The string of days with the temperature above 60 to almost 80 ended this morning so my bike ride moved to Zwift. I picked the ZZRC Sub 2.0 Group D ride starting at 12:40 PM. The route was Watopia Tempus Figit lasting 60 minutes. In that time I biked 22.58 miles with 177 feet of climbing. According to ZwiftInsider.com the course, ““Tempus Fugit” is Latin for “time flees (or flies)”, and this is certainly a flat, fast route. Released as part of Zwift’s Fuego Flats desert expansion, it is designed as an out and back TT race course, with the lead-in from the desert start pens making the course come in right around 20km in length for one lap.” Route Basics: Length: 17.3 km (10.7 miles), Elevation: 16 m (52‘), Lead-In: 2.4 km (1.5 miles)

February 15th was my last Zwift ride making me a little rusty on setting up computer, livestream, and warming up. No glitches hardware wise. My legs needed to warm up and get my Wahoo Snap trainer humming along. At first I wasn’t sure I could stay with the group but I did. Getting the “Return To The Group” warning several times meant I was near the front. The flat course helped me stay with the group. I kept the camera mostly on #1 for a view of those around me and the fence up front. At the finish the Fuego Flats Reverse results put me 325th out of 769. At 59:30 the ride leader released the people who wanted to sprint. I still had some power left so I increased my speed but I forgot to use my powerup. ZwiftPower.com results list me as 30th out of 71 users with profiles.

A new personal record on the Tempus Figit segment in Strava.