Challenge Details as described by Strava:
“Rapha #Festive500. Eight days. 500km. Christmas Eve to New Year’s Eve. Join Rapha for the tenth year of the #Festive500, a seasonal tradition and riding rite of passage, and challenge yourself to ride 500km in the eight days between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve.”
My goal in this challenge was simple, ride 1 day rest the 2nd day and repeat this four times and bank 500km in 4 rides and 7 days leaving New Year’s Eve to relax and sleep in. Goal achieved! So here is the stats and some photos to provide a little insight into my 2019 #festive500!
Ride 1 – christmas eve
Solo loop, airport, TCC & Wynnum foreshore!
Distance – 120.0km
Time – 4hr 10minutes
Elevation Gain – 629m
Cadence – 76 rpm
Avg Speed – 28.8km/hr
Avg Heart Rate – 130 bpm (156 bpm max)
Avg Power – 152w (805w max)
Normalised Power – 177w
Ride 2 – boxing day
Solo southern loop to Sanctuary Cove via Dreamworld & home via Jacobs Well.
Distance – 133.9km
Time – 4hr 21minutes
Elevation Gain – 922m
Cadence – 78 rpm
Avg Speed – 30.7km/hr
Avg Heart Rate – 129 bpm (163 bpm max)
Avg Power – 170w (703w max)
Normalised Power – 197w
Ride 3
Group ride up to Shorncliff for coffee at Wired then Owl home via the same route
Distance – 130.3km
Time – 4hr 34minutes
Elevation Gain – 707m
Cadence – 76 rpm
Avg Speed – 28.6km/hr
Avg Heart Rate – 125 bpm (161 bpm max)
Avg Power – 146w (750w max)
Normalised Power – 182w
Ride 4
Group ride back to Dreamworld and back via the 7 sisters!
Distance – 121.2
Time – 4hr 02minutes
Elevation Gain – 1152m
Cadence – 76 rpm
Avg Speed – 30.1km/hr
Avg Heart Rate – 131 bpm (169 bpm max)
Avg Power – 162w (737w max)
Normalised Power – 204w
Total – 505km, 4 rides, 17 hours 7 minutes job done and dusted!
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As always – till next time build consistency, keep smiling and live to Tri!
TriathleteTed (Ted Britt)
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