Riding the Tour of Watopia in the rain looked forbidding until I realized the rain was outside and I was inside. My house is a lot warmer than the last time I went Zwifting and sweating heavily it almost felt like biking in the rain. The little red sweat towel on the handlebars was soaked by the time I finished the 14.32 miles from wiping off my arms. Thank goodness for the floor mat under the Blue Norcross AL bike.

Rolling out at 11:01 AM the group was larger and growing. At the finish the count was 952 in the B group, adding groups A and C Zwift totaled 1995 riders. At the finish I was around 722nd position.

The route covered the Volcano Climb with 666 feet of climbing and a short climb of 10% showed on the screen though Strava doesn’t count in the profile. Good thing I didn’t do the shorter A group (10.7 miles) with 3,428 feet of climbing; I would’ve been walking.

With all of the road biking I missed stage 2 but that’s okay. I prefer outside.

Link to the SportTracks activity page.