The Rapha Festive 500

Game over for me as well - inflamation over the knee cap (bursitis) - reached 45% - riding in torrential rain at 2°C the first couple of days started it.

Howard, are you by any chance a bearded chap on a dark bike who did many clockwise laps? I was the bloke in the red jacket going t'other way.

Windy weren't it?

I've not ruled myself out just yet. But inflammation over the knee cap describes my current feeling perfectly so thats a worry indeed.

If it's what you are having - and you insist on riding - you need to start out with 20-30 minutes of low intensity high cadence sub 100 watts and get that shit warmed up - if you feel discomfort at the end of this warm up you should quit, take a couple of days off and retry the gentle warm-up.

125km is the last threshold you passed (25%). If you look at the challenge's page it'll show your actual progress.

Now up to 312km => 62% after 4 days, so I should be able to finish it off without stretching my commutes too much.

Miserable 35km in the rain and wind. This, however, pushed me to 54% and I'm good with that at the halfway mark

Chapeau to this chap on the Epic Win forum - 80% in a day in the snow
https://www.lfgss.com/comments/12009437

I'm at 12.5% :-|

Nah I was with the missus and the 5'oclock shadow I'm sporting wouldn't cut it as a beard.

But yeah windy and not pleasant.

Ah, I think I was there at the same time as you, there certainly there was a couple doing anti clockwise laps while I was there. We exchanged hellos and I got beeped going by you at one point I think.

Good luck

George

Seems to be the case. Barely walking at all.
Could this be a bike fit issue?

It's been 15thousand km since my last left knee bursitis - but I had to go through physioterapist and took me 4 weeks to recover. This time it isn't bike fit related, but dunno about your agony stuff :-)

tl;dr go to physioterapist

Don't really know. But best excuse to book a bike fit with the wonderful @scherrit. If you lucky he will tell you that the Canyon AL is the best bike for you.

Cheers both. Hopefully it'll calm down. No 500km for me.

I like h#sh.

Fuck roads.

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Took the Kinesis out yesterday to test the new old levers I got from TBW. All good.

141k / 500k

Icy today and don't feel like risking a brain haemorage so probably won't bother with more. Maybe a quick lap out on a main road to check it out?

3 days left with 200k to go plus work on Monday, don't think I need that woven roundel. still haven't figured out what to do with my last one. that roundel is the reason why everyone is doing this challenge, right?!

Very sub roundel today.

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Nice ice

That's a lot of cocaine.

Road is fine, least in South west London.

Nice ice

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Pig out at the end.

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Black Forest gateau take away.

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