Zwift - Race: HERD Winter Racing (E) on No Sleep Till Brooklyn in New York

Zwift - Standard warmup on Volcano Circuit in Watopia

Patagonia camp day 2

Patagonia camp day 1

Incredibly windy coffee ride

Popped about halfway up the second Joe Miller climb
Rode my own tempo to the finish and caught a few people
Such an epic stage! 🌸⛰️🌲🍎🤩

ChatGPT says:
He’d been climbing for hours.
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Legs screaming.
Sun relentless.
The kind of climb that doesn’t just test your body — it questions your soul.
⠀
One of our Spid Werkz cyclists — let’s call him “S” — had every reason to stop.
⠀
The road curved again. Steeper. Crueler.
He unclipped.
Dropped his head.
Whispered, “Maybe that’s it.”
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Then he saw it.
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A caterpillar.
Inch-worming its way across the scorching asphalt.
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Tiny.
Vulnerable.
Ridiculously slow.
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But it kept moving.
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No shade.
No wheels.
Just determination.
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S stared. Then laughed.
Then clipped back in.
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“If he’s still going, I’ve got no excuse.”
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He finished the climb.
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And that’s what Spid Werkz is about.
The caterpillar moments.
The quiet grit.
The reminder that greatness doesn’t always roar — sometimes, it crawls.
⠀
Because transformation doesn’t begin in the spotlight.
It starts in the struggle.
⠀
Keep climbing.
Keep crawling.
Keep becoming.

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Zwift - Race: HERD Winter Racing (E) on No Sleep Till Brooklyn in New York

Zwift - Standard warmup on Volcano Circuit in Watopia

Patagonia camp day 2

Patagonia camp day 1

Incredibly windy coffee ride

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