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The Festive 500 Returns

By Joe Hall • 3rd December 2012 12:47pm • Posted in Events

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:

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!




























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/

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