No chore this year for me, fell off on black ice and now have an arm broken in two places! Pressures off!
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Darn – I’m sorry to hear that. Fingers crossed for a quick recovery.
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Hope it wasn’t your egg nog drinkin’/turkey eatin’ arm!! 
Heal up fast!
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Sorry to hear that
Here’s me feeling sorry for my self because Iv fallen ill and can’t go out and do the rapha!
Bought an evoc bike bag this weekend, packed the bike and traveled yesterday.
It was cold, rainy and windy but I managed 70 soaked kilometers. Merry Christmas!
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Started this morning. Another windy, wet, and cold day in the UK and did 100k. I think I put a bit too much climbing in…
I note some lucky bugger in NZ has done the 500 already in one 22 hour ride -_-
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Got a steady 72km done today. Makes almost 600km in the last 8 days so will give myself Xmas day off to rest and see what happens next. Forecast looks reasonable so 500km should be achievable I think…
go for it if it sounds like fun!!! extra hours of base won’t hurt at all, and if anything, recharge you mentally to keep smashing the weekly intervals.
Good Luck!
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I’m afraid I’ve fallen off the wagon 
My little ones came down with colds which, combined with hosting Christmas Day, means I never got on!
Heading out for a night spin once the little ones are down, no way I’ll be making 500 but will be good to get a few rides in ahead of restarting my base season in the new year.
Me too, unfortunately. Came done with a sharp pain in my left patella, out of nowhere.
In favor of my goals And workouts in the next weeks I decided to abandon the festive and recover well for the next workouts. Left a ton of time for socializing which is good too.
I loved getting out in the morning with the crappy weather and before the festivities so I’ll do that again next year
only 194km to go for me!
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Did 130km today (with 1,700 meters of climbing to boot!), tomorrow i’m doing 100, and monday i’m doing 100. i HOPE i’m about 10km short so i can use that as my excuse to ride to the pub 
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This will be the first time I have the opportunity to complete a 500. We’ve had a string of decent weather days in Ohio this year. Only 127km to go! Looks like I’ll get a few of those kms in the rain tomorrow.
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Ultimate fail for me. Set off at midnight for 500k and within the first 10k it was obvious I had a problem with my lower back. 100k in and had to stop. Always next year!
Completed it today, thankfully the conditions haven’t been that bad but I am looking forward to getting back on the trainer and staying clean.
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42km remaining for me, weather was cold but dry in Seattle this year so I figured I’d give it a shot. Beautiful sunny solo 162km ride today was the perfect way to end 2019. Will cap it off with a soggy gravel ride on the hardtail tomorrow
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I finished the Festive 500 for the first time yesterday. This is the third time I’ve attempted, but only the first time I have succeeded. I think I have our unseasonably warm weather in the Chicago area to thank for that! I have to say though, the wind has been something else.
The fact that I did the rides on my cyclocross bike with WTB Riddlers and had to wear lots of winter kit meant that my average speeds were way down so the challenge ended up taking me just over nineteen hours!
At the end of the day, I’m glad I did this challenge, but I don’t think I’ll do it again next year.
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