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The Festive 500 Returns
Give your legs the greatest gift this Christmas and ride 500km between December 24th and December 31st.
Once more Rapha challenge riders around the world to avoid the festive flab and clock those kilometres. Ride 500km between Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve posting evidence of your endeavours. Use photos, videos, prose, poetry, drawings, or any other creative application you see fit, through these channels using hashtag #festive500 where applicable:
- Strava
- Youtube
- Your blog
- Postcards (analogue is good, even if you submit this digitally)
Prizes:
Best Story
1st: Rapha Espresso Machine, Set of Rapha Espresso Cups and Chris King Tamper, Classic Softshell.
2nd: Classic Softshell, Classic Jersey, choice of Rapha Shorts or Tights.
3rd: Classic Jersey, choice of Rapha Shorts or Tights.
Honourable Mentions
Most epic fail: Umbrella, Workshop Apron
Worst weather conditions: Deep Winter Tights
To ensure you are officially entered and recieve a Rapha Festive 500 roundel, please fill out the form below or here » rapha.cc/festive-500-2012
Good luck!
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- How good is this shot ! “@TourdeKorea2013: @mike_cuming looking good in yellow! #TdK2013 @johnherety @raphacondor http://t.co/CrCV1zkCUB”
- RT @TourdeKorea2013: @mike_cuming looking good in yellow! #TdK2013 @johnherety @raphacondor http://t.co/oCjdyhvSue
- Reality check we also lost teammates @AaronBuggle and @carthy94 today. Going to be tough to defend.
- @mike_cuming in yellow with just over a minutes lead going into the final 2 stages of @TourdeKorea2013 couldn't of happened to a nicer guy
- RT @TourdeKorea2013: 25km to go in Stage 6. @mike_cuming is the virtual leader for @raphacondor. #TdK2013
- RT @TourdeKorea2013: 102 riders will sign on today after eight were dropped by their teams in the TTT and failed to make the time cut. #TdK…
- RT @London_phill: @raphacondor @MiBsponsor @james_fairbank_ Rapha team in Tour De Korea 2013 TTT http://t.co/SW09x70Zs0
- RT @182Jay: @raphacondor please share my @JustGiving page @thomwilson88, @DavidMetherell1 and I are fundraising for @MyelomaUK http://t.co…
- Great ride by the boys in Korea. 3rd by only 3 seconds in the 25km TTT today. Mike Cuming now up to 5th overall.
- Some nice pics of the boys and report on the great Mr Cancy's ride last night: http://t.co/ctoHu37ixb
Comments
gary price-hunt
3rd December 2012 01:56pm
well, hats off to anyone doing that kind of mileage in that particular week but if you are actually in a culture and family (or friends for that matter) that observes the festival then this is a pretty anti-social challenge. I'd be heading for a divorce if I spent that amount of time on a bike during that week.
Jack Suddons
3rd December 2012 02:28pm
Balls. Will be in transit 28th-31st
Can I start early & still be eligible for woven badge ? ( if 500KM is completed in 7 days )
Emil Holt
3rd December 2012 03:28pm
I say multiply every km by every degree below zero (C) the temperature is at while riding.
Perhaps we should also device some sort of snow factor.
It's already 10 below here and I don't think I can manage much more than the ~20km of my daily commute, or maybe I just need to HTFU.
Michael Edwards
3rd December 2012 09:16pm
Based on Gary's comment, can we have the Festive 5 for those of us with kids? That way I can do it with them on the bikes that are hidden in the garden shed at the moment. :)
That said, I am going to see how near I can get whilst maintaining a functioning family. ie: My f500 will be Xkm, where Xkm=AvSp x(24-Y); where AvSp is average speed per hour, and Y is the hours required to maintain said functioning family (happy, engaged, sharing Xmas etc…not just breathing). The question is what is X? will is be 0.25 f500, 0.5 f500…more?
Enjoy everyone!! Envy you.
Nick DeNude
4th December 2012 02:50pm
excellent. I'm in again! Stories from 2011:
http://less-than-epic.blogspot.com/2011/12/festive-500-day-1.html
Matthew O'Connor
10th December 2012 03:24pm
Didn't it start on the 23rd last year?
Jeff Nagle
23rd December 2012 08:05pm
started with a 112km warm up today;-) Sunday through Sunday would have helped due to being are long ride day!
James Quinton
25th December 2012 03:12am
Hi, When do the stories need to be posted by?
Nick Scoggins
26th December 2012 05:08am
Does the day of the 31 counted or does it end that morning?
John Anderson
26th December 2012 08:43pm
Well, I'm off the mark at last. Good luck to everyone riding - be safe!
http://festive500johnanderson2012.wordpress.com/