January 1 - Restrospective on Redemption

There will be a public vote to decide the top three for the Rapha Festive 500 on Rapha's facebook page on Friday the 20th January.  

Rapha ran this crazy challenge for the last week of 2011 called the Festive 500 - Ride to Redemption. The challenge was to ride 500 km between December 23 and December 31. We took the challenge quite literally and kicked it off by Riding to Redemption Rock on December 24, and tried to stick with a somewhat irreverent take on the redemption theme throughout the week. We invited others to join and had some company along the way. The challenge provided great motivation for Pamela to make use of her new camera. Here are a few highlights from the week. Click on the daily blog entries for complete stories and many more photos.

We had great company and help along the way. Our riding companions during the challenge logged 2740 kms at well, so maybe we should really get to count 4182 kilometers worth of redemption.

Grand Total - Pamela - 838 km,  John - 609 km
  

Dec 23 - Seeking out Redemption Centers
Pamela - 55 km,  John 30 km

Dec 24 - Ride to Redemption Rock
Pamela and John - 164 km

Dec 25 - Fire and Brimstone for the Unredeembale
Pamela - 75km,  John - 75km

Dec 26 - Disgrace and Redemption
Pamela 96km,  John - 100km

Dec 27 - Paradise Lost Lake

Pamela 130km, John 44km

 

Dec 28 - From Purgatory to Paradise

Pamela 110km, John 51km 

Dec 29 - A Pagan Celebration

Pamela 105 km, John 28 km 

Dec 30 - World's End 

Pamela 74 km, John 87 km

Dec 31 - Recuperating from Redemption
Pamela 29 km, John 29 km 

There will be a public vote to decide the top three for the Rapha Festive 500 on Rapha's facebook page on Friday the 20th January.