The weather forecast was right for today. When I started today’s Zwift ride at 12;30 PM it was 44 degrees outside. Not for my biking. I found the ZHCC Flat Friday ride on Zwift. The route was the Watopia Tempus Fugit for 60 minutes. The fence was up for the right and I stayed behind it most of the time but for the last 10 minutes or so I tried to stay with a group and we went beyond the fence. Looking back this was the 3rd time biking this route. Today’s 20.53 miles was the middle distance of the 3. The ride was fast, by my standards anyway, averaging 20.1 mph with a max of 25.9 mph. Not too bad for someone my age.

The YouTube live stream reported an error about 15 minutes into the ride, not enough data being received. Fortunately I recorded the ride as well. The video above is the ride less about 40 seconds at the beginning.

Since it was awhile since my last ride on Tempus Fugit I looked it up on ZwiftInsider.com to see what I signed up for. The basics: 10.7 miles long plus a 1.5 mile lead-in with 52 feet of climbing per lap. From ZwiftInsider.com, ““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.”

I scored two personal records on Strava; 2nd fastest time on Tempus Fugit (31:38) and 3rd fastest time on Fuego Flats Reverse Sprint (13:12).