{"id":60796,"date":"2022-12-12T12:45:25","date_gmt":"2022-12-12T18:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=60796"},"modified":"2022-12-12T12:45:27","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T18:45:27","slug":"zwift-makuri-islands-turf-n-surf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2022\/12\/12\/zwift-makuri-islands-turf-n-surf\/","title":{"rendered":"Zwift Makuri Islands Turf N Surf"},"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 -  Makuri Islands Turf N Surf 12\/12\/2022\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ACa6W2gix4U?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><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">I&#8217;m chasing the Tron bike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I decided to ride Zwift today rather than outside. I didn&#8217;t create a meetup but looked at the routes in the Makuri Islands and found the Turf N Surf one that I have rode before. Some of the roads are in other Makuri Islands routes but there were a few new ones. I rode my Blue Norcross AL bike mounted on the Wahoo Kickr Core trainer. The weather outside: 64 degrees, cloudy, wind E 10 mph. I didn&#8217;t look up the route information on ZwiftInsider.com before the ride but the brief description in Zwift said 15.3 miles with 645 feet of climbing. I rode 15.39 miles and climbed 650 feet but I rode some after finishing the route.<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/zwiftinsider.com\/route\/turf-n-surf\/\"> ZwiftInsider.com<\/a><\/strong> describes the route, &#8220;This route is conceptually simple: a counterclockwise loop from Neokyo to Urukazi and back. And it starts of easily enough, too: the first 14.5km are essentially flat or downhill as you wind through Neokyo then descend the slot canyon and ride along the beach of Urukazi.&#8221;<\/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\/2022\/11\/turf-n-surf.png?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As I rode to the 7.7 mile halfway point I was nowhere near halfway on the climbing which meant the last 7 miles was going to be hilly as you can see on the route profile above. Since I didn&#8217;t ride in a meetup the gold leaders beacon was not present. There were numerous Zwifters on the route and when I opened the companion app it showed over 17,000 online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Strava reported my <strong>PR<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8240527256\/segments\/3037447665831419412\">Festival Harbor Climb CCW<\/a>\u00a0(6:41). Only 4 Strava segments on this route, maybe because it is new.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"strava-embed-placeholder\" data-embed-type=\"activity\" data-embed-id=\"8240527256\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/strava-embeds.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I decided to ride Zwift today rather than outside. I didn&#8217;t create a meetup but looked at the routes in the Makuri Islands and found the Turf N Surf one that I have rode before. 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