Searching Zwift for an interesting bike ride the ZZRC Watopia Volcano Climb fit the bill. 60 minute bike ride starting at 12:20 PM left me enough time to get ready. Outside the temperature hovered in the low 50’s with lots of sun but below my 60 degree threshold. At the end of 60 minutes I rode 16.95 miles and climbed 705 feet. I am ahead of where I was last year on this date by 11 miles at 589 combined road and Zwift rides.

I stayed with the group around the yellow beacon until we crested the climb and began the descent. At times I rode in front of the fence or just behind it. Sometimes the “Return to Group” popped up with me behind it. I am not sure why that happens. Most of the climbing was 5% to 6% but a short section near the top ramped up to 10% and I stood up to pedal at 3 to 4 mph as the Wahoo Snap trainer added resistance. On the Volcano KOM results I showed up at 61st out of 151 riders. On ZwiftPower.com I was 8th out of 57 ZwiftPower users. The red line on the left margin marks me.

Not many segments in Strava.