{"id":61310,"date":"2023-01-28T13:31:16","date_gmt":"2023-01-28T19:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=61310"},"modified":"2023-01-28T13:31:18","modified_gmt":"2023-01-28T19:31:18","slug":"going-flat-on-watopias-volcano-circuit-ccw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2023\/01\/28\/going-flat-on-watopias-volcano-circuit-ccw\/","title":{"rendered":"Going Flat on Watopia&#8217;s Volcano Circuit CCW"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2eKL3S_Z_1c\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>After climbing Watopia&#8217;s Climber&#8217;s Gambit yesterday I&#8217;m going flat on the Volcano Circuit CCW. I don&#8217;t think I rode a route more than 2 laps but I planned on riding 5 laps today but bumped it to 7 laps to get to 21.21 miles. I rode the Volcano Circuit once before but not in this direction. Badge attempt today. From <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/zwiftinsider.com\/route\/volcano-circuit-ccw\/\">ZwiftInsider.com<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; Watopia\u2019s \u201cVolcano Circuit CCW\u201d route is nearly identical to the \u201cVolcano Circuit\u201d route, except you travel in a counter-clockwise direction on the circuit. To get to the circuit you must first ride ~2.6km from the spawn point, traveling through a glass bridge to arrive at the volcano. Once you arrive you will continue to be routed around the 4km circuit in a counter-clockwise direction. A lap counter visible just after the circuit banner indicates the number of laps you have completed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Strava results: <strong>PR<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8467212662\/segments\/3054488679416558958\">Volcano Circuit CCW<\/a>\u00a0(8:09), <strong>2nd fastest time<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8467212662\/segments\/3054488679418314094\">Volcano Circuit CCW<\/a>\u00a0(8:24), and <strong>3rd fastest time<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8467212662\/segments\/3054488679417941358\">Volcano Circuit CCW<\/a>\u00a0(8:35).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I thought today&#8217;s ride as a criterium ride, not a race. I&#8217;m not fast enough for a race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Music for the ride provided by SiriusXM Seventies on Seven channel playing America&#8217;s Top 40 Hits from January 24, 1976. Casey Kasem was the DJ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Climbing was moderate today at 535 feet. I thought it would be about 100 feet per lap but I&#8217;m glad it was less. The hills were nearby but I didn&#8217;t go there. After the lead-in each lap was 2.5 miles. My pace partner rode ahead of me most of the laps except for when I set my personal record on the second lap. The route profile below is for the lead-in and the lap. On that drop off I gave my legs a rest and hit speeds around 30 mph.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zwiftinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/volcano-circuit-ccw-zwifthub.png?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Watopia Volcano Circuit CCW route profile from ZwiftInsider.com Lead-in and the lap.\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The SportTracks ride overview shows the elevation and speed better than Strava.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sporttracks.mobi\/activity\/30544245\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"718\" data-attachment-id=\"61311\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2023\/01\/28\/going-flat-on-watopias-volcano-circuit-ccw\/1-28-2023-sporttracks-zwift-ride-overview-watopia-volcano-circuit-ccw\/\" 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I don&#8217;t think I rode a route more than 2 laps but I planned on riding 5 laps today but bumped it to 7 laps to <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2023\/01\/28\/going-flat-on-watopias-volcano-circuit-ccw\/\"><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":[5304,5429,5616,5400,5347],"class_list":["post-61310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-virtual-bike-ride","tag-blue-norcross-al","tag-virtual-ride","tag-volcano-circuit-ccw","tag-watopia","tag-zwift"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-fWS","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61310","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=61310"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61313,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61310\/revisions\/61313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}