Rapha Festive 500. Anyone doing it?

[Tribansman]

Ah ha, the tread has once again become the home of the grumbling curmudgeon.

Can see you're tyred of all the grumbling

 

[Dogtrousers]

Can see you're tyred of all the grumbling

I need to get a grip.

 

[Tribansman]

I need to get a grip.

That's the clincher

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

Stay in the house and get rubbered 🥃

 

[Ming the Merciless]

That's the clincher

This has got inflated out of all proportion

 

[albal]

I'm hoping to do it all outside as I prefer the rain and cold over the excruciatingly boring turbo. The most I've ever done in one sitting inside is 2.5 hours and the lack of standing meant my arris was red raw!

I don't own a turbo.

 

[13 rider]

Is there actually a strava festive 500 challenge this year ?

 

[Dogtrousers]

Is there actually a strava festive 500 challenge this year ?

I think this is it

https://www.strava.com/challenges/rapha-festive-500-2022

 

[13 rider]

I think this is it

https://www.strava.com/challenges/rapha-festive-500-2022

Thanks I couldn't find it

 

[Alex321]

I can't see me ever being able to do this. You have to average 37.3 miles per day for 8 days, and I'm only hoping to get my 13th ride of 35 miles+ for the year some time this week.

Even if I had the strength & fitness, I would not be popular with my wife if I tried to do a 2 hour+ ride every day for that period.

 

[Dogtrousers]

I can't see me ever being able to do this. You have to average 37.3 miles per day for 8 days, and I'm only hoping to get my 13th ride of 35 miles+ for the year some time this week.

Even if I had the strength & fitness, I would not be popular with my wife if I tried to do a 2 hour+ ride every day for that period.

I only managed it when I did because COVID cancelled all the usual Christmas duties. Normally I have too much other stuff to do.

 

[matticus]

When I did mine I deliberately included a couple of km on the turbo just because I could.

Ooh you rebel - really stirring things up, even over Christmas!

 

[Ming the Merciless]

When I did mine I deliberately included a couple of km on the turbo just because I could.

Did you throw buckets of water over yourself and tip the turbo over onto its side to simulate heavy rain and ice of winter?

 

[matticus]

Isn’t the weather the point of the timing of the Rapha 500?

and also the lack of daylight. I do sometimes feel for the more northerly scots - I might allow turbo miles for Shetlanders!

(Don't get me started on folks that ride parts of their RRTY in the southern hemisphere ... )

I do think people get this all out of persepctive: it's not a macho competitive challenge, it's a motivation thing, to help get us out of the house when we least want to. And a fun thing to bring cyclists together (virtually) at Christmas when it can be a downturn. n.b. I am right about this - if you have a different motivation, you are mistaken and need not reply to this post.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Did you throw buckets of water over yourself and tip the turbo over onto its side to simulate heavy rain and ice of winter?

Why would I do that? It didn't rain heavily and it wasn't icy in Dec 2020. The other 490-odd km I did outside I got rained on briefly once and never saw any ice. Weather was quite nice IIRC. A bit grey and cloudy.