2021 Rapha Festive 500

[jcza]

19 minutes ago, ouzo said:

well if doing 5 rides is part of the spirit/origin of it then its a go for me.

8 days to clock 500km

[The Ouzo]

1 minute ago, jcza said:

8 days to clock 500km

the problem is whats falls on those days.

25th - If I want to still be married by the time 2022 rolls around I will not be riding

26th - sweet, open to ride

27th - working, so can do a short ride in the morning - 27km

28th -  working, short ride in the morning - 27km

29th -  working, short ride in the morning - 27km

30th -  working, short ride in the morning - 27km

31st -   working, short ride in the morning - 27km

1st - Sweet open to ride. But a medium one as family commitments 

5 x 27km = 135km

that leaves 365km over 2 rides. whilst not totally impossible to do, it will leave me rather broken for any further family activities.

 

 

[jcza]

12 minutes ago, ouzo said:

the problem is whats falls on those days.

25th - If I want to still be married by the time 2022 rolls around I will not be riding

26th - sweet, open to ride

27th - working, so can do a short ride in the morning - 27km

28th -  working, short ride in the morning - 27km

29th -  working, short ride in the morning - 27km

30th -  working, short ride in the morning - 27km

31st -   working, short ride in the morning - 27km

1st - Sweet open to ride. But a medium one as family commitments 

5 x 27km = 135km

that leaves 365km over 2 rides. whilst not totally impossible to do, it will leave me rather broken for any further family activities.

 

 

Starts on 24th and finishes on 31 Dec

[Ispeed_V]

Would of loved to have given it a go with us being down in the Wilderness.

Unfortunately, the dreaded Covid, has put pay to any high intensity bike rides for the rest of the year 

[eddy]

3 hours ago, mecheng89 said:

 

So, what are the plans out there for rides to make up the 500km between Xmas eve and NYE? 

 

 

500 laps of the walking track around Zoo lake. 😉

 

500 over 8 days is only 62.5 km a day.

Do 100 on the 24th and 26th and it drops to 50km a day. Easily enough done if you get ahead of the run-rate. 

 

Edit:

Go everywhere by bike - to the shops, to visit you family, etc. Take a short detour there and on the way back and if you only do 10km like this a day, you can easily get a free 80km in.

Do your 2 100km rides and all you need is 37km a day.

Edited December 8, 2021 by eddy

[etienne_jordaan]

In Cape Town/Western Cape there is a good chance you will loose 1 or 2 days due to weather.  🤔 …… so the average just went up drastically. I managed it last year. The secret is to start with some big rides and get well ahead. That just gives margin for weather or family commitments.

[Spy007]

Will likely do same as last year. get it done as fast as possible

over 3/4 days.

270+43+186+22

 

Good training for grit, audax etc etc etc etc.

 

 

 

[_David_]

33 minutes ago, jcza said:

8 days to clock 500km

I'm in, will have to do some of the kms on the IDT. 

62.5km a day over 8 consecutive days during the festive season sound easy 🙂

 

 

[W@nted]

Last year the majority of km’s were done on Zwift. The coco cadence bunch was huge during this time. Felt a bit like cheating though…

40 km/h at 2.4 W/Kg in the coco bunch… Not nearly as hard as riding all 500km outdoors, or even worse, on a mtb (the real festive 500 😜)

[NotSoBigBen]

2 minutes ago, W@nted said:

Last year the majority of km’s were done on Zwift. The coco cadence bunch was huge during this time. Felt a bit like cheating though…

40 km/h at 2.4 W/Kg in the coco bunch… Not nearly as hard as riding all 500km outdoors, or even worse, on a mtb (the real festive 500 😜)

Mmmm that sounds like a challenge to me ... how about all the k's single speed rigid MTB anyone?

[_David_]

ha, definitely not me.

[W@nted]

Then there are also the nutters who complete all 500km on zwift in one ride…

[fanievb]

13 minutes ago, NotSoBigBen said:

Mmmm that sounds like a challenge to me ... how about all the k's single speed rigid MTB anyone?

[Wayne pudding Mol]

1 hour ago, FondTF2 said:

Would of loved to have given it a go with us being down in the Wilderness.

Unfortunately, the dreaded Covid, has put pay to any high intensity bike rides for the rest of the year 

Ride with me, I have no idea what a high intensity ride is 

[Wayne pudding Mol]

1 hour ago, etienne_jordaan said:

In Cape Town/Western Cape there is a good chance you will loose 1 or 2 days due to weather.  🤔 …… so the average just went up drastically. I managed it last year. The secret is to start with some big rides and get well ahead. That just gives margin for weather or family commitments.

This is what I need to do - I failed last year by not staying above the average daily requirement 

[SwissVan]

1 hour ago, etienne_jordaan said:

In Cape Town/Western Cape there is a good chance you will loose 1 or 2 days due to weather.  🤔 …… so the average just went up drastically. I managed it last year. The secret is to start with some big rides and get well ahead. That just gives margin for weather or family commitments.