Festive 500 2022

at1withmyself

I'm out again this year and didn't even manage a km. Went home for Christmas day and picked up a bug, dying now.

Good luck to everyone else working through it in the crap weather 👍

fat bloke

Today was a grand day for the shelter of a group ride! Bit damp but no cold at all. Banked an easy 110k after 125 yesterday in freezing conditions. 4 days left but tomorrow is looking a lot wetter. Thursday forecast is good though. Could come down to the wire! :)

dahat

Job done for this year, big Xmas block for me & still 3 spins left.

nilhg

Another 100km today has me over 400km, won't finish it tomorrow but hope to leave it small for Fri/Sat

fat bloke

Forecasters differ and cyclists hide! Feckin today was grand after all. I had it written off looking at rain radars. Yerra, I kinda needed a rest anyway. Tomorrow should have me to 400 and then one more club spin will drag me over the line.

magicbastarder

i haven't been on the bike since the 3rd - busy in work, then bad weather, and then the dose that was doing the rounds put paid to most of december for me. i suspect i'll barely make 50, let alone 500.

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😛

Meme was too good not to share!

*cycling is also a legit escape obvs

Wishbone Ash

I enter this every year but I don't think I've ever completed it between family and work commitments. Out of the 8 days this year, I'm working 4 of them and my daughter's 21st is on New Year's Eve so that's 5 days out of the eight where I'm fairly limited. Nevertheless, I've managed to get to 457kms so far so if I throw an extra 1.5km on top of both commutes tomorrow I should be over the line in 7 days. Fingers crossed!

(All kms done on the actual road BTW - none of this turbo/Zwift shite bulimia for me!)

stevencn88

Managed the last 46KM of this today on Zwift to bring me over the 500 mark. Legs are really feeling all the KMs from the last week now. 363km out on the roads and 137 on Zwift. I will probably give it a bash again next year with the aim of reducing the indoor numbers.

nilhg

Got it finished today, all outside so happy enough with that. It was tough going this year compared to the last few, we never seemed to get a real break in the weather and for family reasons I had to front load it a bit so had a few hard days in a row, anyway it's done now, it's always a good investment in the following season.

Wishbone Ash

Home and hosed after tonight's commute - 501kms (and a day to spare). Agree with nilhg - it was a tough few days weather wise.

fat bloke

BBLLYeeuch. Worst day of the lot today! Just bad timing. Club spin that caught all the rain and 4 punctures in the first 15 mins. Got absolutely saturated. But no choice only plough on. Ended up on my own with 70 more km required. By then the rain had stopped, never to return and it was a grand day. Small comfort as I was wet through anyway but pedalled away, 502km when I got home and then a good hour washing bikes. That's enough now for one year!

Alkers

A measly 67kn for me in two outings, but I did have covid and was isolating until the 28th

slow

I managed 504km... had to ride in the dark for half an hour on the last day to get over the line.

Then I got the flu and undid all of the good work. Can't remember being so sick previously. It floored me for a few days. Coming around very slowly since.

secman

I managed 120 km over 2 days then got a dose, chest infection, cough, fever and still not back on bike yet . 😫 out of action since St Stephen's Day.

Gerry

Managed 92k between 27th and 30th. One local spin and the adventure X. It was a huge improvement on the previous week, I'd put my back out.. and had only been out for a few spins around the block during the cold snap, so despite not getting out much over Christmas, to finish on a positive trend was great, and the legs didnt feel too bad either. Lesson learned there is that the little spins I did manage seemed to prevent the form deteriorating much.