My plan wasn’t to close out March riding the Tour of Watopia but plans change. When I got up this morning the temperature was 72 degrees with a forecast of 75 but the wind increased and the temperature decreased. By the time I had to make a decision to ride outside or in Zwift Land it was in the low 60’s and windy. I chose Zwifting after being spoiled by the warm weather for the last week.

Looking through the upcoming events I found the Stage 2 Group Ride starting at 12:11 PM allowing enough time to get ready. The Group B description lulled me into thinking it wouldn’t be too hard but by the time I finished the 18.53 miles I was sweating a lot. Two puddles on the mat below my Blue Norcross AL bike with the turbo fan at top speed told me the workout was hard as well as the room being warmer from the warm weather. The ride description.

Since this was a repeat ride the number of Zwifters overall was 656 with Group B comprising 319 of them. Earlier I saw there were over 25,000 Zwifters in action in all the events. Peak Zwift is getting higher as a result of the COVID-19 shutdown outside. With my effort I moved up to level 16, unlocked Stylish Shades, and made the Figure 8 Achievement. Strava recorded 3 new personal records. Not bad to end March bike rides.

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Link to my Strava activity page and SportTracks activity page.

March bike rides began in Harlingen Texas after riding the Jalapeno 100 on February 29th and staying there to enjoy different roads and weather. The end came in a fictional world called Watopia in Zwift. During that time I biked 825.78 miles, 731.5 road miles and 94.2 Zwift miles. My goal was 585 road miles and 75 Zwift miles. Year to date: 1560 road miles and 524 Zwift miles. This is the most miles in a month since July 2019 and the most miles YTD since I started biking.

April moves to almost outside riding with warmer weather. I plan on canceling Zwift until the fall. My goals for April: 600 road miles and 30 Zwift miles. Will the weather cooperate?