I should have expected problems before starting today’s Zwift bike ride. Yesterday I reset my desktop computer from Windows 11 to Windows 10. In order to do that I had to erase all of my data. That meant about 6 hours or installing and recovering programs and data. I thought I had Zwift installed and working but when I started Zwift it got hung up loading and while that was happening the No Limits Cycling club ride on Makuri Islands Suki’s Playground started without me. In addition to Zwift I configured OBS Studio to livestream to YouTube but I missed an audio setting and recorded the room sounds rather than the Zwift sounds. I got that fixed now but I suspect if I were to post the video I would get copyright notices because of the background music.

With all of the problems I managed to ride 11.02 miles and climb 440 feet on the route. The ride plan was 60 minutes long but I only rode 41:41 and actual moving time is less than that as I dealt with the issues. Suki’s Playground is in the latest world Makuri Islands. One lap is 15.0 miles with 492 feet of climbing. I didn’t ride the full lap but most of the climbing. According to ZwiftInsider.com the name comes from “Suki’s Playground is a rather flat figure 8 named in memory of Zwift Senior Game Designer Richard Yeh’s dog Suki, who passed while Richard was developing routes for the Yumezi map. “I adopted Suki when she was only 11 weeks old, and we had a wonderful 11 years together,” says Richard. “She passed away suddenly last September, but her spirit is always still with me. She loved to run and do zoomies when she got excited. The route was initially called ‘Zoomies for Suki’, but we changed it to ‘Suki’s Playground.’”

I rode Zwift because the outside temperature at the 1 PM start was below 60. I’m glad I rode Zwift to iron out the problems. Tomorrow it will be in the 70’s and I will ride outside. But sometime Thursday another cold front will arrive and I will be back on Zwift for several days. Below is the Strava data for what I did ride.