🏁 Completed the 8 stages of Tour de #Zwift 2024.
This time the focus/emphasis was on the shorter routes and sprinting performance.
I'm pretty happy with my results: I was consistently getting into the top 5% (among hundreds of riders) on most of the sprint segments and have set a new personal record for quite a few of them as well.
⏱️4.75hr • 📏156km • ⛰1650m
🏆 Achievements:
🏅 11 Strava Segment PRs
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✅ A comfortable weekend weather for a longer bike ride (🌡️~15℃, no rain, and not too windy) in the second half of November? Such an alluring opportunity to wrap up the outdoor cycling season of 2023, I could't miss it!
A captivating, vivid scenery of gold-n-red trees along the trails was my reward! 🍂🍁
🗺️ Trails:
🧭 Washington & Old Dominion
🧭 Bluemont Junction
🧭 Custis
🧭 Mount Vernon
🧭 Four Mile Run
📏50km • ⛰400m • 🏞️🚴
Caught a perfect weather day and went for a rather fast-paced 60K+ bike ride through the W&OD, Fairfax County Parkway and Cross County trails.
🏆 Achievements:
🏅 13 Strava Segment PRs
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Lime Connect 2023 Metric Century Ride ⏱️ Time: 4hr 40min 🏆 Achievements:
📏 Distance: 106km
⛰️ Elevation gain: 920m
📈 Max grade: 8.6%
🌡️ Temperature: 13-26℃
🏅 20 Strava Segment PRs
Despite somewhat harsh weather conditions (rain/wind/cold) for the first half of the ride, it was still very enjoyable (and it did get nice and sunny for the last third of it).
Also, the treats on the aid stations were just outstanding this year (yum!).
This is my fourth time participating, so it's really more of a tradition at this point :)
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Seized an opportunity to take in the beauty of the day and embark on a scenic VA🔁MD bike ride through several picturesque trails:
🗺️🧭 Washington & Old Dominion
🗺️🧭 Custis
🗺️🧭 Chesapeake & Ohio Canal
🗺️🧭 Capital Crescent
🗺️🧭 Rock Creek
About a third of the ride distance (73K) fell along a newly discovered Rock Creek trail - an amazingly well-paved trail running alongside its namesake creek. And the "no motor vehicles" road sign made it an even more enjoyable passage!
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Несмотря на заставшую меня в самом начале пути грозу и крайне плотный проливной дождь (промок до последней нитки всего за пару минут!), с задором "пролетел" (принесенная дождем прохлада, видимо, поспособствовала) 55км по W&OD и Fairfax County Parkway, а затем вдоль Great Falls Park и через Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts.
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A very enjoyable, but rather high-intensity/fast-paced (🏆 9 Strava Segment PRs 🏅) ~65K bike ride through the W&OD, Fairfax County Parkway and Cross County trails.
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С некоторым опозданием (несмотря на все прививки/бустеры от covid/flu, умудрился порядочно слечь - две недели болел/восстанавливался), но наконец-таки открыл велосезон 2023 неспешным заездом на 50км (при 🌡️30℃ в апреле!). Как же все-таки приятно колесить на свежем воздухе! 🏞️🚴
🏁 Completed the 8 stages of Tour de #Zwift 2023.
⏱️6hr • 📏150km • ⛰2820m
BTW, the last stage route (on the just introduced brand new Scotland map) was designed for the upcoming 2023 UCI Cycling eSports World Championships.
🏆 Achievements:
🏅 3 Strava Segment PRs
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Не упустил возможности насладиться приятно умиротворяющей 70км велопрогулкой по излюбленной (и уже весьма обильно устланной опавшей листвой) W&OD в один из последних теплых дней уходящей осени (с несколько аномальной, как для середины ноября, температурой в 🌡️20℃). 🍂🛣️🚴
