Watts Up in Watopia: Tri World Championships

The long wait is over for the 2021 Zwift Academy Tri Team.

The team was selected to compete at the 2021 Ironman World Championship in Kona, but after the race was canceled the team pivoted to the rescheduled event this weekend (May 7) in St. George, Utah. This event will mark the first time the world championship has been held outside of Hawaii.

TEAM ROSTER (pictured left to right)
Eric Engel (bib #740), male, 35, USA
Vanessa Murray (bib#3252), female, 37, NZL
Kangsub Song (bib# 1545), male, 56, KOR
Rebecca Duxbury (bib# 3607), female, 27, UK
Lukas Bosmans (bib# 1261), male, 34, BEL
Kristen Yax (bib#3002), female, 40, USA

Learn more about the team by watching these profile videos:

Episode 1: Meet the Team
Episode 2: Rebecca Duxbury & Kristen Yax
Episode 3: Eric Engel & Lukas Bosmans
Episode 4: Vanessa Murray & Kangsub Song
Episode 5: Team Camp & Course Recon

The race will air on NBC’s Peacock channel on Saturday, May 7 at 8 am EST.

Here’s what we at Slowtwitch have planned for the rest of the week.

Guest World Schedule

Here’s this week’s guest worlds, so you can plan to earn some of the route badges you are missing:

Monday: Richmond & London
Tuesday: Richmond & London
Wednesday: France & Paris
Thursday: France & Paris
Friday: Yorkshire & Innsbruck
Saturday: Yorkshire & Innsbruck
Sunday: London & Yorkshire

Slowtwich Indoors Event Preview (All Times Eastern)

Go to Zwift Events to sign up for these rides and runs.

Monday 100/100 Group Run, 7:00 AM & 7:00 PM
Join us for a group run on the virtual track of May Field that will kick start your week. Don’t forget that each of the five ride workouts and five run workouts have a short and long option. Rather than canceling a workout when you are crunched for time, you can complete the short version and still reap the benefits of the program.

Tuesday Ride of the Valkryies Workout (Women Only), 6:00 AM
This event is by and for women. It’s an almost no-drop, rubber-banded Structured Training workout, featuring a warm-up, set of intervals, and a cool-down. This week’s workout is Drill Baby Drill, which features some focused time in your blue and green zones and finishes with 6×1 min above your threshold.

Tuesday Structured Training, 7:00 PM
Our Tuesday ride features triathlon-focused cycling workouts written by coaches and pro athletes affiliated with Slowtwitch. The workouts last 60 minutes and will help add variety and interest to your weekly training schedule. This week’s workout is Hill? I Thought You Said…., which features some two-minute intervals at threshold followed by two sets of over/unders with candence targets.

Wednesday Group Run, 7:00 AM & 7:00 PM
A more scenic group run on the Quatch Quest course.

Thursday Rise & Grind, 5:35 AM
This workout is an early morning bracer for the East Coast crowd. This week’s workout is Mit It Up, which features some focused one- to five-minute intervals below, at, and above your threshold. This is a toughy.

Thursday SWIFT Ride, 6:55 PM
The newest ride to the Slowtwitch Indoors family, Slowtwitch SWIFT (Strong Women, It's Fun Together!) is here to bring another women's only ride to a slightly friendlier time slot. This ride will focus slightly more on strength-based work so bring those climbing legs. But even if you're feeling more like Mark Cavendish in the mountains of the Tour de France, so long as you keep the pedals moving, you'll stay with our group. This week’s workout is Mix It Up, which features some focused one- to five-minute intervals below, at, and above your threshold. This is a toughy.

Friday Festina Lente, 9:00 AM
This structured training workout is designed to get you geared up for the weekend. Roughly translated as “make haste, slowly,” Festina Lente features a workout that will get your engine running but still leave some in the tank for the big rides and races you have planned for the weekend. This ride is led by members of the Kanberra Cycling Team as lead beacon. This week’s workout is May the 4th Be With You, which is a series of intervals that keep you resting at tempo and working just below your threshold and finish with a set of one-minute digs above threshold.

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