{"id":61810,"date":"2023-03-13T13:53:12","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T18:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=61810"},"modified":"2023-03-13T13:53:12","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T18:53:12","slug":"zwift-started-makuri-islands-chasing-the-sun-then-changed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2023\/03\/13\/zwift-started-makuri-islands-chasing-the-sun-then-changed\/","title":{"rendered":"Zwift &#8211; Started Makuri Islands Chasing The Sun Then Changed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ykRDjwJUjiM\" 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>The last time I rode Zwift was February 18th since the weather has been good for riding outside. Today it was cooler than I prefer at 55 degrees when the decision time came on whether to ride outside or on Zwift. I chose Zwift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking at the upcoming events there wasn&#8217;t one that interested me or started soon enough. I looked at the list of routes in Makuri Islands and saw I hadn&#8217;t rode before, Chasing The Sun. It is 21.8 miles and climbs 1,034 feet according to the description in Zwift. That looked doable. I got dressed, warmed up for about 5 minutes and then started the ride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The climbing was concentrated in two hills, the first one starting around 5km and the second at 17km. I rode over the first climb but when the turn came to the Forest Climb I changed the route. Up to that point I had climbed 619 feet and I didn&#8217;t want to climb the remaining 400 feet. I wasn&#8217;t sure where I would go. I made a couple of other turn changes from the roads Zwift put up. I based my choice on how flat the options were and chose the flatter one. I ended up riding 13.0 miles out of the 21.8 miles on Chasing The Sun. At that point I moved to the Castle Path road. I turned on a couple of other roads from the planned ones Zwift showed. I rode 22.16 miles and climbed 807 feet. Longer distance, less climbing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Strava reported to top results: <strong>PR<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8708678213\/segments\/3070425071158866656\">Railways and Rooftops<\/a>\u00a0(14:32) and <strong>2nd fastest time<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8708678213\/segments\/3070425071160767200\">Railway Sprint<\/a>\u00a0(55s).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8708678213\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"614\" height=\"600\" data-attachment-id=\"61809\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/3-13-2023-strava-ride-overview-zwift-makuri-islands-chasing-the-sun\/\" 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