Stage 5 of the Tour de Zwift still active today so I created a meetup. Sticking with the Makuri islands I chose the Neon Flats route to earn another badge. The route was shorter than I wanted to ride so I set the distance to 15.2 miles. ZwiftInsider.com describes the route, “Introduced in Zwift’s November 2021 update, Neon Flats is one of the flattest Neokyo routes around. (Oddly enough, it’s not the flattest – that award goes to Sleepless City.) This is a great route if you’re looking for something flat and fast, with sprint segments to contest.” While the elevations weren’t that high I climbed 394 feet during the 15.2 miles. I chose 15.2 miles because there is a .2 mile lead-in. I try to minimize the climbing because I’m a flatlander. My legs got a workout though.

A few other Zwifters were on the course. At one point the number was 1,038 but that dropped quickly when I turned onto another road. No dirt so I continued riding the Specialized Tarmac from my Zwift garage. In real life the bike mounted on my smart trainer was the Blue Norcross AL.

I lost count of all the sprints. Zwiftinsider.com shows 4 in the lap. Riding more than 1 lap maybe I did 7 sprints. I count them as intervals.

Scenery along the route was very colorful. A few strange looking vehicles and maybe some food trucks. I didn’t stop at any of those.

The livestream ended before I finished when I lost internet connection for 24 seconds at 12:04:25 PM. On 1/25/2022 the internet connection stopped at 12:17:41 PM for 45 seconds stopping that livestream too. My ISP, SuddenLink, is known for irregular connections.

Some of the roads show up in other routes. Strava found these personal results: PR on Tower Sprint (36s), 2nd fastest time on Tower Sprint (39s), 2nd fastest time on Alley Sprint Reverse (38s), 3rd fastest time on Alley Sprint Reverse (40s).