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Similar to the USN Cape Epic Challenge, Virgin Active are also headline sponsors and got on baord to host a competion called the Virgin Active Epic Battle. It uses Strava as a platfrom where a rider (Virgin Active member) completes challenges to stand a chance to win a Absa Cape Epic 2018 entry.

 

The website: Virgin Active

 

The rules: Legal Pages Terms & Conditions

 

The Challenges:

  1. Go for Speed - Do 1 ride for at least 1 hour with an average speed of 23 km/h
  2. Go for One Hundred (once-off distance) - Do a 100km ride
  3. Go for Total Elevation (once-off elevation) - Do at least 1 Ride with an elevation of 1000m …
  4. Go for Total Distance (Weekly total distance) - Do at least 300 km for the week …
  5. Go for Altitude (Weekly total elevation) - Total elevation for the week of at least 3500m
  6. Go There - Become a VA Member and sign up for My VA

Each challange has a week time limit.

 

A very nice initiative!

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I assume you work for Virgin Active.

 

Just want to start the first post of a thread on a bit more formal and useful tone, instead of the "who doing it" or "ridez not syncing" standard Hub talk.

 

Anyway, the first question: Does the riding buddy also need to meet the goals?

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Just want to start the first post of a thread on a bit more formal and useful tone, instead of the "who doing it" or "ridez not syncing" standard Hub talk.

 

Anyway, the first question: Does the riding buddy also need to meet the goals?

 

From what I gathered Yes. 3 x "teams" that have met all the challenges will then be selected, randomly (not nec. the best) and be flown to CT for the final challenge (they don't mention what it will be).

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It's over a week, not a single ride.  So should be achievable. 

East rand is flat as a pancake, I did a 3 hour ride on Sunday and barely managed 300m ascent. To achieve 3500 i would have to cycle Suikerbos 3 x in 1 week. 

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Number 6 is where I'm coming unstuck...

Jip.

#6 Not happening.

 

Maybe the other 5 challenges are a "challenge" for Virgin Active members? 

To the normal cyclist out this this should be fairly easy and seen as a "lucky draw"

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East rand is flat as a pancake, I did a 3 hour ride on Sunday and barely managed 300m ascent. To achieve 3500 i would have to cycle Suikerbos 3 x in 1 week. 

or just do 3 laps of it on the same day

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