Zwift has rolled out a fresh Mission for December, and it’s all about putting in the miles.
Getting Started
To begin the Mission, select the mission card on your homescreen and click to register:
Once you’ve registered, clicking the mission card will show your current progress for the Mission.
Completing the Mission
The “K’s for Days” Mission runs from November 30-December 31.
To complete the mission and earn the achievement badge, ride at least 500km by the end of December.
Questions or Comments?
Post below!
yay a badge
500km? That’s not a lot in a month, in the grand scheme of things is it? A lot of people complete
the Festive 500 in a much shorter time frame , I would of thought a 1000 km challenge would of been a bit more of a “ “mission” tbh .
500km inside is a lot when we’re also still riding outdoors.
Absolutely 👍
It’s a lot for me. I generally ride 3x a week for about an hour, which works out at about 100km per week if you do a combination of group rides and workouts (as the latter usually mean lower mileage due to the rest intervals). I am certain that there are huge numbers of Zwifters that do less than me. A mission of 1000km in a month is certainly a worthy challenge but is probably only achievable by the top 1-2% of Zwifters, so is not going to create the engagement which Zwift wants.
But I don’t see a mission badge as being something that will cause me to consciously increase my mileage in order to get it, especially as it will be more difficult to fit in sessions over the Christmas period.
I think these missions should have different tiers to offer a challenge to riders of all levels. Instead of just 500km in a month, this could’ve been…
Bronze: Ride 500km in 1 month
Silver: Ride 500km in 1 week
Gold: Ride 500km in 1 day
500 km isn’t a lot for some riders. For others, such as myself, it will be a challenge.
I am 67, semi-retired (working 25 hours a week, I have four grandchildren living with my wife and I. 500 miles is alot in my circumstances and the effort to balance all of this out. If you can do 1000 – great! For me and many others 500 is a challenge.
It’s 500 KM so only about 311 miles!
But you get more XP if you do 500km!
Mmm i have already done a 500km ride. Here we go again. But this time will i not do that 500km on one ride 😜
Will this be in lieu of the Rapha 500 this year?
The Rapha 500 is a challenge with prizes (historically) and takes place over the course of a week if I recall, so I highly doubt this mission replaces that.
Correct. Typically the week btwn Christmas and New Year’s (which always makes it impossible for me to attempt)
Word is there will be Rapha 500 stuff happening on Zwift this year. Watch Zwift Insider for more in the coming days…
Zwift is fun! 500, 1000 do as much as you want but have fun…and enjoy riding with others ..
Grumble grumble complain…
Oh hey look! A new reason for me to challenge myself to ride my bike on Zwift more!! Cool! Let’s get to it!!
There. I feel better. Smith out.
im probably just missing the obvious here 🙁
Is there a place on the companion app to see how far along you are on missions like this?
I think in Zwift, you can click on the mission and see the % and distance traveled. 🙂
Similarly, for race series like Race Makuri, is there a way to see which events I have yet to complete?
So, I signed up for this and worked all month. Completed the last of the miles on December, 31. Once I completed i went back into zwift and the option to was gone at the top of the current events list as typically happens when you finish a challenge. However, the badge has not shown up in my mission completed list. Has this happened to anyone else? Checked back today, New Year’s day, and it’s still not there.
Same with me. Zwift didn’t respect/understand the Pacific time zone?
I completed the mission, early evening on Dec 31. I didn’t get the badge.
I learned today from an escalated ticket with Zwift support, that all missions end 23:59 UTC.
I pointed out that from a programming perspective (I do programming) it wouldn’t be difficult to have it end in the local time zone. But if for any reason, Zwift developers didn’t want to do that, it should be CLEARLY STATED in each mission the it ends 23:59 UTC.