I got home from church a little later than normal and the outside temperature still rested below 60 degrees. Deciding a Zwift event was more than I wanted I chose to free ride on the Watopia Tick Tock course. According to ZwiftInsider.com this route “is a clockwise loop covering Fuego Flats and portions of the Ocean Boulevard tube. Released as part of Zwift’s Fuego Flats desert expansion, this route is flatter than Watopia Flat or Volcano Flat, with the only pitchy bits being in and out of Fuego Flats, and in and out of the ocean tunnel.” Free rides seem to be squishy on the starting location and today was no exception. I took the Zwift distance and climbing numbers 10.5 miles and 157 feet of climbing as gospel but my bike ride was 10.72 miles with 174 feet of climbing. Close but not exact. Since there is no announcement when I completed the route I stopped after passing the starting pen entrance. As I approached the end the bottom of the “Nearby Zwifter” box showed 9,385 Zwifting. I did pass and get passed by many people in both directions.

This was an easy bike ride to finish the week. I biked every day this week either on the road or in Zwift. I am making progress on my road goal while my Zwift goal is much closer.

For a winter week 169.8 miles is good. I am ahead in each goal except for road miles for the year. But I am ahead of last year’s miles at this point. The chart below compares years 2011 through 2021 YTD miles. 2021 has the most at this time.

Strava bike ride summary.