This will be my fourth ride on Watopia’ Sugar Cookie route. Not sure where the Sugar Cookie name comes from. The last 7 miles are not that sweet. The previous rides were 24.3 miles with 846 feet of climbing. the ride begins with a descent from 328 feet to 49 feet. From there rolling hills for 14.4 miles put me at the foot of the big climb on the route. The climb goes up Epic KOM almost 300 feet in 1.25 miles. A small descent leads to the final climb of 40 feet over .75 of a mile. The last 3.25 miles is downhill except for a small kickup near the finish. The last ride took 1:30:38. I improved that time and garnered these Strava top results: PR on Epic KOM – Start to Bypass Intersection (9:43), PR on Sugar Cookie (1:16:20), 2nd fastest time on Epic KOM Bypass – Westbound (4:41), and 3rd fastest time on Jungle Descent (5:05). There were four sprints but I didn’t improve my PR on any of them.
1-17-2024 SportTracks Ride History Zwift Watopia Sugar Cookie
The flattest stretches of Watopia. 21.1 miles, 514 feet elevation gain. This will be the 10th time riding this route. Outside it is 30 degrees, up from 17 degrees around sunrise. Only place to ride is Zwift; total of 32617 people Zwifting when I started. At 4.76 miles the first significant climb covered 1/2 mile going up from 45 to 89 feet. The following downhill lasted about 1.25 miles bottoming out at 18 feet below sea level. This was under water until 7.69 miles when a 2.23 mile long climb went up to 71 feet for a total gain of 89 feet. I got some relief after the climb going downhill for 1.43 miles. From there the road went up for 2.71 miles, 73 feet above sea level. A brief .73 mile downhill gave me recovery time for the .31 mile uphill gaining 30 feet. The next 1.95 miles descended to below sea level, a 1.08 mile flat section under water. The final big climb lasted 2.06 miles up 70 feet onto Fuego Flats to the finish. Overall Strava says this was 3rd fastest time on Rebel Route: Triple Flat Loops (1:09:55).
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – Texas’s largest and most difficult mountain bike race took place around El Paso’s Franklin Mountains this weekend. This year, the 17th annual Puzzler MTB Race attracted over 400 participants from all over the U.S. and Mexico.
Organizers said this year, they wanted to provide more opportunities for beginners.
“This whole year… we’re going to focus on the beginner rides,” said Fernanda Graton, one of the directors for the Borderland Mountain Bike Association (BMBA). “And we saw the results this year.”
Graton said it was a record-breaking year for beginner enrollment. There were multiple races …
Stuart Gardner, Program Director Greater Houston Cycling Foundation | shoutout.wix.com
While it’s hard to comprehend given the weather right now, the track season is approaching! Included in this email is info on this years race Calendar! Over the next few weeks I will talk about Track Intro Classes, our Lawson Craddock Youth Cycling League, training at Alkek, the Rider of the Year Competition, and the GHCF Race Team/Club. …
… Regional/State Championships
This year Alkek Velodrome will be hosting Regional Championships instead of State Championships. This is because other states nearby don’t have velodromes so riders from them will be eligible to win too! So these are for anyone who resides in Texas or any neighboring state (Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico). Events will take place over 3 weekend with Championship Titles for the following categories: …
Day 4:Van Horn to Valentine: Prada, kindness, and the open road
Tuesday January 16, 2024, 39 miles (63 km) – Total so far: 167 miles (269 km)
Since our bodies aren’t used to Central time, we slept in unintentionally. Then we went to the cafe onsite at Van Horn RV Park for some coffee and breakfast. When we walked in our new friend Jack invited us to sit with him and he’d buy us breakfast. Absolutely not we said
We still chatted over a simple egg breakfast and talked with Dana our server. At the end of the meal, Dana wouldn’t bring us our check insisting it was on the house. So we grabbed Jacks bill and paid that. Grateful to meet both of them.
We hit Highway 90 at 11am with the wind coming from all directions. It was wide open views, a large shoulder, and very little traffic to Valentine. It was also …
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