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I ended 2020 with 10,183 kms cycled and a streak of 63 days with a minimum of one hour of cycling to end the year. With only one race on February 29, I didn’t think I’d hit my goal of 10,000 kms. I held out hope for a fall season but when that was cancelled I stopped cycling for 5 weeks.

I did the Alpe du Zwift today for the first time. I don’t get the point of it. I don’t believe that Zwift ascent is actually ascent. Yes, the trainer increases the resistance and the speed goes down when you’re going up a virtual hill, but it’s not ascent. The bike isn’t on an incline and you aren’t using the same muscles you are when climbing outdoors. I got the same workout today that I would have if I had ridden on Tempus Fugit, but I just had substantially less kms ridden. I don’t see me riding it again. As a guy that rides up hills outside, I just don’t consider Zwift ascent actual climbing.

I think my only goal this year will be to ride 12,000 kms. If there are races I’ll add some goals. I realized I can do golf and cycling instead of just focusing on one, so I intend to gold more this year too.