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The Unbreakable Thread: How Six Women Forged Friendship and Strength Through Virtual Racing
They called us “the age‑group monsters” in the virtual peloton. For years, my teammates and I crushed watts, dominated Team Time Trials, and mailed digital high‑fives across time zones. We knew each other’s strengths, our quirks, even our favorite pre‑race snacks. But until last November, not a single one of...
5 Tours, ONE Dream: Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift
The Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift is more than a race on the calendar. It is a celebration of how far women’s cycling has come, and a reminder of how much bigger it can still become. Five years ago, Kate Veronneau and Zwift helped turn a long-held dream into...
150 Trivia Rides: A Milestone Worth Celebrating
150 rides. 3,000 questions. One extraordinary community. This is what happens when you show up for 150 Saturdays — and the women who show up with you.
Lorena Wiebes: Marginal Gains at a Massive Expense
When Lorena Wiebes' bike came in 18 grams under the UCI weight limit at the Giro d'Italia, she was disqualified from the entire race. To put that in perspective: it's the exact amount of espresso I grind every morning. Yet this invisible margin cost her everything—her UCI points, her momentum,...
Zwift Bike Upgrades: Do Smaller Riders Get the Same Gains?
When I first started digging into Zwift’s Bike Upgrade system, I went down the same rabbit hole as everyone else—reading posts, comparing charts, and trying to figure out which upgrades were actually worth it. On paper, it all seemed pretty straightforward. The catch is that almost all of it is...
When Your Body Says “Done”
After a hard race, my Garmin shouted “Unproductive” at me—while my body was just asking for rest. That moment forced me to face a bigger question: Do I really need all these metrics, or have I just gotten used to chasing numbers? In this post, I share how I’m learning...
Watts. So Hard to Understand?
Zwift’s current w/kg‑based categories might look fair on paper, but the physics tell a different story. When you hold watts per kilogram constant, heavier riders quietly gain an advantage because they’re pushing more absolute power at the same w/kg, and that translates directly into faster speeds and bigger time gaps....
Zwift to Mallorca: Where Virtual Connections Became Real
I spent a few unforgettable days in Mallorca at Zwift Community Live, where years of virtual connections turned into real-life conversations and rides. From workshops and group rides to unexpected coffee chats and dinner table stories, the event was a powerful reminder that the Zwift is built on people first....
Sleep Awareness Day Reflection: What 8 Time Zones Taught Me About Rest
I didn’t write about Sleep Awareness Week this year. It's not that I forgot, I was too busy flying across eight time zones to Mallorca, chasing rides, and pretending I could out-plan jet lag at 66. Spoiler: I couldn’t. This story is about what those flights, rides, and very foggy...