Festive 500 – Sleepless in Seattle (video)

There’s no right or wrong way to ride Rapha’s Festive 500. Participants are free to take on the challenge in the eight days between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve in whatever way they see fit. Even so, every year, an intrepid few take on the challenge of riding the requisite 500 kilometers in one fell swoop. For the last three years, many of these all-in-one attempts have taken place in Washington state as part of Rapha Seattle’s brevet ride series. Last year’s route took the 32 participants into the iconic Olympic Peninsula’s remote backcountry. Watch the video below and scroll down for a few photos from Colton Jacobs and Nick Stohmeyer…

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