It has been awhile since I rode with The HERD on Zwift. Today their ride lined up with my time schedule and route preference. We rode 60 minutes on the Makuri Islands Island Hopper route. This was longer than 1 lap but not enough for two laps. I rode this route once before back on December 17, 2022, but not as a group ride. Today I rode 15.67 miles and climbed 558 feet versus 23.71 miles and 876 feet of climbing in December. ZwiftInsider.com lists the route as “Length: 17.9 km (11.1 miles), Elevation: 128.5 m (422‘), Lead-In: 0.15 km (0.1 miles). Four sprints per lap but riding behind the fence made it hard to charge at them.

This my 4th ride in a row on Zwift this week. The weather has not been favorable for biking outside.

Group D had 255 people and I rode around the 100 position moving ahead and falling back to stay behind the fence. Some of the group rode ahead of the fence at times. Staying behind the fence requires watching my speed and power but I got ahead of the fence a number of times. I almost stopped a few times to let the fence pass by. ZwiftPower.com results put me in 32nd out of 92 people with Zwiftpower.com profiles. Strava recorded PR on Bridges and Boardwalks Lead-In from Start Pens (3:39), 2nd fastest time on Island Hopper (43:18), and 2nd fastest time on Bridges and Boardwalks Lead-In from Start Pens (3:53).