I wasn’t sure what events I would find in Zwift for the mid-afternoon time frame but The Big Ring (TBR) scheduled 60 minutes starting at 2:45 PM. The route was the Neokyo Makuri Islands Sleepless City which I had not done yet. According to ZwiftInsider.com the route is 6 miles with a .1 mile lead-in. Climbing was not too bad at 138 feet. With the event’s 60 minutes that meant multiple laps. I managed to stay with the group which was supposed to keep the speed at 19 to 21 mph for the first lap but they pulled away. My average speed was 19.7 mph, in the range the leaders wanted but not fast enough to stay with the other 170+ riders. The route is about as flat as you can get as shown in the image below.

Because this was a new route for me I set 3 personal records in Strava: PR on Sleepless City (15:58), 2nd fastest time on Sleepless City (17:59), 3rd fastest time on Sleepless City (19:14). That cover the 3 laps I rode for a total of 19.91 miles.

Outside the weather was cooler than my 60 degree threshold pointing me to Zwift where it was a nice 70. While I was inside Richard Swann took my Strava local legend title on the Havenbrook sprint. His 28 rides eclipsed my 27 in the last 90 days.