{"id":61578,"date":"2023-02-17T15:26:29","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T21:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=61578"},"modified":"2023-02-17T15:26:30","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T21:26:30","slug":"78-degrees-in-watopia-as-i-rode-the-waistband","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2023\/02\/17\/78-degrees-in-watopia-as-i-rode-the-waistband\/","title":{"rendered":"78 Degrees In Watopia As I Rode The Waistband"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ORs2V5_2eV4\" 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>No rebel route or changing turns from the route on today&#8217;s Zwift ride. I chose Watopia&#8217;s Waistband for the distance and moderate amount of climbing. The weather was in high 40&#8217;s with lots of sun when I started today at 1:26 PM. The late start was due to wrapping up the roof replacement on my house with the contractor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My ride history on this route shows this was the 8th ride on this route. Probably the route I ride the most often in Zwift. I rode in under 1 hour for the 5th time.<\/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\/2023\/02\/2-17-2023-SportTracks-Ride-History-Watopia-Waistband-Route.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"377\" data-attachment-id=\"61575\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2-17-2023-sporttracks-ride-history-watopia-waistband-route\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2-17-2023-SportTracks-Ride-History-Watopia-Waistband-Route.png?fit=1842%2C579&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1842,579\" 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=\"2-17-2023 SportTracks Ride History Watopia Waistband Route\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;2-17-2023 SportTracks Ride History Watopia Waistband Route&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;2-17-2023 SportTracks Ride History Watopia Waistband Route&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2-17-2023-SportTracks-Ride-History-Watopia-Waistband-Route.png?fit=600%2C189&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2-17-2023-SportTracks-Ride-History-Watopia-Waistband-Route.png?fit=800%2C251&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2-17-2023-SportTracks-Ride-History-Watopia-Waistband-Route.png?resize=1200%2C377&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"2-17-2023 SportTracks Ride History Watopia Waistband Route\" class=\"wp-image-61575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2-17-2023-SportTracks-Ride-History-Watopia-Waistband-Route.png?w=1842&amp;ssl=1 1842w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2-17-2023-SportTracks-Ride-History-Watopia-Waistband-Route.png?resize=600%2C189&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2-17-2023-SportTracks-Ride-History-Watopia-Waistband-Route.png?resize=800%2C251&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2-17-2023-SportTracks-Ride-History-Watopia-Waistband-Route.png?resize=640%2C201&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2-17-2023-SportTracks-Ride-History-Watopia-Waistband-Route.png?resize=1536%2C483&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">2-17-2023 SportTracks Ride History Watopia Waistband Route<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I sometimes wish the weather conditions Strava show for the Zwift ride were real where I actually was turning the pedals on my smart trainer. It was rainy and 78 degrees in Watopia today but no rain in Zwift.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8577744754\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1034\" height=\"991\" data-attachment-id=\"61577\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2-17-2023-strava-zwift-ride-summary-watopia-waistband-route\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2-17-2023-Strava-Zwift-Ride-Summary-Watopia-Waistband-Route.png?fit=1034%2C991&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1034,991\" 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=\"2-17-2023 Strava Zwift Ride Summary Watopia Waistband Route\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;2-17-2023 Strava Zwift Ride Summary Watopia Waistband Route&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;2-17-2023 Strava Zwift Ride Summary Watopia Waistband Route&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2-17-2023-Strava-Zwift-Ride-Summary-Watopia-Waistband-Route.png?fit=470%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2-17-2023-Strava-Zwift-Ride-Summary-Watopia-Waistband-Route.png?fit=626%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2-17-2023-Strava-Zwift-Ride-Summary-Watopia-Waistband-Route.png?resize=1034%2C991&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"2-17-2023 Strava Zwift Ride Summary Watopia Waistband Route\" class=\"wp-image-61577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2-17-2023-Strava-Zwift-Ride-Summary-Watopia-Waistband-Route.png?w=1034&amp;ssl=1 1034w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2-17-2023-Strava-Zwift-Ride-Summary-Watopia-Waistband-Route.png?resize=470%2C450&amp;ssl=1 470w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2-17-2023-Strava-Zwift-Ride-Summary-Watopia-Waistband-Route.png?resize=626%2C600&amp;ssl=1 626w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2-17-2023-Strava-Zwift-Ride-Summary-Watopia-Waistband-Route.png?resize=501%2C480&amp;ssl=1 501w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1034px) 100vw, 1034px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">2-17-2023 Strava Zwift Ride Summary Watopia Waistband Route<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>I didn&#8217;t know the Strava Watopia&#8217;s Waistband segment was 15.85 miles long. The route is mostly flat with the 335 feet of climbing spread over the route. I rode some of the same roads as yesterday&#8217;s rebel route.<\/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\/2023\/02\/2-17-2023-Strava-Zwift-Ride-Map-Watopia-Waistband-Route.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1051\" height=\"966\" data-attachment-id=\"61576\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2-17-2023-strava-zwift-ride-map-watopia-waistband-route\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2-17-2023-Strava-Zwift-Ride-Map-Watopia-Waistband-Route.png?fit=1051%2C966&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1051,966\" 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=\"2-17-2023 Strava Zwift Ride Map Watopia Waistband Route\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;2-17-2023 Strava Zwift Ride Map Watopia Waistband Route&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;2-17-2023 Strava Zwift Ride Map Watopia Waistband Route&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2-17-2023-Strava-Zwift-Ride-Map-Watopia-Waistband-Route.png?fit=490%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2-17-2023-Strava-Zwift-Ride-Map-Watopia-Waistband-Route.png?fit=653%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2-17-2023-Strava-Zwift-Ride-Map-Watopia-Waistband-Route.png?resize=1051%2C966&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"2-17-2023 Strava Zwift Ride Map Watopia Waistband Route\" class=\"wp-image-61576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2-17-2023-Strava-Zwift-Ride-Map-Watopia-Waistband-Route.png?w=1051&amp;ssl=1 1051w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2-17-2023-Strava-Zwift-Ride-Map-Watopia-Waistband-Route.png?resize=490%2C450&amp;ssl=1 490w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2-17-2023-Strava-Zwift-Ride-Map-Watopia-Waistband-Route.png?resize=653%2C600&amp;ssl=1 653w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2-17-2023-Strava-Zwift-Ride-Map-Watopia-Waistband-Route.png?resize=522%2C480&amp;ssl=1 522w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1051px) 100vw, 1051px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">2-17-2023 Strava Zwift Ride Map Watopia Waistband Route<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No rebel route or changing turns from the route on today&#8217;s Zwift ride. I chose Watopia&#8217;s Waistband for the distance and moderate amount of climbing. The weather was in high 40&#8217;s with lots of sun when I started today at <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2023\/02\/17\/78-degrees-in-watopia-as-i-rode-the-waistband\/\"><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":[5304,5429,5528,5400,5347],"class_list":["post-61578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-virtual-bike-ride","tag-blue-norcross-al","tag-virtual-ride","tag-waistband","tag-watopia","tag-zwift"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-g1c","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61578","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=61578"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61579,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61578\/revisions\/61579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}