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The Rapha Festive 500

By Joe Hall • 14th December 2010 11:30am • Posted in Rides

Riding hard at Christmas is not a paradox. As you stuff your belly with food and soak yourself with booze, the roads may seem empty. But they aren’t. This year riders across the globe will be squeezing themselves like oversized elves into tights and overshoes and heading out to go the distance, leaving the turbo trainer in the garage.

Why not ride everyday of the Christmas week and move into the New Year fit and refueled? As Rapha's superhuman Graeme Raeburn demonstrated last year, clocking miles over the festive break is possible. He rode over 1000km in a week. See » 1000 Xmas Km. We’re throwing down the gauntlet and challenging you to ride 500km between the 23rd and the 30th December 2010. Rather than let the holidays get the better of you, we want to see riders worldwide taking up the challenge and joining us to ride 500km in a week.

We want you to submit any kind of hard visual evidence, whether it be photographic, Garmin data uploads, illustrations or divorce papers. The most visually engaging or inspirational submission will win our Deep Winter Training Bundle, featuring the new Deep Winter Tights, Winter Jersey and Rapha Overshoes. The first 100 to prove (somehow) they have completed the 500km will receive a limited edition 500km woven badge featured above.

Also, Hope have kindly donated a Vision Two light as an additional prize.

• To submit your entry post a link in the comments box below to where on the internet you will be documenting the evidence. This could be on your blog, Flickr, Vimeo, YouTube, Map My Ride, Garmin Connect, a series of tweets on Twitter, or your Facebook page.
• Alternatively upload images, video and words to our Facebook wall or Twitter:
Rapha on Facebook
@rapharacing

"…you are no normal person. You are a cyclist."
- From Tales of the Winter Rider by Matt Seaton

Comments

James Fairbank

14th December 2010 12:35pm

Who's in? 5x100km rides or 70km a day?

Jan Sotorník

14th December 2010 01:19pm

I'm in, not sure if i will complete all 500km but it sounds like fun.

I will try to upload some notes (in English) from my rides here http://vjednomkole.posterous.com/

Joe Hall

14th December 2010 01:20pm

Great Jan, thanks and good luck!

James Podziomek

14th December 2010 01:53pm

500k with temps in upper 30's(f) and snow on tap for two of the days… Sounds like a good time to me.

Ian Winfield

14th December 2010 02:41pm

May squeeze in a 100km, one or two 70km and a couple of 50km but the family commitments will be keeping my mileage down.

Stefan Rohner

14th December 2010 02:48pm

who is doing the Autumn Cup? ;) from 01.10-31.12.2010

purple_mj : 267h 50min
me : 258h 15min

still 16 days left to keep up….

Brian Palmer

14th December 2010 03:18pm

i'll document my kilometreage (is there such a word?) by tying a rapha scarf to a tree nearest each day's finishing point. a bit more rudimentary than a garmin but we're less technologically inclined this far out.

b

christian ward

14th December 2010 03:32pm

I am going to have a go results from garmin will be on http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/
Chris Ward

Matthew O'Connor

14th December 2010 03:37pm

Its go to have goals…might as well give it a go. I'll be on MapMyRide and/or Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbo108)

Chris Carter

14th December 2010 03:50pm

I will be using beta.MapMyRide.com to track my rides.

Stefan Rohner

14th December 2010 03:55pm

no garmin, no facebook, no twitter, and now? ;)

James Fairbank

14th December 2010 03:58pm

Club website Stefan?

Stefan Rohner

14th December 2010 04:04pm

James, yes ;) just a stupid joke.

Purple, we could start the 23.12 in the morning, ride non stop, day and night + next day, only food stops, we will arrive back home Christmas Eve, with 500km ;)

Mike Papageorge

14th December 2010 04:51pm

Alright,

I'm in. If I can wrestle the iPhone from my wife I'll log my miles in Runkeeper:
http://runkeeper.com/user/mipapage/profile

Mike Papageorge

14th December 2010 04:58pm

Even better, I'll keep the total listed on my blog and link to Runkeeper:
http://www.mikepapageorge.com/the-rapha-festive-500/

Seth Pelletier

14th December 2010 06:41pm

I'm in…but no winter clothes for me…heading to Miami for those dates :)
I will post rides to mapmyride and http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=677773884

Joe Hall

14th December 2010 06:45pm

Seth, you're a lucky person. I rode up the beach on a cruiser when I was in South Beach… If you can get a picture of yourself beachside with your machine, you're on to a winner. Merry Christmas!

Ben Wooliscroft

14th December 2010 06:52pm

My wife and I will have a go, but it feels unfair to do it in New Zealand's summer if you're all slipping and siding around the snow and ice. Proof available on Garmin, Facebook and anywhere else I can put it

grayson smith

14th December 2010 07:14pm

Guess I'll be setting up the trainer at my cubicle =(

Mike Hams

14th December 2010 07:52pm

I'll have a go, 300 miles on an MTB if the snow is bad! Results at http://beta.mapmyride.com/routes/my_routes/

Jason Ostler

14th December 2010 08:16pm

I'm in, but I'll be flying out to Oz to do my 500 over Xmas.

Eric Ruffing

14th December 2010 08:31pm

May be possible (cough,cough) as I'll be visiting flat farmlands with only my fixed road bike most of those days.

Espen Lee

14th December 2010 08:33pm

I'll try if there is no snow this Christmas here in Norway. Pictures and data (via Cyclemeter app to iPhone) provided on my Facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=lf#!/profile.php?id=773560106

Jan Tofte-Hansen

14th December 2010 08:33pm

Let's give it a try, bike is ready, motivation is ok, need to find the time…

Espen Lee

14th December 2010 08:33pm

I'll try if there is no snow this Christmas here in Norway. Pictures and data (via Cyclemeter app to iPhone) provided on my Facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=lf#!/profile.php?id=773560106

Espen Lee

14th December 2010 08:41pm

Do I need to open my Facebook wall or will the guy collecting evidence add me as friend????

Ben Brown

14th December 2010 08:48pm

Just add it to our Facebook wall if you like please Espen: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Rapha/165374816832822?v=wall

Cato Felan

14th December 2010 08:48pm

Count me in.

Cato

Dave Becker

14th December 2010 08:51pm

I'm in! My results will be on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/davehog and on my facebook wall, http://www.facebook.com/davehog

Espen Lee

14th December 2010 09:14pm

Ben Brown: I created a twitter profile so I can use the cyclemeter app as evidence. A bit difficult to post it on the Rapha Page:

http://twitter.com/#!/espenjlee

William OShaughnessy

14th December 2010 09:39pm

Yep Im down.. just bought a Thermal Bidon ( steel) it shall poureth thy most coveted brew ( Ginger Chicken Broth). I bid all a Merry Christmas.

Craig Harding

14th December 2010 09:42pm

Challenge excepted. Check Twitter @crustypov or Blogosphere http://crustyspov.blogspot.com/

Alexander Stark

14th December 2010 09:56pm

is a mix of cx-sking and cycling also ok?
we have 40-50cm snow and cycling is not the best. i post it on bikemap.net/user/scottossibande

Andrew Pearson

14th December 2010 09:59pm

I am going to give it a go. See me document my rides on http://andyhillclimberpearson.blogspot.com

Dominik Sowinski

14th December 2010 10:01pm

Do commuting km's count? I'll give it my best and tweet the progress!

https://twitter.com/#!/doniu_

Devin Parker

14th December 2010 10:12pm

Im in- http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1423637712

Jonathan Phillips

14th December 2010 11:02pm

Count me in:
http://www.facebook.com/J0NATR0N

dick pound

14th December 2010 11:28pm

http://twitter.com/benvoncamp

Andrew Shaw

14th December 2010 11:53pm

Ik beloof, op mijn eer, om te proberen:
Loyaal te zijn aan een hoger ideaal, onze groep en de democratie
Te gehoorzamen de gidsen / verkenners wet
Om te helpen waar mogelijk.

http://eddlestonviashiplaw.blogspot.com/

Marion Hambrick

15th December 2010 01:05am

I'm in. PowerTap + Twitter.
https://twitter.com/#!/marionhambrick

Carl Hunt

15th December 2010 02:55am

I will need a winter training bundle to take on the challenge…to win a winter training bundle. Never get enough RAPHA. I'm in.

Nathan Reckman

15th December 2010 03:26am

I'm in and I'll post to Rapha's Facebook. Hoping it's warmer that week than the six below I woke up to this morning.

Todd Royal

15th December 2010 05:08am

I make no guarantees, but it's worth a shot! I'll be posting mileage from my Garmin, along with pictures (hopefully) at http://twitter.com/todd_royal

derek Cerna

15th December 2010 07:24am

Okay I'm in. I'll post updates on my twitter: @derekslowjamz

Edward Billingham

15th December 2010 04:05pm

haha i am off work for two weeks, if the snow and ice stay away i could do it…. !!! http://www.edwardbillingham.com

Alo Lillepea

15th December 2010 04:17pm

hi from estonia. we have 100 cm of snow so i ll do 1000 km of heavy snowmobiling and 200 km cross country skiing! cool?

Andrew Parker

15th December 2010 04:19pm

So that's 310 miles for the non-metric, I will give it a bash! Will upload through the Rapha Facebook Wall.

Joe Hall

15th December 2010 04:21pm

Alo, that's very cool! Sounds good.

Krzysztof Tralewski

15th December 2010 04:45pm

310 miles? As long as there are pubs on the way.

Rijnen Rik

15th December 2010 05:04pm

500km is not that much. It will take to days if you are really though. But attending will influence my preparation time for the examinations that will be taken just after Christmas and New Year.

Murray Hardie

15th December 2010 05:29pm

sounds like decent challenge to me count me in - will post Garmin data to FB http://www.facebook.com/murraygh

Dominic Estall

15th December 2010 05:48pm

I want that woven badge !
Will sort the evidence out somehow ….. keep me on that list !

Good luck all !

Jon Cannings

15th December 2010 05:53pm

Brian Palmer must be a rich and good customer of Rapha if he can tie Rapha scarves to tree's willy nilly.
My idea for doing this is quite a novelty one, will get it sorted hopefully in time. and will be the easiest to document. the question is, before breakfast or after dinner?!

Edward Juan

15th December 2010 05:57pm

Damn, only if this contest had happen last year I would've qualify in a flash. I biked from San Francisco along the coast to San Diego in 10 days during christmas week to new years.

But 310m/500km doesn't sound bad. I can probably force my boyfriend to do it with me in 4 days.

Joe Hall

15th December 2010 06:05pm

@Dominic, commuting miles definitely count!

Scott Kingsley

15th December 2010 06:14pm

Hmm, not sure my work schedule will cooperate, and it is dark by time I get home. Does riding the trainer outide, in the dark, count? Prefer not to ride in my area with lights. Drivers/roads are not friendly enough.

Troy Coleman

15th December 2010 06:27pm

How about this for STRAVA users?
http://app.strava.com/clubs/rapha-festive-500

tim edward

15th December 2010 06:36pm

Does "feet ascended" count towards anything? You definitely work harder for the miles up here in the hilly North Country!….mind you I s'pose there's more downhill too!

Troy Coleman

15th December 2010 06:37pm

Or better yet, we can add it as a STRAVA event for mo' betta tracking…

Jens Voigt

15th December 2010 06:40pm

I'll be doing San Diego Xmas bike ride, about 400 miles (650 km) between 12/25 and 12/31, plus extra mile options. Eventually the ride will be posted on my blog at http://www.tourofcalifornia.org/. In the meantime, I'll add links to Garmin data and pictures to my Twitter account, a feed of which can be viewed at http://www.tourofcalifornia.org/2006/01/about-bernd-straehle.html.

Gerard Smith

15th December 2010 07:28pm

Sounds good, I will give it ago from Portland, Oregon - lots or rain and snow to cope with!

Gerard Smith

15th December 2010 07:38pm

Sounds good, I will give it ago from Portland, Oregon - lots or rain and snow to cope with!

gregory heath

15th December 2010 08:02pm

I am down for the challenge. It will help me find some good routes, and get ready for the Ronde van Whatcom. donkelopebikes.com

LECOMTE frederic

15th December 2010 08:03pm

Ok for me, i will attent this great challenge. Hope no much snow for this period in north of France.

Jamie Long

15th December 2010 08:06pm

Good excuse to try out the new Garmin 500 that Santa should be bringing me. Hoping there won't be too much snow in London over those 7 days…

GRAHAM TKACHUK

15th December 2010 08:20pm

Im in Canada…sadly…its snowing…blowing…freezing rain, and next week may be minus 40 degrees celsius..unfortunately I probably will not win the deep winter bundle….but god i could use it.

stuart whaley

15th December 2010 08:56pm

I am hoping to evidence it on my iphone and polar ( unless santa brings me the new garmin ) …child neglect may be at a all time high ( '' new born son '' )

Jim Lehman

15th December 2010 09:07pm

Sounds like a worthy challenge. I'll track my progress at http://twitter.com/jimlehman

Anthony Monteleone

15th December 2010 09:08pm

I'm down. Is there a bonus for Vertical?

Gerard, if you would like company, I'll take a pull.

Post to Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=509743043

Bo Hansen

15th December 2010 09:32pm

Hey Anyone from Denmark?
I´m ready for the ride, buy it would be nice with some company.

Owen Richards

15th December 2010 09:45pm

I'm in. No problems in Australia, nice and sunny.

I'll be recording a video diary and posting Garmin GPS data on by blog at:

http://www.therouleur.com

Dave Wyman

15th December 2010 10:15pm

I'm probably good for a mini-challenge. I'll post to my blog, http://www.icyclist.blogspot.com (where I discuss the meaning of life with the help of bikes and cameras).

"Alternatively upload images, video and words to our Facebook"

How do I do this? I don't see the wall to write on, or any way to upload photos to Rapha's facebook page. Do I need an invite?

Martyn Elcocks

15th December 2010 10:16pm

I'm in. Log on map my ride.

Gerard Smith

15th December 2010 11:04pm

Sounds good, I will give it ago from Portland, Oregon - lots or rain and snow to cope with!

Simon Essl

15th December 2010 11:05pm

1,000km sounds good. I'll track my progress on Twitter @thesimonessl SRM files will be available

Gerard Smith

15th December 2010 11:11pm

@Anthony Monteleone - yeah lots of vertical here, West Hills special - add me on FB if you want and I'll send you my details.
@Simon Essl - cripes, you go for it, not sure I'll manage that!

Aaron Hulme

15th December 2010 11:37pm

…a few of us will give it a shot. To be posted at some point on our site at: http://www.suppenkuche.com/new.html, or on the Suppenküche Facebook page. A woven badge, a nice touch…

Chin Lee

15th December 2010 11:42pm

nice! Great way to stay motivated plus earn a neat looking badge.
I'll document on.. http://velodeco.wordpress.com/

Daniel Geber

16th December 2010 01:01am

Fun idea, just what I needed to get off the couch. But… only 100 badges? Come on Rapha, how about 500 badges for 500km? Will post on your wall.

Peter Lunt

16th December 2010 02:09am

If it is not snowing in Kuala Lumpur I'll give it a go. I'll post rides on Garmin Connect, under the unimaginative nickname of Peter_Lunt. As I read it 23-30th Dec is 8 riding days, or less than 40 miles a day. Always looking for the easy way out ……

justin riley

16th December 2010 02:39am

will attempt this down under in Auckland, New Zealand.
with a 9 month old child this may prove tricky!
decisions, decisions - a new different rapha clothing combo to be worn for each ride….

Marlena Klaic

16th December 2010 05:07am

Cool challenge - I'll be part of the Aussie contingency. Will think about how to best map it.

Fabio Albertoni

16th December 2010 07:24am

so, I'm in there! the progress will be documented on my blog (english text at bottom, not for older post, sorry)
http://randonneuredintorni.blogspot.com/
and on my flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/34072799@N02/

Paul Bowman

16th December 2010 07:42am

I'm in cannot think of a better way to spend the holiday break. I will document my progress on my blog
http://parmell.tumblr.com/
and post pics from my garmin if it works in this cold weather.

Tobias Whaley

16th December 2010 08:13am

I will be giving this a go, and I'm rather excited for it as well! I will be posting pictures and ride stats on my blog. Good luck to everyone and be safe out there on the roads! http://www.tobiwhaley.com/

Colin Bain

16th December 2010 09:37am

Will Have a go…..could be quite warm here in NZ, sun burn and heat exhaustion could be an issue. Could use my cycle tan as evidence of km's if acceptable.

Joe Hall

16th December 2010 10:07am

Suntans are certainly acceptable - Even us poor buggers in the UK might get a weatherbeaten glow if we spend enough time out on the roads.

Scott Hainline

16th December 2010 11:00am

I'm in. I do have to start a few days earlier though. Look for my results from ridewithgps.com on my twitter account http://twitter.com/#!/scotthainline

Sean Smith

16th December 2010 12:19pm

A perfect opportunity to ride with family and friends with the bonus of some excellent base miles.

I'm in. 1300km's in the NE is my goal.

Follow at http://qualifyforraam2008.blogspot.com/

olivier vetter

16th December 2010 12:58pm

I'm in with my Bamboo bike, leaving Tuesday in Hawaii, Olivier

Rory Berry

16th December 2010 02:34pm

I'm involved, got my new Colnago last week!
You can follow my rides here…
http://www.deathstare.net/

Joe Hall

16th December 2010 02:59pm

Nice one Rory, like the blog. Good Luck.

Laurent Boquillet

16th December 2010 03:26pm

Great motivational idea ! as usual :-)
I will post my rides on Garmin connect, they might be some additional running km as well…
Enjoy the challenge everybody

Deanna Culbreath

16th December 2010 04:43pm

I'm going to give this a shot. Even though I'm a complete newbie to cycling and only have duct taped shoes and wool socks to keep my feet warm, I'm up for the challenge. Will keep track via google pedometer maps, and facebook updates.

Guan Seng Eng

16th December 2010 05:08pm

I'm doing this too! In bitter New York cold. Fun fun! Trying to get as many people in the area to join me. And I really want the badge. Love the design.

Andy LaCombe

16th December 2010 05:49pm

I will be using RidewithGPS.com posted to my Facebook page at: http://www.facebook.com/andy.lacombe

Joe Brennan

16th December 2010 06:35pm

I live in Buffalo, New York - does that entitle me to extra points?

Andrew Beswick

16th December 2010 06:39pm

I will give it a go.
Can I post screen shots from my Garmin training center, to your Facebook Wall.

Chris Locke

16th December 2010 06:49pm

Sounds like the motivation I need to train here in the Midwest. Count me in.

I will be using my blog to track my progress: http://chrislocke.blogspot.com

Mike Papageorge

16th December 2010 07:09pm

Just overheard my wife telling my in-laws that I'm "como una cabra" and took on this "apuesta" during the holidays. Nice :)

Aaron Ferguson

16th December 2010 10:20pm

Assuming the roads stay dry enough to ride efficiently, spread over the entire 8 days, that's only 37.5mi per day, which is nothing. Considering all the pumpkin pies I've eaten over the last month, I'm thinking this would be a good thing to get involved with.

Christopher Downham

16th December 2010 10:22pm

I'm going to give this a whirl. Hopefully Father Christmas will bring me some warming clothing for my fingers and toes so that I can still work by 2011. How many km to a mince pie is the question?

Cyclemeter/Facebook +/- MapMyRide

Paul ROLLINGS

16th December 2010 10:57pm

Hey sounds great idea and oooh a limited edition 500km woven badge ….. I'm definitely in @paulrollings / http://www.paulrollings.com

Nate Ripperton

16th December 2010 11:21pm

I am in as well. But, I think since I'm traveling in New Zealand where it is a balmy 20c nearly every day, I will probably have to go some extra distance or something else epic. Maybe I get extra points for being loaded with panniers.

follow on my general travel blog: http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/nateripperton/

This is a great challenge. Good luck to us all!

Lance Farley

17th December 2010 05:05am

Im in! Although the going may be tuff here in the midwest, with all the ice and snow! I need some excitment for these out of form bones!

You can follow me at
http://www.lanceowen.tumblr.com

Best of luck everyone!

Tarik Saleh

17th December 2010 05:55am

Ok, sucker I am for a nice logo, I will try it.
http://tsaleh.blogspot.com/search/label/festive%20500
Great idea.

Jay McStay

17th December 2010 12:23pm

I'll give it a go and post my rides and garmin data on here:
http://jaymcstay.blogspot.com/

Hopefully i'll still be married by the end of it and looking fighting fit for the road and mtb season ahead! ooof!

MaryJane Watson

17th December 2010 01:54pm

Please count me in as well. My rides will be logged here:

www.connect.garmin.com

and on my blog:

http://cycleseven.org/

It might have to be weather permitting though! Snowed in right now.

Mary

Ad Vermaas

17th December 2010 05:03pm

OK, a whiteout is an exaggeration, but white it is over here in the Netherlands. But I'm in as well!

I'll post my Polar data on:
http://twitter.com/#!/advermaas
your Facebook wall
my own wall: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000282178695&;sk=wall

Love the badge, but I'll be starting the 25th… :-(
@Rapha: a 1,000 badges is still a limited edition, isn't it..? :-)

Michael Ross

17th December 2010 05:53pm

I'm in! Could be interesting here in Nova Scotia.

http://www.spokesand.com/

Bjarte Bjørgen Olsen

17th December 2010 06:10pm

I will try to get the miles and complete the festive. Bring on that Christmas spirit! I'll post my progress on our blog: http://teamkjelsaslaererne.blogspot.com/ Anyone else in Stavanger, Norway who wants to join?

Greg Descargar

17th December 2010 06:36pm

Im up for the challenge! I want the badge.
I will be riding on my fixed gear in Los Angeles & will post pics and blogs on my Tumblr & RideWithGPS. Fellow Los Angeles residents, i'l be riding around mostly on sepulveda from the SFV to Marina Del Rey.
http://gregdescargar.tumblr.com/
http://ridewithgps.com/users/17816

Dirk Maertins

17th December 2010 07:17pm

Count me in. Will post my Garmin Connect activities on my facebook wall: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000489556990
I hope the snow will melt till next thursday here in the southwest of Germany…If not I have to use those spike tires on my MTB.

Sergio Aquilina

17th December 2010 08:38pm

I'll be posting my Garmin Connect activities on my FB page :

http://www.facebook.com/sergio.aquilina

The weather's usually decent here in Malta, but we'll see !

Henrik Öijer

17th December 2010 11:27pm

I'm in! And I will post my "evidence" on my blog. Hope there is less snow on the roads by then. Because with this much snow the kilometers are ticking away slowly…
http://aswedishcyclist.blogspot.com/

Frank Yeager

18th December 2010 01:37am

I'll do it. Proof via Garmin Connect activities on my facebook profile page:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/profile.php?id=1096807893

Douglas Jacobson

18th December 2010 05:44pm

30 miles today! I guess I can use facebook. Upgraded Twitter no longer works on my machine.

Douglas Jacobson

18th December 2010 05:49pm

The mount on my Garmin broke today and the unit fell off. Is that a bad omen?

Emily Brock

18th December 2010 06:36pm

heck yes! count me in. http://sheridesbikes.blogspot.com/

Charles (Chuck Hutch) Hutcheson

18th December 2010 10:24pm

Let's do this Rapha! I will be documenting on my blog: http://charleshutcheson.blogspot.com/.

Bryan B

18th December 2010 10:55pm

OH this looks fun, count me in.
www.facebook.com/Lamabb

Marc Coppedge

19th December 2010 12:07am

I'm in via twitter @MarcCoppedge

I want that patch!

David Eckert

19th December 2010 05:15am

I'm in via Garmin Connect.

Mark Hutchison

19th December 2010 06:57am

Well its going to be quite warm over Christmas here in Aust. Hope you guys in Europe have packed your winter woolies… we will be cruising around in summer gear and clocking up the k's. Happy festivus to all. Hutcho

Christian Tillmann

19th December 2010 12:27pm

We're kneedeep in snow in Stockholm. This is going to be a fun challange.

/Tille

http://ctillmann.blogspot.com
@tilletill

Per Eric Rosén

19th December 2010 01:05pm

Sure - I need some riding, better register here if I actually reach 500 …
And yes, we have some 10-20 cm snow in Sweden. More predicted this evening.

Documentation will be posted at http://rosnix.net/~per/cykel

Willem Plantagie

19th December 2010 03:02pm

Stuck in London because of the snow. I may take up this challenge as part of my training for the Gran Corsa. You can follow me on Twitter via @GranCorsaWillem and donate to the good cause via http://www.virginmoneygiving.com/willemplantagie - the more you give, the further I will cycle next year. Simples, really…

Mike Salkeld

19th December 2010 06:10pm

Count me in! Minus 6 degrees is only enough to stop me from feeling my fingers. My legs still go round. I'll be publishing the progress and GPS data at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mike-Salkelds-Rapha-Festive-500

Michael Raven

19th December 2010 07:13pm

I'm in. Good luck everyone!
http://mikevsraphafestive500.blogspot.com/

Daniel Carruthers

20th December 2010 11:28am

I'll be up for this challenge. I'm in Hangzhou, China and its quite chilly although not as chilly as some places! I will update daily on my website - http://www.danielcarruthers.com or on Twitter: Bikedan. People interested in what CHINA looks like, can check out my progress, I'll be posting photos. Good luck everyone!

mick

20th December 2010 12:24pm

Count me in, going to do a combo of gym, turbo, ice rides, at festive cafe runs.

Patrik Andreasson

20th December 2010 12:32pm

I'd love to give it a go even if I doubt I will have enough time/stamina for the full 500.

Question:

My only means of providing proof would be to take pictures of my very basic bike computer as I go along. Is that ok? If it is I'll probably post my progress on your Facebook wall.

Thanks for the challenge and good luck to everyone!

mick

20th December 2010 12:42pm

here we go,
http://mickfreeman.blogspot.com/
500 festive fuelled klicks

Ben Brown

20th December 2010 01:08pm

Hi Patrik - we are after the most creative or inspiring proof! I guess if you spliced them together into an animated gif/video flickbook that would be cool. …wait that is pretty good…

Patrik Andreasson

20th December 2010 04:13pm

Ben, good advice.
I realize that the festive concept is "the more the better", not only in distance but also when it comes to presenting "the proof". But, I'm a hopelessly analog person. I'll be a happy man if I can find the time to participate - and very, very happy if I can complete all 500 kilometres. So much snow on the roads here. Has been for about a month now.
But I'll do my best, both on the bike and the presentation.

Thanks :-)

Ben Brown

20th December 2010 04:23pm

Patrik, a simple photo with a witty caption could well be the winner! In fact, if 500km of xmas training could be summarised as that we would be more impressed than a multi-page data log. I only ride with a basic speed/distance computer myself (and an iPhone for pics).

Good luck with your riding!

William Berweger

20th December 2010 05:14pm

Your gauntlet seems to have been thrown in my general direction, sirs. I shall therefore pick it up with all the grace I can muster and get off my very comfortable couch. I may not look very dapper doing it, but perhaps that can be remedied….<hint hint, wink wink>

I'll be posting on mapmyride.com, facebook and possibly youtube.

John Pogson

20th December 2010 05:32pm

I’m in…. but looking at the state of this SNOW!! & Ice!! Its going to be “Turbo sessions” here we come.. Also I don’t finish work until Christmas Eve so my first two days will be in the dark, on the Turbo in the Garden. Dedication or what =D will be posting on my facebook page :-
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/john.pogson1

Mike Salkeld

20th December 2010 08:36pm

I'm in. My rides will be at the now discoverable location:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mike-Salkelds-Rapha-Festive-500/115477358523027?v=wall

Tony Steward

20th December 2010 09:26pm

I'm in! And I'm traveling up to North East Ohio to be with family the whole time, so it will be a change of weather and scenery from the more south Oklahoma that I'm used to.

I will share my rides/experiences with the 500KM challenge on my cycling blog http://joetoprocycling.com

and through my Runkeeper updates at http://runkeeper.com/user/tonysteward/profile

Kev Stuart

20th December 2010 09:53pm

I'll give it a go!
will post my progress on Facebook.
http://www.facebook.com/pages

Marlena Klaic

21st December 2010 02:18am

Will post pics and info on rides to twitter http://twitter.com/71ruby
Rides mapped out for the week through country Vic & NSW (Aust). Fingers crossed weather comes good

Michael Walker

21st December 2010 05:31am

I'm in, I'll use mapmyride to log my rides.

Adam Glendinning

21st December 2010 01:10pm

Hi everyone. I'll take up the challenge. I'll post the rides vis Garmin here, and on my facebook page….

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=539794839

Adam

Takahashi Yuki

21st December 2010 03:32pm

Here we go!! I'm in.

http://www.tklog.net/

Mark Adams

21st December 2010 03:36pm

I'm up for it. Follow me at my blog

http://ilristretto44.blogspot.com/

Richard Pearce

21st December 2010 07:35pm

Hi everyone. Definitely up for this.. Currently in Girona - I managed to escape the snow in London for a few days training out here - its wet, but not complaining !
Will be recording the rides via garmin and an as yet to be decided alternative method!
cheers
Richard

Feliciano Vera

21st December 2010 09:05pm

I am in! My twitter feed will be public for the duration of the challenge!

http://twitter.com/pochophx

Ben Brown

21st December 2010 09:29pm

Hi all, we have slightly refined how to enter after being slightly overwhelmed by entries! We will be able to track everyone more easily if you tag your entries and connect with us on the various networks. Please check the latest blog post:
http://www.rapha.cc/the-festive-500-countdown-1

Best of luck,
Ben

Kay Bowen

21st December 2010 11:25pm

Hi all, I'll have a go on behalf of team cycling plus!

I will upload my rides on to Garmin connect as Kay90bee.

Kay

Alexandra Kruse

22nd December 2010 04:39am

Oh you can totally count me in. How many of us ladies are in on this? Comp for first woman done?

I'll be posting on http://twitter.com/ she_bikes and possibly on Vimeo at http://vimeo.com/alexk.

Tony Johnson

22nd December 2010 01:34pm

Having just done 3 consecutive days of 50milers in the rain of LA, I'd love to complete the challenge and get the badge but I don't think my wife would understand! I'll pass, good luck to all, enjoy!

Paolo Fedrizzi

22nd December 2010 04:48pm

really great initiative ……

25 The morning will begin …..

Nice ride

Chris Matthews

22nd December 2010 07:17pm

I'm in. Will document, not sure where yet, probably combo of blog and twitter. Great idea.

Philip Darden

22nd December 2010 07:58pm

I am in and will be posting on my twitter page as well as have a detailed blog.

Twitter:
http://twitter.com/philiciousness

Blog:
http://philipdarden.com/festive500

Kurt Cornell

22nd December 2010 10:48pm

Sounds like a throwdown.

Will document through Mapmyride.

While you boys and girls a suffering through your cold winter miles on snowy hills I will be slogging it out against the wind on the flat lands of Miami in 70-80 degree sunshine.

I guess you can call it suffering?

Miles Davison

23rd December 2010 12:55am

I'm in! I haul laundry for Wash Cycle Laundry (www.washcyclelaundry.com) and recycling for the Pedal CoOp (www.pedalcoop.org) for a living here in sunny Philadelphia, so this will be a mix of work and play!

Follow me on my Facebook page for updates…

Rick Ewing

23rd December 2010 03:26am

I'm in. great challenge…great patch design and yes, it will be very cold and windy in Bucks County PA. I will either post on mapmyride or the rapha face book page.

Alex Roberts

23rd December 2010 04:04am

First day is done. 78 kilometers done in Lancaster County, PA and 20 km unaccounted for as the cyclometer thought it was too cold on a 45 mph descent and refused to keep track of anything for the rest of the ride.

Matt Schiefferly

23rd December 2010 05:05am

Starting with 80k tomorrow. Wish me luck. I will keep track on garmin.

e pon

23rd December 2010 01:51pm

61822 givin it a shot, documentation here: http://exposedbits.blogspot.com

e vad

23rd December 2010 01:56pm

Red Lobster checking in. It's a good mission dog fort, one I will do my best to accomplish.

e vad

23rd December 2010 01:57pm

Forgot to add, miles will be tracked here: http://therealevad.wordpress.com/

Scot Tares

23rd December 2010 02:20pm

Gonna try this, although tomorrow is out, Christmas day is also out, as is the 29th(Wedding Anniversary) so that leaves 4 days : 125km per day. Could be quite a challenge with more snow forecast for Highland Perthshire and temperatures down as low as minus 15.
Just to make it harder i'm gonna try and do it on my fixed too.

Follow my progress on http://www.SkinnyTyres.com

Scot Tares

23rd December 2010 02:23pm

You can also follow my progress on Twitter @SkinnyTyres

Daniel Carruthers

23rd December 2010 04:02pm

http://tinyurl.com/2e46dwg CHECK for Day One update with photos

Sean Chon

23rd December 2010 04:52pm

http://seanchon.com

Just got back on the bike after six months off, so this seems like a lofty goal. But getting some mileage in trying won't hurt!

Dave Wyman

23rd December 2010 05:00pm

I decided to ride a celebratory prologue of the Festive 500, 15 miles starting at midnight. I rode alone – but not lonely – through the deserted streets of Los Angeles, in residential neighborhoods where people were asleep on their beds, to iconic boulevards – Sunset, Hollywood – where people slept on mattresses made of wooden bus benches and concrete sidewalks. I never felt more alive.

And I've woken, after seven days of rain, to a glorious day of sunlight, with a ride to the sea planned for this afternoon.

Write-up at http://www.icyclist.blogspot.com

Route: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/60409127

Kalli Phillips

23rd December 2010 07:17pm

I'm heading out the door!

https://kallisfestive500.wordpress.com

Elias Gross

23rd December 2010 07:29pm

I just found this but count me in in Central Kentucky! I'll tweet it at http://twitter.com/#!/eliasoforange starting tomorrow.

Geoffrey Roper

23rd December 2010 08:47pm

Dallas, TX. @geoffroper on the twitters.

Eric Vollmuth

23rd December 2010 09:23pm

500k it is. will update facebook and/or mapmyride if I'm not frozen

Ric Damm

23rd December 2010 11:52pm

Put the first 40k in this morning, keep track via twitter @dammination

Jason Morgan

24th December 2010 01:16am

JEM IN HENDO-VILLE NC WOULD LIKE TO PLAY IF THERE IS STILL ROOM. YOU TUBE OR FACEBOOK WILL HAVE TO DO.

Tony Steward

24th December 2010 01:51am

Day 1 of my Rapha Festive 500 - http://joetoprocycling.com/2010/12/day-1-winter-training-camp-and-rapha-500km-challenge/

Ryan Hall

24th December 2010 04:03am

Given that this is the 4th snowiest start to winter on record in MN, this won't be easy. But then again, that's the point isn't it? With my wife's work schedule (RN) and the holidays, I may have to fit all 500k into three days of riding. Challenge accepted.
Will post to my front page at http://www.ryanbikes.com/ and tweet from @Ryvolutions when I do using #rapha500

Glenn McMillan

24th December 2010 04:13am

I'm IN, confirmation via garmin connect. Day one today. Cold and windy in NYC, only managed 40km. LOVE IT!

Dave Jackson

24th December 2010 09:14am

Two days, two rides, but only shorties despite the glorious morning's in Melbourne… a loooong way to go.

From Strava…

Gelati Kid rode 52.0 km and climbed 328 m on Black Rock
Friday, December 24, 2010

Gelati Kid rode 36.2 km and climbed 136 m on Burnley
Thursday, December 23, 2010

Victoria Armstrong

24th December 2010 11:48am

In

http://orphic.couchblip.com

Sioux Geonz

24th December 2010 06:12pm

Had to get out early -- it started snowin' on me at 21 km … but it was a dry snow… took another few laps around the block so I'm at 40 km. Probably take the studly bike to church this p.m. and see if I can stretch 8km to 20 km, if it's not too nasty.

Matt Swiatek

24th December 2010 06:34pm

I'm in. Will track my progress (along with Garmin route links) here:

http://www.eightplustwo.com/?page_id=1947

giorgio murari

24th December 2010 08:27pm

23 dicembre prima uscita : http://musseu.blogspot.com/

James Perryman

24th December 2010 10:52pm

Might have broken my only functional bike today, but regardless I will be uploading data on Strava. Also other updates with photos and video on twitter @handicapjoe

giorgio murari

25th December 2010 05:45am

24 dicembre seconda uscita http://musseu.blogspot.com/2010/12/rapha500-2-giro-della-val-umido.html

Stefan Rohner

25th December 2010 02:45pm

105km to fill the 500 ;)

happy christmas.

http://www.stefan-rohner.net/blog/

Dave Wyman

25th December 2010 04:40pm

Day two at http://www.icyclist.blogspot.com - typical winter scenes in Los Angeles: snow-capped mountains looming over a sun-drenched city, people playing volleyball, cityscapes, other cyclists laboring under 60+ degree F temperatures, etc.

Victoria Armstrong

26th December 2010 08:20am

Five four zero… http://orphic.couchblip.com/?p=137

;)

Paolo Fedrizzi

26th December 2010 09:50am

Hello guys, yesterday I walked for the first km The Rapha Festive 500, the track for you… http://connect.garmin.com/activity/60634800

Tomorrow's 200 km stage in the company of Fabio-Randonné

Have a nice day

giorgio murari

26th December 2010 05:05pm

26 dicembre terza uscita : http://musseu.blogspot.com/2010/12/rapha5004-230-km-garda-e-la-valli-del.html

Delage Baptiste

26th December 2010 07:20pm

almost done (will be full tomorow, i've already 521 kms but with 18km trail running and 63 km mountain biking last week end…) :
http://baptiste.delage.free.fr/Slip2Bain_album/index_slip2bain.html

Kurt Cornell

26th December 2010 11:37pm

Off to a good start. Logged about 165(miles) to date.

Ride 1:
Rode after work in the dark. Start temp was 60 so I used the winter jersey and 3/4 bib with a lightweight gilet as backup.It never fails, I am always sporting the gilet as by the time I head home.
http://www.mapmyride.com/workout/34512560/

Ride 2:
Rode in daylight. Temp was 70 plus ending in 65. This ride just extends the previous day's route to include a Starbucks break. Went down for a nap with latte in hand while the sun warmed my face. I woke surprised yet ready to finish off the ride. recovery meal consisted of German sausages, dumplings, saurkraut and spetzle - YUM.

http://www.mapmyride.com/workout/34511968/

Ride 3:
Christmas Day. Weather is awesome. Sunshine and 78. Wind made the ride slow going. The rodes were lonely, devoid of riders apart from the occasional childs first bike scene.

http://www.mapmyride.com/workout/34513078/

Day 4:
No ride. I attended a friend's second child's Bris. How they keep these infant boys from screaming as the hack away at their manhood I will never know.

I will work to add pictures to the mapmyride maps.

Merry Christmas and Ride on

Peter Lunt

27th December 2010 01:05am

My Christmas diary:
Day 1 (23rd): pre work 69.75 kms
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/60382006
Day 2 (24rd): pre work 94.54
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/60463268
Day 3 Sat 25th Daylight ride! Family away! 215.22 kms
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/60552119
Day 4 (26th) Dawn and afternoon rides: 57.21 + 30.16 = 87.37 kms
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/60614681
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/60642034
Day 5 (27th) back to work so a darkness dash of 43.45 kms
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/60719033

Not a glamorous tale of adventure and travel, but a Festive 500 squeezed in around normal office hours.
Thanks Rapha for the motivation to get up and out …

Total to mid-day on the 5th day is therefore 510.33 kms. Total climbing 4,592m
One puncture.
A bunch of poor pictures are posted at:
http://gallery.me.com/plunt#gallery
Clean bike. Repeat tomorrow.

Hapy New Year to all

giorgio murari

27th December 2010 04:00pm

27 DICEMBRE 4 uscita FINISHED BREVET ….550 KM 6500 MDS : http://musseu.blogspot.com/2010/12/rapha5005-102-km-di-follia-finished.html

Michael Hodgson

27th December 2010 11:35pm

92 today so 204 miles down, 106+ to go, thats a century tomorrow with Mr. Manzella. sorry still miles in the good old US of A

Clive Pursehouse

28th December 2010 04:32am

I have been posting things on the twitter machine but never posted a comment here…309km in, 191 to go, here's where I've been updating… http://twitter.com/#!/clivity

Michael Hodgson

28th December 2010 04:50am

92 today so 204 miles down, 106+ to go, thats a century tomorrow with Mr. Manzella. sorry still miles in the good old US of A

Mario Traversi

28th December 2010 09:30am

Hello All,
My blog on te Festive 500km challenge is viewable on http://fotografic-mjt.blogspot.com/2010_12_01_archive.html

Please have a look. So far I've logged:
Day 1 - 40km
Day 2 - 40km
Day 3 - no km
Day 4 - 40km
Day 5 - no km
Day 6 - 135km

Still have 245km to go.. in 2 days.. so wish me luck!!!

Kay Bowen

28th December 2010 05:49pm

I cycled to and from my mum in law's for Christmas - 111km each way, despite different routes on the way up ( to Surrey) and down ( to Southampton). I can now categorically say that it is uphill up the country and downhill down the country - lots of fabulous descents today. I have loved meeting lots of other cyclists and triathletes, but not found any of them to be doing the 500. I am up to 392k, 2 days to go. Loving it. Mostly.

Dave Wyman

28th December 2010 09:03pm

180km remain for me. I've tried to make every ride unique in my home town, Los Angeles: plenty of climbing one day, laps around my neighborhood another, a night ride, beach rides north and south, a ride with a local racing club, bike paths and park roads.

Pics and reports here: http://www.icyclist.blogspot.com

Nico Toscani aka Eddie Klein

28th December 2010 11:13pm

I am finished. I live in St. Louis, MO USA and finished the Festive 500 today, 12/28 at approx. 3:00pm central time. I rode through freezing temperatures, snow, sleet, ice and tons of other nonsense. It was cold and windy- It was ridiculous. It took me approx. 23 hrs including rest stops. My proof lies in the two Garmin files I have linked to at the bottom. I use an Garmin Edge 500 device and planned to make one continuous 500km file by never reseting the gps. I just pressed start at the beginning of a ride and then stop at the end. A bit more than halfway through I plugged the Garmin in to charge it and it automatically reset so I started another file. The first file logs 181.47 miles, the second logs 128.25 miles. Thanks for the challenge, I am very pleased to be finished. Good luck everyone!

File 1:http://connect.garmin.com/activity/60944447
File 2:http://connect.garmin.com/activity/60944429

Michael Hodgson

29th December 2010 01:27am

Finished today, 312 miles plus a few hundred yards. thanks to Tony for drafting me, I put in 108 today. Never thought I'd do this in 4 rides. Beautiful weather, unlike St. Louis which sounds grim. And PCH reopened so we rode up to Las Posas. Finished up at the Kings Head in true Fireflies style.

Jeffrey Persson

29th December 2010 06:19am

Its summer here in Sydney 30C temp. About 40 of us did a 117 km ride Turramurra to Ettalong then caught Ferry to Palm Beach and then back to Turramurra via Kuringai National Park

Guillermo Bartolome

29th December 2010 01:01pm

Rapha 500 is done,508kms in 5 rides

Day 1: 101'64kms http://connect.garmin.com/activity/60999944
Day 2: 98'85Kms http://connect.garmin.com/activity/60510371
Day 3: 92'75Kms http://connect.garmin.com/activity/60694540
Day 4: 142'94Kms http://connect.garmin.com/activity/60908316
Day 5: 71'81Kms http://connect.garmin.com/activity/60999944

100% on the road,THANK YOU VERY MUCH RAPHA now I feel stronger than a week ago.Happy New Year to all the Rapha fans

Guillermo Bartolome

29th December 2010 01:04pm

Sorry I have make a mistake here is the correct link for the day 1
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/60439102

wes bevan

30th December 2010 05:51am

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/61099910
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/60976804
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/60976805
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/60725348
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/60622685
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/60551538
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/60475410

these are my links to rides

Dave Wyman

30th December 2010 06:53am

I have about 81km - 50 miles - left for tomorrow, the 30th, to finish the Festive 500. My report and photos for the 28th of December – a ride to downtown Los Angeles – are here:

http://www.icyclist.blogspot.com

Mario Traversi

30th December 2010 03:32pm

Ok! Finished. Done and dusted. A day by day report is available at http://fotografic-mjt.blogspot.com/

Just to recap:
Day 1 - 40km
Day 2 - 40km
Day 3 - no km
Day 4 - 40km
Day 5 - no km
Day 6 - 135km
Day 7 - 120km
Day 8 - 125km
Total - 500km

Feel good, but my legs are numb! Will be out again tomorrow, but a nice slow recovery ride. It'll be a nice balmy 30 degrees in Maputo, Mozambique. Ok Rapha, do I get my Merit patch now?!

Kay Bowen

30th December 2010 05:28pm

Hi, I am all done, with a puncture at 485km as my only incident.

http://magazine.bikeradar.com/category/cycling-plus/


Is my official blog, but nothing will be up on there till after the weekend as I guess no one at Cycling Plus magazine will be in the office till after the holidays. I hope you enjoy it, once it is up there. My Garmin data is all logged and public, so you can look at that too, I am kay90bee. The only discrepancy is that on one of my rides it looks like I managed 89km/h - this was actually my family trailing my route in the car with the Garmin, as it was not powered up sufficiently when I set off ( doh!) and so they followed faithfully the route I had taken. Thanks so much for this idea which has pushed my comfort zone up there, and I have enjoyed looking at the routes and fabulous scenery in other parts of the world where others have been taking part.

Matt Swiatek

30th December 2010 07:50pm

All done:

http://www.eightplustwo.com/?page_id=1947

Was very happy to have a group of friends to ride with today to finish out the challenge. I'm not sure if I would have done it on my own today.

Probably my biggest week of training all year, and it was in the harshest weather we've had thus far. Most of the rides were sub-freezing with strong winds. The last two days were "warm" around 35 and felt great to finish off with.

Thanks for the challenge and motivation. Hoping I'm one of the first 100 so that I get a patch.

Cheers.

Mark Gregory

30th December 2010 08:17pm

Finished off the last few kilometres today so I'm all done too.

Ride reports and links to garmin data for all the rides on the following blog -

http://myrapha500.blogspot.com/

e pon

31st December 2010 05:04am

DNF with 179k - http://exposedbits.blogspot.com/2010/12/388-186-max-326.html

e pon

31st December 2010 05:08am

forward progress hindered by conditions like this:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/_epon_/5304776346/sizes/l/in/photostream/

Dave Wyman

31st December 2010 08:35am

That took me down to the wire. Thirteen rides.

Dec. 23: 75km (rounded off)
Dec. 24: 65
Dec. 25: 37
Dec. 26: 64
Dec. 27: 59
Dec. 28: 55
Dec. 29: 61
Dec. 30: 82

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/60409127
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/60481641
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/60540251
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/60860185
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/60860182
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/60860176
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/60860173
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/60975412
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/60975411
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/61039359
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/61211417
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/61211415
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/61211412

Jens Voigt

31st December 2010 08:03pm

629 kilometers http://www.tourofcalifornia.org/2010/12/festive-500.html

Karl Trigwell

2nd January 2011 04:54am

Sorry for the delay in posting my festive 500 efforts. Due in part to completing it 1 day late on the 31st, my personal objection to having a facebook account and waiting for my mate to post on his sexy bicycles facebook page. Here is the link of the evidience (Check out the cool city bikes as well!):

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sexy-Bicycles/193474441095

Thanks to Rapha for inspiring me to the challenge and congrats to all who attempted and/or completed. Particularly those in the frosty northern hemisphere. Like others I have enjoyed reading peoples blogs on their challenge.

I live in Perth, Australia. So had to complete the challenge in some extreme windy, sunny (UV) and hot conditions. My personal challenge was to complete in all on a single speed bike. My mate has recently started desiginng and custom building "Sexy Bicylces". Most of the challenge was riden on my Sexy Bicycles Blue Business single speed which was in the Sexy Bicyles 1st release of bikes. During the challenge I also rode 2 (1 fixed gear and 1 single speed) protype bikes which will be part of the 2nd release Sexy Bicylces.

Some points of note from my challlenge. I now have distinct sun tanned ovals on the back of my hands from wearing Rapha grand tour gloves. Despite applying sunscreen which seemed to dissipate in sweat during the longer rides, I also have distinctive sunglass tan lines and sun burnt calves, knees and arms. Some rides involved social stops for pints of fantstic West Australian brewed beers. Little Creatures Pale Ale and Ferel Brewery Hop Hog Ale for anyone who ever visits Perth and is after some good beer. Also my 3 days off the bike from 25th to 27th was due to christmas at my parents farm, boxing day music festival attendance and subsequent recovery day after music festival.

Cheers, Karl.

Steve Messer

2nd January 2011 05:17am

I had a lot of fun having a goal to reach by the end of the year. I ended up with 518Km, but started a day late (on the 24th) and finished a day late (on the 31st). I didn't realize the challenge was through the 30th until just now as I return to post the rides. About 1/3 of that total was on a mountain bike. Thanks, and happy new year to all! http://connect.garmin.com/explore?owner=kanga-steve

Rick Ewing

2nd January 2011 11:59pm

I really enjoyed this challenge and I don't usually get to ride this much at the end of December. I didn't finish the complete 500km, but ended up with 304km/189miles

Dec 23rd - 40.1 miles
Dec24th - 55.3 miles
Dec25th - 21.2 miles
Dec 26th - 20.6 miles - with snow coming soon
Dec 27th - blizzard - 14inches of snow 40mph winds
Dec 28th - shovelled lots of snow
Dec 29th - no ride - ice!
Dec 30th - 52miles

feel great! thanks Rapha again for the challenge! Happy New Year to all

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