Same, but I expected it, so I made this week a recovery week. This morning is my first with a normal HRV in like 10 days.
Did you add the Festive 500 as an event in TrainerRoad?
It’s a regular workout for me.
I’m just going to leave this here…
https://www.strava.com/activities/10453284890
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That’s how tornadoes are created 
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Has anyone gotten the 20% discount code after finishing the challenge? I filled out the form and never heard anything back.
Edit: Nevermind, it landed on my inbox right after I posted this.
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Given nearly everything on the Rapha site is currently 30-50% off due to their winter sale, the value of this discount code seems limited!
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A bit miffed that it took them 9 days to send me the code, by which time pretty much anything I would have bought was sold out in my size.
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5 days of riding 500km really took a toll on me. Now my knees hurt…
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How’s everyone’s recovery? I still feel some residual fatigue in the legs even after a 175 TSS recovery week, but I’m excited to do a VO2 workout tomorrow to blow the cobwebs out.
Jealous of the people that can knock down a 800 TSS week without wrecking themselves for 7+ days after 
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My TSS for last week (Mon-Sun) was actually higher than the same time frame during R500….but I also skipped the Sunday ride that week since I had already hit the mileage.
Legs felt good all week…we’ll see how they feel tomorrow.
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Horrendous about 4 days after finishing,
. Took a week and started a 1.5hr z2 today indoors with aircon and air purifier on. Didn’t fancy cycling in 180 AQI dirty air in Bangkok! Felt sluggish but vitals all good.
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Feeling fine. Slightly front loaded the Festive 500 so the final Saturday and Sunday were fairly easy ~1.5 hour rides so I ended the week not too fatigued. Did a further recovery ride last Monday then felt good on Tuesday so just decided to start 2024 training (didn’t schedule anything before then as wanted to leave myself open to a recovery week). 626 TSS during Festive 500 week, 710 TSS last week. Keeping an eye on how I feel so will take a recovery week either next week or the week after. Definitely helped that I did almost all of the Festive 500 miles in Z1-2 other than a bit of tempo where gradient demanded it (and with a couple of indoor rides with somewhat inflated “speed” and a couple of outdoor group rides with a nice draft). Probably also helping that I’m doing dry January with a real refocus on eating and sleeping well.
I’m honestly feeling pretty great. I kinda fell off the wagon towards the end of the year and I feel like the 500 week got me primed and ready to start my training plan in earnest last week. It was just what I needed.
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Are ppl gearing up for this?
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Gearing up … no. But I do plan to attempt it since we’re not taking a vacation that week this year. I did schedule my 10-week off-season weight lifting plan to be done by then so I could do it unencumbered.
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I’ll likely do it again this year, but as before, it will almost certainly be indoor vs. outdoor.
Don’t @ me if you are a purist. 
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Not this year. I’ve found it messes with my training consistency too much just for an ego massage. YMMV.
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This might be the recipe for this year
There were definitely some groups who had Festive 500 in the title.
The drafting effect makes things much easier