{"id":63599,"date":"2023-10-16T16:28:57","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T21:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=63599"},"modified":"2023-10-16T16:28:59","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T21:28:59","slug":"everything-went-haywire-wandering-watopia-without-a-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2023\/10\/16\/everything-went-haywire-wandering-watopia-without-a-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything Went Haywire. Wandering Watopia Without A Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Everything Went Haywire. Wandering Watopia Without A Plan 10\/16\/2023\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PRsq7ow-Mko?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 went back and forth on whether to ride outdoors or indoors because the temperature was in the low 60&#8217;s and the wind was from the north at 16 mph with 22 mph gusts. It was sunny but not enough to offset the wind chill so I opted for Zwift. The plan was to use RoadCaptain route builder to select a route and RoadCaptain Runner along with Zwift to direct my ride on the ZwiftInsider Rebel Route: The Snake. Watopia was the world and the ride began taking a reverse turn on the Big Loop course, 51.6km and 334.6m of climbing. Not too much for a flatlander. I started RoadCaptain Runner and then Zwift. Opening the Zwift companion app on my phone I tried to connect the Wahoo Kickr Core trainer, cadence, and heart rate monitor but it wouldn&#8217;t connect. I thought the problem was with my phone but after trying 3 different phones the solution was restarting my Windows 11 desktop computer. All this took about an hour. I could&#8217;ve given up and rode outdoors but after all of the problem solving I decided to ride Zwift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With RoadCaptain Runner open I started the ride waiting for instructions from RoadCaptain Runner to appear. The only directions was to start on Big Loop Reverse but there isn&#8217;t a Big Loop Reverse. I decided this meant to reverse my direction at the start of Big Loop which I did. No more instructions showed. I decided to continue but make turn choices as they came up. My criteria was to avoid any turn with KOM or looked like climbing might happen. The first several turns I didn&#8217;t remember but at 2.7 miles I began taking screenshots of most of the turns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Turns and mile point:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2.7 miles left on Sprint<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3.2 miles right on Bridge\/Islands<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3.4 miles right on Islands<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3.5 miles left on Islands<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4.8 miles straight on Sequoia Circle<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>5.6 miles straight to Downtown<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>8.0 miles straight on Sprint<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>9.4 miles straight to 360 Bridge<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>9.9 miles straight to 360 Bridge<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>10.2 miles left to Italian Villas\/Sprint<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>10.7 miles straight to 360 Bridge<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>11.1 miles right on Sequoia Circle<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>12.4 miles straight on Sequoia Circle<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>13.2 miles straight to Downtown<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>14.4 miles right to Desert Flats<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>15.2 miles straight on Desert Flats<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>21.6 miles left on Desert Turnaround<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>21.9 miles right on Desert Flats<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I finished on Fuego Flats at 26.74 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\/2023\/10\/10-16-2023-Strava-Zwift-Map-Segments-Watopia-Big-Loop-Reverse.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1038\" height=\"1149\" data-attachment-id=\"63601\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/10-16-2023-strava-zwift-map-segments-watopia-big-loop-reverse\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/10-16-2023-Strava-Zwift-Map-Segments-Watopia-Big-Loop-Reverse.png?fit=1038%2C1149&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1038,1149\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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