Another indoor virtual ride day on Zwift. This morning when I got up it was 39 degrees outside. It took several hours to warm up to the low 50’s and when it came time to ride the temperature stood at 54, below my 60 degree threshold. On top of that the wind gusts added to the chill factor.

Today’s ride was the first workout type using Zwift. To fit my time schedule I chose one starting at 1:30 PM with called the Flanders La Fleche Wallone Workout. It consisted of 4 intervals with a 5 minute warmup, 30 seconds at 170 watts, 30 seconds at 195 watts, slowing to 5 minutes at 155 watts followed by 5 minutes at 80 watts keeping cadence at 95 rpm. I chose the D group so I don’t know if the A, B, and C groups’ workout differed. Most of the workout I stayed around 62 out of 89 but on the last interval I got up to 43 out of 89. The workout lasted 60 minutes.

Some screenshots I took during the workout.

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On the left of the screen Zwift lists the steps in the workout and a pointer moves down as each step finishes. The white box in the middle is different from yesterday’s ride where that information was in two boxes, one in the upper left and in the middle. Down the right side is the list of the riders close to my position, both in front and behind. I think I am starting to get the hang of Zwift. No problems pairing all of the sensors today. Friday will probably be another Zwifting day with the temperature getting colder over night.

Today closes out October biking. I biked 764.32 miles, exceeding my 700 mile goal. Year to date I rode 6,927 miles on the road and 164 miles virtual rides, all on Zwift, a total of 7,091 miles.