Not a hard choice on what bike ride for today. The weather changed as the morning progressed from 70 degrees to 58 at 12:30 PM just before I began the Zwift event. Rain fell often enough to ruin any chance of me braving the elements. It looks like the weather eliminated any more outdoor rides in October with Thursday not getting out of the low 50’s, below my 60 degree cutoff.

This time I chose a Zwift ride that did not say women only in the title. Wanting to try a little harder ride with a starting time not too far away I chose the Zwift Flanders Classics Ride (C) which covered 15.8 miles over 3 laps. A total of 242 riders lined up and most of the ride I slotted in at 176 to 167 out of the 242. I rode 16.69 miles which I still need to learn how Zwift calculates. I stopped not far past the finish line but my Wahoo Kickr Snap spin down lasted about a minute after the finish line. For a change the route map doesn’t show me riding in the ocean.

About 1.5 miles from the end of each lap a hill with an 8% maximum incline slowed me down to 6 to 8 mph as I slowly made my way to the top. At the top it switched to about the same percentage decline where I reached 33 mph or more. Generally the route followed flat terrain.

I took these photos during the ride.

As you can see from these photos I rode alone except for the start. Level C is above my ability in Zwift if I want to stay in the peloton.