The weather is cold and a bit of precipitation over night. A good day to hop on Zwift. I did the mountain loop today. The gear setup was simple, no problems. I tried enabling the HoloPlay (sp??) feature that allows a previous effort to be played back as a "ghost rider". It didn't work. I also decreased the climbing difficulty to "Off". This gave me a greater gear selection while climbinb. The ride went as planned. I was sufficiently warmed up by the time the climb started. I was mostly out of the saddle doing around 3 W/kg. I was a bit impatient to start, but I reeled it in by coaching and listening to the music. I was trying to post a sub 30 as a comparison in the climbing difficulty setting. I was mostly in my big ring. The HR was around 140-150 BPM. I didn't bother checking my placing as I went over the summit. I posted a sub 31. So, good enough for now. The bonus climb went as it normally does, crawling up the wall. I had better gear selection. In the normal setting, I would have been in the little / big. I met up with another rider for the last few minutes till the summit. After reaching the summit, I cruised my way back down the mountain and back to the main-land. As I was nearing the last few miles, one of the pace partners bridged up. I decided to try and keep up. To my surprise, I was able to keep up. I counted at least 50 riders around him. I held on till I reached the finish. Shortly after, I did the cooldown routine, till the HR went to 112 BPM. Concentration was good. I bit impatient at first. Balance and form felt good. Gear was good. The saddle seems a bit more compliant than the old one. Nutrition was good. I went through most of my Gatorade, no water. Other notes, I didn't bother checking the number of riders when I hopped on.