{"id":60895,"date":"2022-12-23T14:20:04","date_gmt":"2022-12-23T20:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=60895"},"modified":"2022-12-23T14:20:06","modified_gmt":"2022-12-23T20:20:06","slug":"stayed-with-the-pack-for-1st-sprint-my-attic-legs-couldnt-keep-up-then","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2022\/12\/23\/stayed-with-the-pack-for-1st-sprint-my-attic-legs-couldnt-keep-up-then\/","title":{"rendered":"Stayed With The Pack For 1st Sprint, My Attic Legs Couldn&#8217;t Keep Up Then"},"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 - Stayed With The Pack For 1st Sprint, My Attic Legs Couldn&#039;t Keep Up Then 12\/23\/2022\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0ClHtoigrxM?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>I was back to France for today&#8217;s Zwift bike ride. I rode with ZHCC TGI Flat Friday group E. The route was the France R G V for 60 minutes. I wasn&#8217;t sure how I would ride because my body was sore from crawling around in my attic yesterday afternoon putting foam insulation on water pipes. I rode the Cannondale Evo bike with the Shimano C40 wheels. The ride description said the pace would be 1.3 to 1.5 w\/kg but I&#8217;m not sure if that was true. It seemed many times I was above 2.0 w\/kg. I stayed with a large group through 1 sprint but the second sprint they were faster than me. A group of 13 got ahead of the fence and were deleted from the group according to the leader&#8217;s message. After the second sprint I rode alone with the sweep behind me. The sweep, Eric Bonner, rode near me for the last several miles until close to the end of the ride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The last time I rode this route was <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sporttracks.mobi\/activity\/29130975\">January 20th of this year<\/a><\/strong>. When I started today my goal was to ride the same distance as that ride, 18.17 miles. I did better than that with 19.58 miles and 469 feet of climbing. Of the 5 times I rode France R G V today was the third longest miles and fourth highest average speed.<\/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\/12\/12-23-2022-SportTracks-All-Zwift-Rides-France-R-G-V.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"245\" data-attachment-id=\"60892\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/12-23-2022-sporttracks-all-zwift-rides-france-r-g-v\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/12-23-2022-SportTracks-All-Zwift-Rides-France-R-G-V.jpg?fit=1838%2C376&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1838,376\" 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=\"12-23-2022 SportTracks All Zwift Rides France R G V\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;12-23-2022 SportTracks All Zwift Rides France R G V&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;12-23-2022 SportTracks All Zwift Rides France R G V&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/12-23-2022-SportTracks-All-Zwift-Rides-France-R-G-V.jpg?fit=600%2C123&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/12-23-2022-SportTracks-All-Zwift-Rides-France-R-G-V.jpg?fit=800%2C164&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/12-23-2022-SportTracks-All-Zwift-Rides-France-R-G-V.jpg?resize=1200%2C245&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"12-23-2022 SportTracks All Zwift Rides France R G V\" class=\"wp-image-60892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/12-23-2022-SportTracks-All-Zwift-Rides-France-R-G-V.jpg?w=1838&amp;ssl=1 1838w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/12-23-2022-SportTracks-All-Zwift-Rides-France-R-G-V.jpg?resize=600%2C123&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/12-23-2022-SportTracks-All-Zwift-Rides-France-R-G-V.jpg?resize=800%2C164&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/12-23-2022-SportTracks-All-Zwift-Rides-France-R-G-V.jpg?resize=640%2C131&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/12-23-2022-SportTracks-All-Zwift-Rides-France-R-G-V.jpg?resize=1536%2C314&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">12-23-2022 SportTracks All Zwift Rides France R G V<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>France R G V was Released with Zwift\u2019s France map for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/zwiftinsider.com\/vtdf\/\">first-ever Virtual Tour de France<\/a>, the R.G.V. route covers the upper, larger loop of the map in a clockwise direction. The first 12km is pan-flat, while the back half includes a timed KOM and some rollers along the river. \u201cR.G.V\u201d stands for <em>route grand vitesse<\/em>, or \u201chigh speed road\u201d. A fitting name, since this route is definitely one for the sprinters. Though only 24km in length, it includes three timed sprint segments! (<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/zwiftinsider.com\/route\/rgv\/\">from ZwiftInsider.com<\/a><\/strong>) One lap is 15.0 miles with a .6 mile lead-in so today I rode more than 1 lap. Each lap includes 351 feet of climbing. The profile is mostly flat but there are several lumps with the biggest one at 8.1 miles. I didn&#8217;t change gears going up the hills so my legs handled them better than I expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This morning when I got up it was 14 degrees outside after a strong cold front blew through last evening. That was why I crawled in the attic. It warmed up to 30 when I finished today&#8217;s ride but still very windy. This is not the Houston weather for outside biking. Around 17,000 Zwifters were online at the start and 13,000 afterwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While I was riding in France I listened to SiriusXm The Message channel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Strava results: <strong>PR<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8283144613\/segments\/3041453770921835792\">Pav\u00e9 Sprint Reverse<\/a>\u00a0(32s), <strong>2nd fastest time<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8283144613\/segments\/3041453770925701392\">Start Pens Lead-In to Marina Sprint Banner<\/a>\u00a0(1:33), <strong>3rd fastest time<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8283144613\/segments\/3041453770923024656\">Ballon Sprint Reverse<\/a>\u00a0(35s).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/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 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I rode with ZHCC TGI Flat Friday group E. The route was the France R G V for 60 minutes. I wasn&#8217;t sure how I would ride because my body <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2022\/12\/23\/stayed-with-the-pack-for-1st-sprint-my-attic-legs-couldnt-keep-up-then\/\"><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":[5304,5467,5429,5347],"class_list":["post-60895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-virtual-bike-ride","tag-blue-norcross-al","tag-france-r-g-v","tag-virtual-ride","tag-zwift"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-fQb","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60895","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=60895"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60896,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60895\/revisions\/60896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}