Watopian Weekly

Welcome to Watopian Weekly Season 5 Episode 3! Today Josh and Dustin cover a range of topics. Everything from gravel bikes to picking a good ladder course, to surviving a good ladder course to ZRL, and so much more! Thank you all for listening and for viewing on YouTube and Spotify! Approximate Times: 00:00:00 Intro 00:02:10 Weekly Catch Up 00:14:00 Gravel Bike Discussion 00:20:00 Gravel Nationals...

Welcome to Watopian Weekly Season 5 Episode 3! Today Josh and Dustin cover a range of topics. Everything from gravel bikes to picking a good ladder course, to surviving a good ladder course to ZRL, and so much more! Thank you all for listening and for viewing on YouTube and Spotify! Approximate Times: 00:00:00 Intro 00:02:10 Weekly Catch Up 00:14:00 Gravel Bike Discussion 00:20:00 Gravel Nationals...

Welcome to Watopian Weekly Season 5 Episode 2! This week Gina and Dustin cover a wide range of topics. Everything from surviving outside gravel races, to training, to the new Wahoo sensor bridge, to why Dustin “sounds sweaty”, ZRL and so much more! Thank you for listening this week and every week! Approximate Times: 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:52 Weekly Catch Up 00:24:00 Feedback on Video Version 00:26:0...

Welcome to Watopian Weekly Season 5 Episode 2! This week Gina and Dustin cover a wide range of topics. Everything from surviving outside gravel races, to training, to the new Wahoo sensor bridge, to why Dustin “sounds sweaty”, ZRL and so much more! Thank you for listening this week and every week! Approximate Times: 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:52 Weekly Catch Up 00:24:00 Feedback on Video Version 00:26:0...

Welcome to Watopian Weekly! The podcast for Zwifters, Cyclists, and everyone else! This week James and Dustin celebrate the first episode of season 5! This is an audio podcast but is also in video form too!! If you’d like to watch it in video please see the feed on Spotify and Youtube. This week JAmes and Dustin cover many topics from how amazing Matt Ladd is, to FRR, FRR Super 6ix, what they are...

Welcome to Watopian Weekly! The podcast for Zwifters, Cyclists, and everyone else! This week James and Dustin celebrate the first episode of season 5! This is an audio podcast but is also in video form too!! If you’d like to watch it in video please see the feed on Spotify and Youtube. This week JAmes and Dustin cover many topics from how amazing Matt Ladd is, to FRR, FRR Super 6ix, what they are...

Watopian Weekly Season 4 Episode 20 Season Finale! Welcome to Watopian Weekly! The podcast for Zwifters, Cyclists and everyone else! Season Finale of Season 4. This week Josh and Dustin cover many topics from riding outside, to remembering why we enjoy Zwift so much, to ZRL, to new Pack Dynamics, and so much more! Thank you all for listening! 00:00:00 Intro 00:02:25 Weekly Catch up 00:28:00 Wattag...

Welcome to Watopian Weekly Season 4 Episode 19! This week Josh and Dustin cover many topics from riding outside to missing ladder races to prepping for the upcoming ZRL season to the Tour De France to the Tour De France Femmes Avec Zwift and so much more! Thank you all for listening this week and every other week when we’ve been able to record in the Summer. We will be back on a regular schedule i...

WARNING: Josh's Brakes open the show - you'll hear it. Welcome to Watopian Weekly! This week Josh and Dustin recorded side by side from a very noisy campsite in Ludington, Michigan! Josh and Dustin cover many topics from what it's like riding in person with someone that you've known for years but never met, doing a century (100 miles!), the essence of community, how to fall over gr...

Watopian Weekly Season 4 Episode 17 Climbing Special with Matt L. Triple vEverester! This week Josh and Dustin get a chance to talk with Matt Ladd. He has done many incredible feats on Zwift. He’s climbed essentially every climb on Zwift (at 125% difficulty if possible). This episode is about his triple Everesting. So many topics were covered from bike/trainer set up, to food, to how you need supp...

Watopian Weekly Season 4 Episode 16 Welcome to Watopian Weekly Season 4 Episode 16! This week Gina, Josh, and Dustin cover a lot of topics. These topics include FRR Everesting Legends, Coaching, following plans, upgrading bikes, riding gravel, Mid West garden tips and so much more! Please stay tuned as we will have a women’s special episode coming soon! Thank you all for listening and please conta...

Watopian Weekly Season 4 Episode 15 Welcome to Watopian Weekly! This week Josh and Dustin cover a wide range of topics. Everything from winning and losing at ladder races to failing at tactics and workouts to waxing and gravel riding. Josh and Dustin talk about Zwift reaching 10 years and things we’d like to see in the next 10 years. Thank you all for listening and please send us any feedback and...

Watopian Weekly Season 4 Episode 14 This week, Gina, Josh, and Dustin Cover a variety of topics. Everything from their love of DRS and the close competition to the ZRL finals and how best to feed the squirrels in our pockets. Thank you all for listening and please send us any feedback or topics you’d like us to discuss either on our Discord Server or e-mail (both links below).  This episode was re...

Watopian Weekly Season 4 Episode 13 with Taylor and Hilary from Skratch Labs! Disclaimer: Watopian Weekly Staff is not sponsored by Skratch Labs but we like it a lot so that’s why we asked them to come on our podcast. Skratch Labs did give us a coupon code for all of our listeners which is super cool! This week Josh and Dustin are joined by Skratch Labs’ Performance Dietitians Hilary and Taylor. H...

This week Josh and Dustin are joined by the Coalition Club Champion for Category C, James! He’s here to give us his valuable insight into racing, both against other teams as well as his own teammates. Many topics are covered by most importantly we cover DRS from this past week, DRS for the final week, and the ZRL finals. Despite having 3 Coalition members on this week’s episode we still talk a lot...

Welcome to Watopian Weekly Season 4 Episode 11 Special Interview with Gravel Pro Chase Wark! Chase is a gravel racing pro that uses Zwift to prepare for epic gravel races throughout the United States. Chase discusses his set up, how he tackles so many hours on the trainer, goes through his equipment, and even gives us some gravel tips. Chase is an amazing rider and we truly appreciate his time to...

Watopian Weekly Season 4 Episode 10 This week Josh and Dustin cover many topics, training, ladder racing, and even riding outside. DRS is discussed: week, this week, and the next week. By the time this is published Zwift Games will be in full effect: Check out ProECycling. Com’s website for all the latest information!  Approximate Times: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:30 Weekly Catch Up 00:15:30 DRS...

Watopian Weekly Season 4 Episode 9 This week Gina, Josh, and Dustin talk about DRS, the expanding Ladies Ladder League (the LLL), and what PSI Josh should be running in his gravel wheels.  Approximate Times: 00:00:00 Intro 00:02:47 Mimsy Cat Intro 00:03:40 Weekly Catch Up 00:11:27 Dustin’s DRS 00:12:00 DRS Discussion 00:29:30 Ladies Ladder League 00:39:00 Gravel PSI Advice 00: 46:30 Closing The Ep...

Welcome to Watopian Weekly! This week Dustin gets to talk with Matt, the head of SISU Racing. Dustin and Matt talk about a range of topics from how SISU got started, to what it means to be on the team, and what big events are being planned. Approximate Times 00:00:00 Intro 00:02:20 Weekly Catch up 00:07:00 How did Matt get into Zwift 00:08:30 Getting SISU Started 00:12:00 Sisu.racing Website 00:16...

Watopian Weekly Season 4 Episode 7 This Week Josh and Dustin discuss the last round of ZRL, impending DRS Season, and how Dustin failed at Valentine’s day. Josh and Dustin also talk through their teams’ tactics for Danger Noodle and how and when they should attack. Josh also gives insight into where Dustin should attack on his Ladder Race this week - tune in next time to find out if Dustin made it...

Watopian Weekly Season 4 Episode 6 with Chris from ProECycling This week Josh and Dustin are joined by Chris from ProECycling.com - a source  Virtual Cycling stats and rankings. Josh and Dustin cover many topics from how it all got started, how the ranking points are determined, and which races are covered. Check it out on ProECycling.com! Approximate Times: 00:00:00 Intro 00:02:44 Weekly Catch Up...

This week Gina interviews Karla from the Aeonian Race Team and The Warrior Games! Gina and Karla cover many topics about women’s racing - especially the Warrior Games and Tour of Boudicca. Special thanks to Karla for coming on the podcast and for doing all this organizing! Please check the links below to get on the Warrior Games Discord and follow Karla on her epic journey this year from the UK to...

Welcome to Watopian Weekly Season 4 Episode 4!  This week Paul and Dustin cover a range of topics. Starting off with our Weekly Catch Up as always, Super Bowl picks, then pivoting to ZRL - only 3 races left! How will your team do? Major race on Sunday, February 2, 2025 - Tea And Scones (Paul’s Ladder Team) vs. Coalition Merclonia (Dustin’s Ladder Team) in an international friendly! Stay tuned to t...

Welcome to Watopian Weekly Season 4 Episode 3 With Special Guest Coach Frank from FasCat Coaching. Coach Frank joins Josh and Dustin to talk about the history of FasCat Coaching, structured training, and how to get faster. FasCat Coaching uses an AI Coach to help keep you on track and make you fast!  Quick note: Dustin wanted to share his experience with FasCat Coaching which is why we asked Coach...

Watopian Weekly Season 4 Episode 2 This week Josh and Dustin Cover many topics. Ladder Racing, ZRL recap and Strategy for Race 2, He-Man, structured training, Pack Dynamics 5, and make their picks for the Super Bowl Champs. Thank you all for listening! 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:12 Weekly Catch Up 00:18:30 ZRL 00:23:00 He-Man Discussion 00:28:00 Paul, Dustin, and Nils UP the Alpe 00:32:05 Pack Dynamics...