After 108 days, 12 hours, and 12 minutes, Lael Wilcox is again the place she began – in Chicago, after using around the globe. OK, not simply using around the globe, however racing the 18,125 miles (29,169 km) route with 630,000 ft (192,024 m) of climbing quick sufficient to assert the file.
Beforehand, the ladies’s file was held by Jenny Graham at 124 days, 10 hours, and 50 minutes. Lael isn’t any stranger to setting data, and she or he smashed this one by roughly half a month.
Her route began from Millenium Park in Chicago, using from there to New York. After a airplane journey to Porto, Portugal, Lael crossed by way of Europe, using south into Turkey, earlier than ending in Tbilisi, Georgia. One other airplane journey discovered her in Perth, Australia, and an enormous journey later she was in Brisbane. Flying from Brisbane to Invercargill, New Zealand, the route wrapped up within the southern hemisphere in Auckland, New Zealand earlier than flying to Anchorage, AK for the ultimate push again to Chicago. For the official file, there was a required distance, however not a required path (we’ve requested for clarification on this, and can report again once we hear). You may see the precise path taken by Lael on Rapha’s web page, right here.
Whereas using within the decrease 48, Lael adopted lots of the Journey Biking Affiliation’s routes, and she or he is fundraising for the ACA right here.
Congratulations, Lael!
Enjoyable info from Lael:
- What number of cups of espresso: 200, however I actually drink much more Coca Cola than espresso! I wager I’m someplace between 300-600 cokes.
- Favourite day of using: my first day again in Alaska, the place I grew up. It felt unbelievable to be on my residence terrain with daylight till 11pm after a winter crossing of Australia and New Zealand.
- Most difficult day of using: on day 4, I used to be throwing up all day, it by no means stopped raining and I used to be getting a number of punctures. I nonetheless rode 139 miles, but it surely was a tricky one.
- Variety of nations: 22.
- Whole miles: on day 105, I’m at 17,284. The overall must be 18,140 after 110 days.
- Common every day miles: 163 miles per day.
- Common velocity: 14.5 mph.
- Common every day energy: I’m in all probability consuming between 6,000 and eight,000. I’ve misplaced a little bit weight, however not an excessive amount of.
- The estimated variety of those that joined me on the journey: no less than 3,000.
- Nights in resorts: most – I’ve stayed with just a few mates alongside the way in which too.
- Nights tenting: 3 weeks.
