Rapha Festive 500. Anyone doing it?

[Dogtrousers]

I applied the "Would you ride 500 km in a warm sunny week in July?" test. Given that the answer to that was "Almost certainly not!" and the weather this week is neither warm nor sunny, but IS wet and windy, my decision was...




... PASS!!!!!

I'd jump at the chance, although not necessarily July (too hot). April, May or September preferably. But it's all hypothetical I don't have that opportunity.

 

[cyberknight]

A breezy ride this a.m. 355km done. I,m a ( sad man) 😆 lonely single guy so no excuses. + i live in a small place, deffo no room for a turbo.

Hob nobs going down well.

I literally put my turbo up in front of the kitchen sink with the laptop on the upturned washing up bowl and a fan on the drainer,packed away when not riding

 

[cyberknight]

Coco pace group for me too with Haribo to keep me fueled. I think I need 44 miles each day to finish. Xmas eve was windy but dry so I got a decent ride there and hopefully will be out on NYE if the weather's good.

As of now I'm at 323 km

 

[Milzy]

As long as it’s outside, it doesn’t count on Zwift. I did it on pace rides one year and was just sat drafting at high speed while in zone 2. Hardly a challenge.

 

[cyberknight]

As long as it’s outside, it doesn’t count on Zwift. I did it on pace rides one year and was just sat drafting at high speed while in zone 2. Hardly a challenge.

Zone 4 for me

 

[albal]

I literally put my turbo up in front of the kitchen sink with the laptop on the upturned washing up bowl and a fan on the drainer,packed away when not riding

Just not my thing.

 

[cyberknight]

Just not my thing.

each to their own of course , i would rather be outside but given the gales and floods its been a godsend the last week .im generally on it by 7 am then another session around 7 pm

 

[Sallar55]

The Festive 500 was never about the distance in 8 days . Its was having a weather window. Hopefully a few decent days of good runs and out for an hour or two when its crap weather to try and finish. Allowing turbo rides have cancelled out the satisfaction of managing to do the 500.
Forgot that many of us never had the luxury of 8 days due to Xmass etc .

 

[Dogtrousers]

When I did mine I did it on the road except for a few km, which I purposely did on the turbo - in order to annoy people who find these things important enough to care about.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

I don't care how any one does it, 500km on the turbo in 8 days you still have to commit a fair bit of time to it.

Anyway, I'm now up to 406km, I have work tomorrow, but might be able to get an hour in before I start.

 

[cougie uk]

As long as it’s outside, it doesn’t count on Zwift. I did it on pace rides one year and was just sat drafting at high speed while in zone 2. Hardly a challenge.

More of a challenge than not doing it.

It's definitely easier to clock up miles inside but I enjoy the zwift and easier to fit in around families.

 

[cougie uk]

The Festive 500 was never about the distance in 8 days . Its was having a weather window. Hopefully a few decent days of good runs and out for an hour or two when its crap weather to try and finish. Allowing turbo rides have cancelled out the satisfaction of managing to do the 500.
Forgot that many of us never had the luxury of 8 days due to Xmass etc .

Why would you let the actions of others cancel out your satisfaction?

There's people in Australia having perfect weather to ride in as well. Good for them I say.

 

[cyberknight]

More of a challenge than not doing it.

It's definitely easier to clock up miles inside but I enjoy the zwift and easier to fit in around families.

indeed , without zwift i wouldn't get it in

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I don't care how any one does it, 500km on the turbo in 8 days you still have to commit a fair bit of time to it.

Put turbo in slope mode, make the slope -15% and you’ll be done in less than 10 hours 👍

 

[matticus]

When I did mine I did it on the road except for a few km, which I purposely did on the turbo - in order to annoy people who find these things important enough to care about.

You utter bounder! 😡