Before today’s Zwift ride I caught up on some long delayed housework. But then it was Zwift time. I searched the upcoming events but none were the time, distance or w/kg I wanted to ride. So, I created a meetup starting at 1:10 PM using the Watopia Dust In The Wind route but only 20 miles of the 32.4 mile total. I went climbing twice and the downhills didn’t compensate for the effort I used getting up them.

ZwiftInsider.com describes the full route: One of five routes rolled out with Zwift’s Titans Grove expansion, “Dust In the Wind” covers Titans Grove twice, as well as Fuego Flats, part of Ocean Boulevard, and a Mayan Jungle out and back. Along the way you’ll encounter a fair amount of virtual dirt/gravel road, so you might consider swapping to a mountain bike so you can move to the front of the pack and make everyone else eat your dust!

I didn’t switch to a mountain bike because I didn’t think of it. I rode Dust In The Wind 2 times before, 1 for the full route and the other less than half of the miles.

The reason I rode Zwift today was because when I got up at 6:30 it was 39 degrees and it wasn’t above 60 after i finished my housework around 12:30. Tomorrow it is supposed to warm up to the 80’s.

I collected 4 medals in Strava.