Watopian Weekly

This week Hollie and Dustin talk with the most feared Captain in all of the Ladder League, Josh W. Captain of the Coalition X-Wings. Notice, no Captain of DiRT Cycos was brave/available to record despite being invited. 

Topics discussed in this episode: Hollie gets second in FRR and tries MyWoosh, Josh grabs another victory in the Ladder League and continues his training, and Dustin has a great time in DRS. 

The Coalition X-Wings vs. DiRT Cycos Ladder Race is on Sunday, April 21, 2024 at 3:00PM UTC. This will be live streamed on YouTube. The link will be posted in the Watopian Weekly Discord Server. In conjunction with the race you’ll also be able to help compete in the Ride-On competition. Any ride ons that you give to the whole team will count for a team vs. team Ride-On competition - that’s just in case we end up with a tie. But don’t worry, X-Wings will take care of any Ties (Star Wars Tie Fighter reference).

Approximate Times:

04:00 Weekly Catch Up

22:30 DRS Round 3 Discussion

28:00 Captain Josh’s Zwift Story

34:00 Coalition X-Wings vs DiRT Cycos

35:00 X-Wing Attack Plan

38:00 How to watch the race and give Ride-Ons to help the race

45:00 Closing of Episode

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Disclaimer: We had a few connection issues at the beginning (Dustin shut his computer off by accident which caused a few sound issues in the intro).

This week Hollie and Dustin discuss DRS, ZRL Finals, WTRL TTT Worlds, and the race of the year: X-Wings vs. DiRTY Cycos. Dustin took a ride outside, Hollie went to a comedy show, and Dustin learns why you’d race a friendly in Ladder League

Please join the Watopian Weekly Podcast Club on Zwift to be able to fan view the X-Wings vs DiRTY Cycos Ladder Race on Sunday, April 21. We’re going to have live commentary as well as recording this to post on YouTube.

Thank you all for listening, giving feedback, support, and joining the Dscord server and the Watopian Weekly Zwift Club. Rides will be starting up again soon! Currently Dustin is in Super-Secret training to build his sprint to 202 watts before the X-Wings vs DiRTY Cycos Race.

Approximate times:

00:15 Weekly Catch Up

18:30 DRS Week 2 recap

20:00 DRS Week 3 Richmond Rollercoaster Preview

26:30 DRS Week 3 Bike Choice

27:00 ZRL Finals 

30:10 WTRL TTT Yorkshire Gold Blend

38:50 X-Wings vs. Cycos Race / Trash Talk

55:45 Outro / Closer

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This week Hollie and Dustin talk with Martin from WTRL! Martin had to join us late so his interview starts around 20 minutes into the episode. Topics covered in this episode, DRS, Ladder Racing, all things WTRL and ZRL, favorite Easter Candy - how do you eat a chocolate bunny and more! 

Hollie and Dustin had a lot of questions for Martin from WTRL. Did you know 36,000+ people participate in ZRL alone each week? That is incredible! Thank you to everyone on our Discord server sending in questions! We tried to get in as many as we could. Special thank you to Martin for taking the time to talk with us. 

Approximate Times:

Thank you to all listening, giving feedback, support and joining the discord server. Rides will be starting up again soon! Stay tuned for updates on X-Wings vs DiRTY Cycos Ladder Race. We’ll make sure everyone is available to fan view this or watch it on YouTube.

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Watopian Weekly Episode 20 Admin Team Catch Up

This Week Hollie and Dustin get to talk with the Resident Scotsman of the Watopian Weekly staff, Paul from Team No 8! 

Topics discussed in this episode: Dustin doing well in a Ladder Race then Dustin getting dropped hard in a Ladder race. Getting outside to ride and race - realizing that you can’t ride through people in the real world but the graphics must be in something like 8K - so lifelike! Being polite in the morning when people’s dogs become unruly on the canal path, Dirt Racing Series (DRS) and so much more! 

https://www.dirtracingseries.com/

(Times are approximate for this episode)

21:00 Dogs on the Canal Path

33:14 DRS Discussion and Preview (35:31 Dustin Spills the beans on how he is going to win stage 1 of DRS for his team)

43:00 Dustin and Hollie learn how to pronounce “Glasgow” properly

46:00 Julie gets a massive shout out for helping Paul with his warm up!

Thank you to all listening, giving feedback, and joining the discord server. Rides will be starting up again soon!

Next Episode Teaser (I know that was listed last week but this time we mean it): We will be talking to Martin from WTRL!

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This Week Hollie and Dustin talk to Tik-Tok, YouTube, and Zwift Star, Danny Enzo! This was recorded BEFORE Holie did the round 2 of Zwift Games this week. Special thank you to everyone that was able to give her a thumbs up for the Zwift Games Ride On Jersey competition and for all the support for Hollie all season long.

Danny Joins Hollie and Dustin to talk about racing, publishing content, and even gives us some insight into some “hot gos” going on in his life (towards the end of the episode). Danny talks about how he has recently upgraded to Cat B and what it’s like being a content creator and not focus on the haters (did that rhyme?). Danny also goes into his set up and how he is super happy to help other people get on Zwift and create content just like he is!

Danny Enzo's Links:

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@danny.enzo

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/dannyenzobikes/

Twitch:

https://www.twitch.tv/dannyenzo

Shout out to a member of our admin team, Gina and her story on the Zwift Insider:

https://zwiftinsider.com/woman-racer-spotlight-gina-van-rossum/

Hollie’s story on the Zommunique: 

https://thezommunique.com/2024/02/26/elite-cyclist-hollie-burgin/

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Watopian Weekly Episode 17 Right after Zwift Games Round 1!

This Week Hollie and Dustin discuss Hollie’s epic round of racing in the Zwift Games. Other topics include ZRL Wrap up, Upcoming DRS Season, inspiration to race, the difference between Sauce for Zwift, Red Sauce (ketchup), Brown Sauce (Barbecue Sauce) and Mustard. Also, Hollie shares her pre-race meal and some insight into what the Bonkers Level Racers have to do just to get to the start line.

Massive thank you to all those listening to the podcast and for giving Hollie Thumbs Up during the race! If you have any questions, comments, or need ideas for recipes please join our Discord Server or send us an e-mail (addresses are below). Thank you all and see you in Watopia!

Hollie’s story on the Zommunique: 

https://thezommunique.com/2024/02/26/elite-cyclist-hollie-burgin/

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Watopian Weekly Episode 16 with Special Guest Ard Kessels from Kogel.cc Bearings!

This week Hollie and Dustin get to talk about all things smooth and fast with Kogel.cc Founder Ard Kessels! Ard talks us through why we should have ceramic bearings on our bikes not only for Zwift but for outdoors too. Hollie reminds us all that she is the undisputed QUEEN of Yorkshire by getting FTS points during DRS and Dustin works on recovery after ZRL.

About Ard Kessels and Kogel Bearings: Kogel Bearings is a sponsor of Next Presented by Enshored (the team that the Queen of Yorkshire races for). As a bike mechanic and avid racer/rider Ard was tired of steel bearings seizing up and slowing down over time. Ard explains why his bearings are better than other ceramic bearing companies Ard discusses how he got hooked up with Team Next and how their team helped with the development of his products. 

Check out their website: https://www.kogel.cc/

Kogel Teams and Athletes: https://www.kogel.cc/pages/athletes

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This Week Hollie and Dustin talk to Michelle Gagnon the Canadian National Champ! We talk about racing, nerves, warming up and so much more! Michelle was kind enough to talk through her winning moves for the Canadian Women's Zwift Champion race as well as what it is like learning how to race in Belgium where she lives. Michelle and Hollie help Dustin to alter his warm up for more success and to not let a bad race bring him (or anyone) down. 

Michelle Gagnon Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/michellegnon/

Zwift Insider Women’s Racing:

https://zwiftinsider.com/wmn/

Watopian Weekly Discord Link:

https://discord.gg/v95w3EfK

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This week Hollie and Dustin talk with US Masters National Champ Em Nyquist!!!!! Em is here to talk about women in racing, women in cycling, and the launch of the new Zwiftinsider.com/wmn website that she helped launch. Other topics include how to win your next ZRL race as well as Dustin’s 51 watt sprint. Please give these links a click and share with any women cyclists or Zwifters in your life. Em is truly an inspiring figure in our sport!

Links discussed in this episode:

Zwift Insider Women’s Racing:

https://zwiftinsider.com/wmn/

Em Nyquist’s Youtube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbxzD58bjFFqenONIufNzcQ

Em Nyquist on Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/em_nyquist?igsh=MXNkZ3RvdTB1dDM2aw==

Anna Russell’s YouTube Channel:

https://youtube.com/@annarussell9702?si=NmGfpCWBnsUoj0PQ

Gabriela Guerra’s Twitch Channel:

https://m.twitch.tv/gabriela9guerra

Beccah Niesen’s YouTube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@beccahniesen

Watopian Weekly Discord Link:

https://discord.gg/v95w3EfK

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