After yesterday’s failed attempt to ride in Zwift I set out on today’s ride with more hope. Yesterday I couldn’t get my Wahoo Snap smart trainer and sensors to connect to Zwift. I messed with my network connections, the Zwift companion app and anything else I could think of, all to no avail. Today I changed my phone to my main WiFi SSID, connected my desktop to the network with WiFi instead of the ethernet cable and all seemed to be working as expected. The companion app connected the sensors and trainer to Zwift. This worked until 19:56 into the ride when the smart trainer and sensors dropped out. I checked the phone’s WiFi connection, it was still working and on the same SSID. In Zwift I changed from using the companion app to connect to my computer and after a couple of pairing attempts I was back. During my problem I lost contact with a large group but rode with a few Zwifters. I have no idea what happened but after yesterday’s failure I knew some things to check. Below the Zwiftalizer.com website analyzed my Zwift log file of today’s ride.

Today I rode the Vikings Valhalla Recovery Ride in Watopia Tempus Fugit. According to the leaders there 854 riders. Group D was to average 1.4 – 1.8 W/Kg but without a fence I didn’t hold much hope the group would stay together for long. The course covered 19.5 miles with 153 feet of climbing. As I wrote above I stayed with a large group until the drop out when I rejoined the large group was up the road. The smaller groups I rode with helped with the drafting. This went well until a banner came up telling me the Tempus Fugit routed completed at 12.3 miles and the other riders disappeared. From then on until the 1/2 mile I rode alone occasionally passing another rider. In the last 1/2 mile I saw a group of 4 or 5 approaching from the rear. I sped up some because I figured they might pass me before I hit 60 minutes. But they caught me before the finish.

As a recovery ride I rode at a fast pace averaging 20.0 mph. The flat course helped. This was my first ride on the Tempus Fugit course so no comparison to previous rides. I earned these medals: 1 gold, 1 silver, and 4 bronze for Strava segments. Zwift unlocked the Tempus Fugit achievement. I don’t know if that allows me to ride this course on my own or not.