Zwift Tour de Zwift 2024 | Stage 2

Posted on 10th January 202420th January 2024 by Tim

This evening I completed the second stage of the 2024 Tour de Zwift. The Category A route was two laps of The Muckle Yin in Scotland. I’d not ridden this route before but I had ridden most of it’s sections including the nasty Sgurr Summit. This ride would feature that twice in both directions as well as four other climbs. Needless to say it was a little tough and I could feel the burn in my legs afterwards. However it wasn’t as tiring as Stage 1 which I was very pleasantly surprised with.

I also levelled up to Level 25 during the ride. It seems rather too easy to level up following the recent changes and I’m not sure I like it.

Route	The Muckle Yin in Scotland
Distance	47.4 km
Time	1h 30m 44s
Elevation	564 m
Average Power	229 W

Zwift Tour de Zwift 2024 | Stage 1

Posted on 3rd January 20243rd January 2024 by Tim

This evening I completed the first stage of the 2024 Tour de Zwift. The Category A route was Triple Loops in London. This was a fair distance and not having completed it previously along with not checking the route beforehand I had a nasty shock on the ride when I realised it would cover both Leith Hill and Box Hill climbs, not to mention that particularly gnarly 15% staircase in the tube station at the end!

Still I completed it without feeling too bad and managed to level up to Level 24 during the ride.

Route	Triple Loops in London
Distance	41.4 km
Time	1h 28m 22s
Elevation	569 m
Average Power	224 W

Runna Week 03 – Redux Pt 3

Posted on 11th December 202311th December 2023 by Tim

At long last, I managed to complete the long 12 km run from Week 3! I got on the treadmill without any particular plan but then thought I’d give it a whirl. The run itself was 8 km at an easy pace and then 4 km at 8.3 km/h. I therefore chose 7.3km/h for the easy pace and it was thankfully OK. I inadvertently skipped the week’s 5 km run but I figured I can pick that up at any time.

Overall progress can be seen here.

	Week	To date
Distance	12.03 km	99.56 km
Time	1h 42m 54s	12h 40m 30s
Runs	1	14
Runalyze 50K Prognosis	7h 15m 09s

Runna Week 03 – Redux Pt 2

Posted on 29th November 202329th November 2023 by Tim

Blimey calf muscles can be really annoying! I decided on a long rest with a bit of cycling to fill the gaps and it was all going well. Then one night I decided to trot whilst walking the dog and my right calf felt a bit stiff afterwards. Was my own fault as I did no warm up at all and started off too fast. Annoyingly the dog loved it! Thankfully, my calf was just a bit tight rather than injured and the left calf felt absolutely fine. Anywyay, this evening I thought I’d have another go at Week 3 of my Runna training plan. and picked up on Run 2 – 6.2 km of Hill training leaving me with 5 km (Thursday) and 12 km (Saturday), classified as Easy and Long respectively. Previously I had to cut my 12 km run due to the original problem with my left calf back at the end of September.

On tonight’s effort I felt perfectly fine.

Overall progress can be seen here.

	Week	To date
Distance	5.49 km	87.53 km
Time	45m 28s	10h 57m 36s
Runs	1	13
Runalyze 50K Prognosis	-

Zwift Tour of Watopia Fall 2023 | Stage 5

Posted on 30th October 202331st October 2023 by Tim

This evening I completed the fifth and final stage of the 2023 Fall Tour of Watopia – The Big Ring, one of the new routes that featured a new section of the map to include the southern coast expansion. I started off at a decent enough pace but made the mistake of tackling the first sprint section too hard which then wiped me out for the next few miles.

Whilst everything was done at a fairly sedate pace, this is the first time I’ve completed all A rides in a tour so I’m pleased with that. #rideon!

Route	The Big Ring
Distance	53.1 km
Time	1h 44m 36s
Elevation	276 m
Average Power	215 W