Today, Zwift launched a six-workout challenge designed to help users kick off the year with structure and momentum. The workouts are built by Kristin Armstrong, three-time Olympic gold medalist, bringing elite experience into an approachable and flexible training format.
The series runs from January 13 through February 28 and focuses on building durability and staying in control as fatigue builds. Read on for details!
Challenge Requirements
The Challenge features six stages, each with a short and long option:
- Find Your Rhythm (Short: 47 minutes / Long: 75 minutes): This first ride sets the tone. Today’s about finding rhythm and control, learning how to settle in, stay patient, and ride with purpose. Let the effort build naturally and stay focused and in the game from start to finish.
- Surge and Settle (Short: 45 minutes / Long: 70 minutes): Durability means keeping your rhythm when you legs don’t want to. This ride teaches just that, you’ll surge, settle, and keep the pressure on. Control your breathing, keep your form, find your focus, and finish smoother than you started.
- Torque and Flow (Short: 50 minutes / Long 70 minutes): Build muscular endurance through controlled torque and cadence variation. The goal is steady strength, not speed. Feel the load in the legs while staying relaxed. We’ll use low-cadence torque work to build resilience, then include high-cadence rev’s to train efficiency and recovery.
- Hold the Line (Short: 50 minutes / Long: 70 minutes): This ride starts with two strong efforts to put early stress on the system, by design. From there, you’ll shift to upper tempo work with varied cadence that teaches you how to stay steady after fatigue sets in. The goal isn’t just to hit the power, it’s to find rhythm and composure once your legs are loaded. Hold your focus, control your breathing, and stay smooth all the way through, that’s durability.
- Under Control (Short: 51 minutes / Long: 74 minutes): This ride is about composure under pressure. We start strong to build early stress, then spend time in extended tempo work to strengthen efficiency, focus, and control. You’ll feel fatigue early and have to manage your effort, that’s where durability is built.
- Built to Last (Short: 50 minutes / Long: 75 minutes): The final ride brings everything together. You’ve built strength, focus, and control, now it’s about putting it all to use. Ride steady, stay smooth, and finish strong.
Finish either the short or long workout in each stage, and you’ll complete the Challenge!
Joining the Challenge
Unlike past Challenges, everyone is automatically signed up for this challenge. As long as you’ve got version 1.105 or higher installed, you’ll see a progress bar on the homescreen:
Click that card to access the workouts in the challenge or see reward details.
Challenge Rewards
You will earn a total of 1500 XP as you move through this Challenge:
- 1 workout: 250 XP
- 3 workouts: 500 XP
- 6 workouts: 750 XP
Read more about Zwift levels and unlocks >
Deadline
This challenge goes live at 9:00 PT on January 13, 2026, and ends February 28, 2026, at 23:59 PT.
(I recommend finishing before the final day, though, as past Challenges have ended earlier than expected in the past, and you don’t want to be caught out if that happens.)
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