XTERRA has joined forces with Zwift to take its off-road racing series online with the XTERRA x Zwift Off-Road Series. This starts today (January 11) and builds into a full week of racing from February 22-28.
The seven-week collaboration features interactive workouts with some of XTERRA’s biggest stars, including reigning World Champions Bradley Weiss of South Africa and Flora Duffy from Bermuda.
Designed by 14-time XTERRA US Champion Josiah Middaugh, the XTERRA x Zwift Off-Road Series provides the endurance world with a chance to tackle XTERRA themed challenges. These range from a 35-minute run that simulates mountain climbing in the Colorado Rockies to a gruelling 70-minute VO2 Max bike ride inspired by XTERRA’s World Championship course in Maui.
“Who better to design an XTERRA training plan than Josiah Middaugh?” said Eric Min, Zwift CEO and Co-Founder. “We’re proud to have such a great community of triathletes on the Zwift platform and it’s absolutely fantastic to be able to deliver this partnership for the off-road triathlon community.”
The workouts will be hosted each Monday, Thursday, and Sunday starting on January 11. In addition to Weiss, Duffy, and Middaugh, Zwift users can engage, learn, and sweat with a dynamic set of XTERRA Zwift workout leaders. These include:
- The ‘Scottish Rocket’ Lesley Paterson and Mauricio Mendez of Mexico (both former XTERRA World Champs);
- Pan Am Tour Champs Sam Osborne and Samantha Kingsford from New Zealand;
- European Champ Arthur Serrieres from France;
- Former Olympian Fabiola Corona of Mexico;
- Canada’s Karsten Madsen;
- Reigning XTERRA Trail Running World Champ, Grayson Murphy, and
- A host of XTERRA certified coaches from around the world.
“It’s the most fun indoor XTERRA training experience imaginable,” said Josiah Middaugh, the 2015 XTERRA World Champ who has a masters degree in kinesiology and has been a certified personal trainer at Middaugh Coaching for 20 years.
“I took XTERRA’s greatest courses and tailored workouts specifically for the Zwift platform to mimic the experience, so now anyone can envision themselves on the bike and run courses at XTERRA Beaver Creek, France, China, Tahiti, Canada, and of course, Maui.”
The six-week training block leads into a full week of virtual racing from February 22-28. XTERRA branding will be featured on the course and participants who complete any race can unlock XTERRA kit on Zwift.
“We are so grateful to Josiah for his efforts in building the program, to our fabulous elite athletes and coaches for leading the workouts, and to the team at Zwift for coming together to create a really fun way for us to connect with our community and engage with the Zwift audience,” said XTERRA World Tour president, Janet Clark.
From January 8-15 and February 15-22 athletes can enter to win a host of prizes including a Wahoo KICKR, Zwift RunPods, Zwift Runn sensors, and US$100 XTERRA gift certificates. Plus, all XTERRA Zwift race week participants from February 22-28 will be automatically entered to win an entry to the 2021 XTERRA World Championship along with XTERRA gift cards and other prizes.
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