After yesterday’s electricity interruption concern about a repeat today during Zwifting went away as the ride progressed. Outside the weather was sunny but the mid 50’s temperature fell below my 60 degree threshold.

The ride began at 12:00 PM but rather than a time limit like most of the rides I’ve done before this one showed a distance of 22.2 miles (I actually rode 23.16 miles). I wondered how long it would take me to cover that distance, especially after the leader D.T. mentioned the mountain in the last part of the course. He didn’t mention the 12% climb up the mountain or the the other mountains during the lead up to the leg killer. I climbed more on this ride than any previous Zwift ride and rode the longest time at 1:49:04. I rode a longer time and distance on a Rouvy but that route was flat.

322 fellow sufferers rode the mountains around the Zwift Innsbruck World. For the early portion of the ride I held around the 240’s but when the mountains arrived I moved up 30 positions or so. The mountains slowed me down but I did not stop. Sometimes I rode at 3 or 4 mph and the Wahoo Kickr Snap smart trainer made turning the pedals hard, very hard. The effort is reflected in my 12.7 mph overall average speed. The route profile below shows the mountain at the end of the ride.

Thursday most likely will be another Zwift bike ride with the forecast of maybe 60 degrees.