Rapha Festive 500 2025

Congrats all!
I’ve bowed out of this. My current block has been a bit inconsistent & I need to get the work done before I can play some more. Final loading week so I want to finish it well.

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I’m about 425kms in. Ive done 4 x 100kms (on 24th, 26th, 27th and 29th) and then some little bits of social riding. Felt really great on today’s ride, which is dumbfounding as I felt absolutely shattered yesterday.

Nice easy morning tomorrow and then will either finish it off or save a little bit for NYE with friends.

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TR not happy with me!

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I think mine just went “fine, do whatever you want.”

I’m gonna try to wrap this up today, only got 94 km to go.

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105km left for two days. We will see how the legs and time is for tomorrow. Big days are done. TR keeps trying to get me not to ride. That’s fine. I do it anyway.

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I’m done - 501 kms tied up today. :blush:

Lovely ride today - proper Z2 stuff, but power good for the heart rate. All of the bigger rides other than the first have had a negative decoupling and I have felt better and better as the week went on, so, all in all, it’s been a useful base ‘training camp’. It’s given me a real confidence boost that I am still easily able to handle volume when work-stress isn’t there. It’s also been nice to be fit enough to ride some nicely hilly routes without tipping into threshold.

I should probably retire/win the lottery and then I could actually train to get fit rather than train to maintain what I have!

RLGL isn’t happy with me though :rofl:

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But it looks like you won the early access lottery! :star_struck::pleading_face:

Whoops I dont think I was supposed to share screenshots…best edit that quick :woman_facepalming:

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37km left for tomorrow.

I think the cat is well & truly out of the bag! :rofl:
Now it’s just a waiting game for the rest of us.

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It’s an amazing set up, I think it will make a huge difference for those who rely on the TR infrastructure for all their training.

Came up short today. Guess I need to ride tomorrow :laughing:

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RLGL wasn’t happy with me but I got it done! Very cold and windy but no rain thankfully!

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Finished :+1:t2:

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Yep, finished it too for the first time - all indoors.

3 consecutive yellow days, but no reds.

Day off tomorrow.

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All done here too. Ended up doing 600.6 fake indoor kilometers, but it’s done. Surprisingly, only got two yellow days and no red days from RLGL.

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It was a bit of a push (165km, 50km, 90km, 115km, and 80km) as I had some other commitments on the last three days. But, got it done. Will be riding again today for the first time since Sunday and I’m looking forward to it.

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