusXM Seventies on 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Strava calculated 4 top results: <strong>PR<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8123014632\/segments\/3027684445007412988\">Temples and Towers<\/a>\u00a0(1:17:36), <strong>PR<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8123014632\/segments\/3027684445005148924\">Temple KOM from Fishing Village Side<\/a>\u00a0(14:14), <strong>2nd fastest time<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8123014632\/segments\/3027684445008929532\">Castle KOM<\/a>\u00a0(7:58), <strong>2nd fastest time<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8123014632\/segments\/3027684445007388412\">Rooftop Rendezvous<\/a>\u00a0(8:41).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a 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Makuri Islands. I chose the long stage, Temples and Towers, riding 20.54 miles and climbing 1,050 feet. The only other time I rode this route was December 11, <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2022\/11\/15\/3-koms-tour-of-makuri-islands-stage-3-1050-feet-of-climbing\/\"><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":[5352],"tags":[5304,5522,5590,5429,5347,5513],"class_list":["post-60612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-virtual-bike-ride","tag-blue-norcross-al","tag-makuri-islands","tag-tour-of-makuri","tag-virtual-ride","tag-zwift","tag-zwift-makuri-islands-temples-and-towers"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-fLC","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60612","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=60612"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60613,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60612\/revisions\/60613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}