What a way to start February bike rides with two climbs of Box Hill on the Greater London Loop with the Le Col Session Social ride. Distance: 26.7 miles and 1,476 feet of climbing. This is the second longest Zwift bike ride since I started. The longest was November 15th, 2019 at 28.11 miles but only 275 feet of climbing then. My goals for February: 400 road miles and 100 Zwift miles. After today I am 26% of the way to my Zwift goal. This was my second time riding this course.

Looking back on January in Zwift I thought about how much it cost to ride there: $.0498 per mile (325.8 miles, $16.23 subscription cost) or $.827 per hour (19:38 hours, $16.23 subscription).

The ride leader encouraged everyone to stay together for the first 25 to 30 minutes which most did. After that everyone set their own pace. I hung with a group until then. Around 40 minutes into the ride I lost contact and then rode with individual riders who I caught or caught me, usually going up a climb. Box Hill is a bear as is the climb out of the subway near the end of each lap with 14% while Box Hill averaged 5% climbs.

From ZwiftPower.com I finished 59th which isn’t too bad considering the climbing. Box Hill stands out in the profile.

Strava results. Two medals awarded for the bike ride.