Cyclechat December Challenge (proposal)

[Dogtrousers]

A few years ago a very keen triathlete friend of mine told me about his tri club advent calendar challenge. It went something like run 1 mile on 1st December, 2 on 2nd and so on and end up running nearly a marathon on Christmas day. It sounded utterly insane. I think he was doing a scaled down version.

So I'm proposing something similar … er … similar-ish … er … actually quite different for a Cyclechat December challenge.

It would go something like this.

• Devise your own cycling challenge that you think you can manage starting 1st Dec and finishing on New Year's eve (or you can amend the dates)
• Set your own ride target which could be ride every day, ride twice a week, ride once, whatever...
• Set your own distance and/or elevation target and any other rules you want involving tinsel etc
• Choose how to ride indoor (turbo, rollers etc) and/or outdoor rides all permitted. As it's a cycling challenge, sitting on the sofa watching cycling videos would be permitted but slightly frowned upon.

The aim is to encourage you to do marginally less unhealthy activity than you might otherwise have done in December, but nothing too serious. The antidote to the Festive 500.

Any thoughts?

 

[Sharky]

I think the triathlete's challenge is a bit odd. Unless he has an event in January, he is going to peak, with no real target and going into January, how could he keep such a plan going.

My December is one of unwinding and ticking over until January. I will though try and get out on the bike or a short session on the turbo, at least twice a week.

When I was younger, much younger, I used to set myself a target of 500 by the end of January and to give myself a "start", used to reset my bike computer from boxing day, to give myself a "five" week month to hit the target in January.