Maybe the weather will dry out some and warm up enough for me to bike ride outdoors soon. Today the temperature hung just below my 60 degree threshold with the humidity at 98% as my usual ride time neared. I made the decision to ride in Zwift and looked for events. I found the ZSUN Saturday Social Ride (D) on the Innsbruck Roule Ma Poule course beginning at 12:10 PM. This left plenty of time to get everything ready. This was the first time on this course so I wasn’t sure what to expect. The ride would last 60 minutes. I rode 60 minutes traveling 15.61 miles and climbing 659 feet. No steep climbs but several lasted longer than I preferred.

As the group left the starting pen I found a spot with a group. The leader put the fence in position but not too long after that I started getting “Return to Group” warnings but no countdown. The riders started to separate into bunches and the front one I was in sped up and I fell back to the next one. I gained some positions when the climbs began and found a bunch that I matched their pace. I rode along until around the 32 minute point my Bluetooth disconnected and the companion app stopped sending data to Zwift. In the past I got off the bike and messed around to find a fix but this time I stayed on the bike using the keyboard beside my Blue Norcross AL bike. I changed WiFi connections, opened up the pairing settings in Zwift and the Bluetooth connection started again. When I rejoined Zwift I was by myself with the group I was with up the road. Not too long after that a solo ride came up and we rode together for awhile. I’m not sure if I left him or he left me but I rode to the finish solo.

According to the sprint standings I came in at 343 out of 345 thanks to the Bluetooth problem. Looking at ZwiftPower.com results I was 127 out of 163. Not all riders have a profile in ZwiftPower.com. I marked my place with a red line. The course profile shows the two major climbs.

Not many segments in Strava for this course and no medals either.