Supposedly the temperature would ride to the upper 60’s today but around 10:30 AM I didn’t see much movement so I looked for a Zwift event. I found the ZESP Chihchilla’s Neokyo Makuri Islands All-Nighter starting at 12:15 PM. I’m searching for new routes in Neokyo and this was one of them. I got dressed and the livestream setup and waited for the start time. There wasn’t a crowd in group D with only 82 people registered. The pace was 2.0 – 2.5 w/kg average for 60 minutes. The All-Nighter covers nearly all of the roads in Neokyo with not too much climbing but I wasn’t planning on maintaining that high of pace. After the opening rush I settled in with two other riders for the ride. Most of the ride we were in sight of each other but on some of the climbs I pulled away but they reeled me back. Near the end of the ride I noticed the red marker of the sweeper was behind me by several minutes. I could’ve called for help to get closer to the riders in front of me by over a minute but I was holding a comfortable pace. At 15.1 miles I got the notice of completing the route but there was still time left in the hour ride. The 3 of us continued and I finished with 17.75 miles (according to Strava) and 610 feet of climbing. The route contained 548 feet of climbing. I remember seeing one climb hit 10% but not for long. Today I pedaled standing up for many of the 5% or above climbs.

Strava reported a new personal record: PR on Rooftop Rendezvous (8:38)

The ZwiftInsider.com link to the course details.