I’ll have a go at it.
Christmas Eve is a half day for me so will aim to get maybe up to 100km in.
No riding planned 25th but might sneak a short ride in on the 26th as the rest of the house is unlikely to surface much before noon.
A 200 on the 27th, a recovery ride of 50km the day after and whatever daily distance is required 29-30-31 to reach 500. While they are all work days, a long lunch break or early finish is pretty much custom and practice.
While the 200 will be solo, im hoping that the majority of the rest will be on the tandem.
I managed 85km on Christmas Eve.
Every other day since has featured gale force winds, sub zero daytime temperatures or both. The latter means ice for sure on most cycle paths and likely on all but the horrid A roads too.
Another time maybe. Probably not though.
Yes, it was consistently sub-zero here too.
And yes, that meant that only A-roads would work for me, and that meant repeated out-and-backs on the same A-road.
It doesn't need to dominate the festive period: it can be done comfortably as 2 full 160k days, and 2 shorter half-days.
But it's not been totally horrid ( other than the silly traffic ).
Familiarity breeds a certain disinterest, a disregard of your local roads and landscape that many other people would find interesting.
I guess that in these strange times, I'm trying to rediscover the fantastic landscape I have at my disposal, right from my doorstep.
Not just for cycling, but for running, hiking, paddling, mountaineering, climbing and skiing amongst other things.