{"id":60961,"date":"2022-12-30T14:08:24","date_gmt":"2022-12-30T20:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=60961"},"modified":"2022-12-30T14:08:26","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T20:08:26","slug":"testing-my-legs-zwift-watopia-big-foot-hills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2022\/12\/30\/testing-my-legs-zwift-watopia-big-foot-hills\/","title":{"rendered":"Testing My Legs. Zwift Watopia Big Foot Hills"},"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 Watopia. 25 Miles of the Big Foot Hills Route 12\/30\/2022\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eL0eXGLopGE?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 getting caught in the rain yesterday and the dreary weather this morning I decided to ride Zwift. Also I didn&#8217;t want to wash my bike again after the ride. None of the events matched my desire so I created a meetup using the Watopia Big Foot Hills route but not the whole route, only 25 miles. The whole route was over 43 miles with 5 climbs. The 25 miles climbed three of them and finished on the downhill, something I don&#8217;t get to do in Zwift very often it seems. I started at 11:55 AM and it took 1:34:05 to ride 25.13 miles. There were 18,555 Zwifters online when I started and about 12,600 when I finished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The roads were familiar but in a different order than other routes. The hardest climb was up the volcano taking around 16 minutes. It was slow and challenged my legs. I got out of the saddle towards the end of the climb which I don&#8217;t normally do. Total climbing was 1,368 feet. I might become a mountain goat yet. I didn&#8217;t notice any Christmas items today. Several large groups passed me going the opposite direction. I listened to SiriusXM 60&#8217;s Gold channel pedaling along the route. I am probably the only person in Zwift that listens to SiriusXM while riding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I checked <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/zwiftinsider.com\/route\/big-foot-hills\/\">ZwiftInsider.com<\/a><\/strong> before choosing the route. I saw that &#8220;One of five routes rolled out with <a href=\"https:\/\/zwiftinsider.com\/titans-grove-released\/\">Zwift\u2019s Titans Grove expansion<\/a>, \u201cBig Foot Hills\u201d takes you on a meandering journey over the lower peaks of Watopia, including Titans Grove in both directions. This longer route is perfect for a ~2-hour free ride and includes 5 different KOM sections of short to medium length. A nice choice if you want to do some VO2 max hill training!&#8221; The full route basics: Length: 67.5 km (41.9 miles) Elevation: 707 m (2,320\u2018) Lead-In: 2.4 km (1.5 miles).<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/12-30-2022-Strava-Week-Relative-Effort.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1047\" height=\"899\" data-attachment-id=\"60962\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2022\/12\/30\/testing-my-legs-zwift-watopia-big-foot-hills\/12-30-2022-strava-week-relative-effort\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/12-30-2022-Strava-Week-Relative-Effort.png?fit=1047%2C899&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1047,899\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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Also I didn&#8217;t want to wash my bike again after the ride. 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