With the most recent update to Zwift (1.25.0), new pace partners have been added that complement the original four that have been roaming Watopia.
The pace of the new partners adds some additional options around the 1 to 2 w/kg range. This may be most welcome to people who are looking for some steady company on their rest and/or endurance days.
Zwift announced with the release that they would be pulling the pace partners from Makuri Islands. However, after further consideration of feedback from users, Zwift decided on Sunday to keep Eddy, Denise, Charlie, and Bernadette roaming Neokyo and the outlying villages.
Here is the full range of pace partners with the new ones highlighted in bold.
Eddy Echelon
Yellow, Makuri Islands, 75 kg, 1.0 w/kg
Dorothy Duster
Yellow, Watopia, 75 kg, 1.15 w/kg
D. Diesel
Yellow, Watopia, 82 kg, 1.5 w/kg
Diego Duke
Yellow, Watopia, 75 kg, 1.8 w/kg
Denise Drops
Yellow, Makuri Islands, 75 kg, 2.0 w/kg
Danny Draft
Yellow, Watopia, 75 kg, 2.15 w/kg
C. Cadence
Blue, Watopia, 65 kg, 2.5 w/kg
Charlie Chaser
Blue, Makuri Islands, 75 kg, 3.0 w/kg
B. Brevet
Green, Watopia, 80 kg, 3.3 w/kg
Bernadette Blazer
Green, Makuri Islands, 75 kg, 3.8 w/kg
A. Anquetil
Red, Watopia, 65 kg, 4.2 w/kg
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: Makuri Islands & New York
Tuesday: Makuri Islands & New York
Wednesday: London & Yorkshire
Thursday: Yorkshire & Innsbruck
Friday: France & Paris
Saturday: France & Paris
Sunday: Makuri Islands & New York
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 No Time to Think, which is a series of short efforts and recoveries that will help you adapt to the reapeatability of short, hard efforts.
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 Surprise!, which features some spikes above your threshold and some steady tempo efforts.
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 Mind Over Legs, which features tempo efforts lifting toward threshold.
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 Mind Over Legs, which features tempo efforts lifting toward threshold.
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 A Little Bit of Everything, which features some tough digs to open your legs up followed by some tempo blocks, rinse and repeat.