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    “Legends and Lava” Route Details (Watopia)

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    Launched in Zwift’s August 2021 update, this route was created to host Zwift Academy Road 2021‘s “standard” Baseline and Finish Line rides. 

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    Launched in Zwift’s August 2021 update, this route was created to host Zwift Academy Road 2021‘s “standard” Baseline and Finish Line rides. 

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    Route Basics

    Length: 24.5 km (15.2 miles)
    Elevation:
    321 m (1,053‘)
    Lead-In: 0 km ( miles)
    Map: Watopia

    Start & Finish

    Begins at Fuego Flats start pen, ends atop the Volcano KOM.

    Achievement Badge: 490 XP

    Banners and Leaderboards

    (in order of appearance)
    Titans Grove Reverse KOM
    Sprint Forward
    Volcano KOM

    Strava Strava Segments

    Legends and Lava

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    Route Description

    This route was designed to hit three different segments which test your sprint, VO2, and threshold power:

    • Sprint: Watopia Sprint Forward
    • VO2: Titans Grove Reverse KOM
    • Threshold: Volcano KOM

    Beginning at the Fuego Flats start pens, we travel south and turn left into Titans Grove for a twisty, rollercoaster warmup before beginning the first timed segment of the ride: the Titans Grove Reverse KOM!

    Catch your breath as you descend down to the misty valley of the dinosaurs, then climb out of Titans Grove and take the Ocean Boulevard tube over to the Fishing Village.

    As you hit the Italian Villas you’ll want to ramp up your wattage, because the sprint segment is just up the road! This is a longer sprint, and it begins just before you enter the short tunnel. Give it all you’ve got, then recover over The Esses and through the glass bridge to the Volcano.

    Your final challenge is the Volcano KOM – a corkscrewing climb to the top of the steaming mass of rock. Go go go! The route officially ends atop the KOM, but you’ve earned the right to get a few extra kilometers in by spinning those legs out while you descend afterward.

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    Doug
    Doug
    10 months ago

    I can’t wait to race this route–It looks super fun. I love the volcano climb finish–You’d think it would be good for the climbers, but it’s so draftable that the big guys have a chance too!

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    Anton
    Anton
    10 months ago
    Reply to  Doug

    Yep, type of route suits my riding to. Love an uphill finish.

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    Steve Doinidis
    Steve Doinidis
    10 months ago

    And just to confirm, no XP points nor a badge for completing this route, correct?

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    Eric Schlange
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    Eric Schlange(@eschlange)
    10 months ago
    Reply to  Steve Doinidis

    Correct, because it’s an event-only route. Those don’t give badges or completion XP.

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    Rob
    Rob(@rlines)
    10 months ago
    Reply to  Eric Schlange

    Wouldn’t it be neat if it did. Would encourage more participation in events.

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    Ruth
    Ruth
    5 months ago
    Reply to  Eric Schlange

    I just looked at my “Achievement Badges” in game and there is one for this route and for Climbers Gambit (neither of them are marked as completed in my game, but I definately have done the Legends and Lava on 2 occasions as my baseline and finish ride of Swift Academy)

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    Mike
    Mike
    4 months ago
    Reply to  Ruth

    I saw the same thing Ruth did. Hopefully when they open this up to non-event only we will get route badge credit. I will do it again at that time if not. Kind of silly to put it on badge list if there is no badge. Treasure of Sierra Madre meme I guess.

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    Tim
    Tim
    3 months ago
    Reply to  Mike

    They upgraded this to a regular route and give it a route badge.

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    rmx
    rmx
    10 months ago

    this is going to be painful

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    Russell
    Russell
    10 months ago

    So does an 80kg rider go with a climbing setup here?

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    Jimmy
    Jimmy
    10 months ago
    Reply to  Russell

    It doesn’t really matter as long as you use the same setup for both the baseline and finish line rides. This is setup to measure your improvement between the two, not to race or compare to other people, so choose a setup you’re happy with and stick with it for both.

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    KB824
    KB824
    3 months ago
    Reply to  Russell

    all rounder

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    Larry Smart
    Larry Smart
    10 months ago

    Thanks for ruining Zwift Insider. There are so many pop up ads that you cannot get the annamated routes to work. I understand ads but not one every 5 seconds.

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    Eric Schlange
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    Eric Schlange(@eschlange)
    10 months ago
    Reply to  Larry Smart

    If you’re seeing popup ads every 5 seconds, you’ve got malware on your computer. That’s not from this site…

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    Jim
    Jim
    10 months ago
    Reply to  Eric Schlange

    Same here, no problem with pop-up ads on Zwift Insider.

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    Larry Smart
    Larry Smart
    6 months ago
    Reply to  Eric Schlange

    Thanks for letting me know

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    Cade
    Cade(@caderiver)
    10 months ago
    Reply to  Larry Smart

    I think that might be you, I haven’t had any issues with pop-up ads on ZI.

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    Rob
    Rob
    10 months ago

    Would be wonderful for route badges to exist for the event only routes. Would encourage more participation in events.

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    Linda N
    Linda N
    10 months ago

    Did this last night. I loved hating it…
    I hope it becomes a new open route after the Academy.

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    BerlyBel4
    BerlyBel4
    9 months ago

    Is it ok to do a recovery pace between segments?

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    Robocheme
    Robocheme
    9 months ago

    I’m going to do my Baseline ride tomorrow. Does this route pop up automatically?

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    Eric Schlange
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    Eric Schlange(@eschlange)
    9 months ago
    Reply to  Robocheme

    There are two category choices when you sign up for your Baseline Ride – the category you choose determines the route you ride. “A” puts you on Climber’s Gambit, “B” puts you on Legends and Lava.

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    Kristin Moat
    Kristin Moat
    9 months ago

    Do you know if you can do more than one lap of this course?

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    Mike Wall
    Mike Wall
    7 months ago
    Reply to  Kristin Moat

    No, if you continue (like I did yesterday) you seem to continue going around the volcano. I turned off towards Downtown

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    Robert Martin
    Robert Martin(@rob_f_martin)
    6 months ago

    Eric
    Now that this is a proper route on Zwift, I was expecting Strava to show the segment after I had completed it but it does not show up. Do you have to do a u-turn to go back to the start pens?

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    Ken Geens
    Ken Geens
    6 months ago
    Reply to  Robert Martin

    The segment on Strava begins earlier then when you start the route on free ride so I guess you only get it when completing it in an event. I did the baseline/finishline event and there you see the segment. But now when I did it in free ride I don’t see the segment on Strava. They have to adjust that!

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    Robert Martin
    Robert Martin(@rob_f_martin)
    6 months ago
    Reply to  Ken Geens

    Ken, thanks very much for the answer. I guess I’d better ride it again

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    Gaz
    Gaz
    6 months ago

    Sounded good on paper….hate Titans Grove unless completed a 10k warm up first. Its complete now, won’t ride it again

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    Jan
    Jan
    6 months ago

    Hi Eric, love your site! Elevation is a bit more when doing the official route: 352m and then you get your batch.

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    Kid Zwift
    Kid Zwift
    6 months ago

    What happens when an event that lasts 2hr chooses this course? Do you just teleport back to the start line after completing a lap like it looks like based on the elevation map presented on zwiftpower for that event?

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    Carrie
    Carrie
    6 months ago

    NO XP for these routes added this week?

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    Carrie
    Carrie
    6 months ago

    They have made these 2 routes public, but there are no points to complete the routes? Legends & Lava and Climbers Gambit? I did the legends as part of the Zwift academy road, but would do again. Let me know

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    Mike
    Mike
    5 months ago
    Reply to  Carrie

    I got 600 experience tonight 1/6/2022 when I completed the climbers gambit route for my first go.

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    Troels Walsted Hansen
    Troels Walsted Hansen
    6 months ago

    Hi Eric, thanks for creating these route descriptions and Strava segments!

    I rode this route and got the badge, but somehow it didn’t match the Strava segment.

    I think the Strava segment starts before the point where I spawned. Could you take a look? Here’s my activity: https://www.strava.com/activities/6394779543

    Thanks!
    Troels

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    Robert Martin
    Robert Martin(@rob_f_martin)
    6 months ago
    Reply to  Troels Walsted Hansen

    see the answer to my question above. In short, yes – you need to do a u-turn to go back towards the start pens and then do another u-turn

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    Thomas Christiansen
    Thomas Christiansen
    6 months ago
    Reply to  Robert Martin

    Well, I completed it in an event, but still didn’t get the Strava segment.
    https://www.strava.com/activities/6411387852

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    Thomas Christiansen
    Thomas Christiansen
    6 months ago
    Reply to  Thomas Christiansen

    Something is off. The leader of the segment finished the segment BEFORE climbing the Volcano?!
    https://www.strava.com/activities/6411196182#2909091737608110670

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    Jan Katanek
    Jan Katanek
    4 months ago
    Reply to  Thomas Christiansen

    The segement is visible in your activity now – did you get that fixed with a support request, or did it show up itself all of a sudden?

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    gottabe anonymous
    gottabe anonymous
    4 months ago

    Strava has been removing segments again, the start pens segment is gone

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    Tim
    Tim
    4 months ago
    Reply to  gottabe anonymous

    I think the start pens segment never existed or was deleted by Eric for being useless. Generally he doesn’t create “from start pens” segments for routes where going from the start pens still traverses the whole non-start pens segment.

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