205 miles in a day (Tommy Godwin Challenge) - the Progress thread

[ianrauk]

From Jo over at the other place

Day 148: While Miles is still off with lung problems, Kurt does another 233 miles along his favourite river trails and Steve takes a 221 mile circumnavigatory trip around Cambridge.

 

[ianrauk]

From Jo over at the other place

Day 149: Miles continues his off-the-bike recovery. Kurt bangs out 213 miles along new roads north of Little Rock while Steve does another 165 mile circumnavigation of Cambridge.

 

[Mugshot]

Go Miles

feeling excited
4 hrs · Edited ·
BREAKING NEWS! #1 Miles needs to take more time off the bike to return to full health #2 This makes his current world record attempt near impossible to accomplish #3 Miles is not going to give up! #4 Miles will restart his world record attempt again on 18th June 2015 #5 Standby for Day 1, Round 2! ‪#‎GoMiles‬ ‪#‎NotGivingUp‬ ‪#‎FreshStart‬

 

[summerdays]

Probably a sensible decision to let his body recover, we've seen from Steve that they can quickly get back up to speed when they recover far quicker than us mere mortals.

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

A very sensible decision in my opinion. All the best to Miles for the recovery and the restart.

 

[the_craig]

What a bloody thread!

Just started browsing whilst Mrs the_craig was away for a takeaway and I couldn't stop reading. Got to about page 70 before I had to go to bed.

Steve is hard as nails. And so is Kurt but with his luck I wouldn't ask him to buy me a lottery ticket.

Going to start following this story.

Oh and Go Steve

 

[MacB]

Just when I thought I'd got a bit of a handle on all this I'm faced with someone cycling miles with a partially collapsed lung and another grinding on a broken ankle.....my ghast is truly flabbered

 

[velovoice]

someone cycling miles with a partially collapsed lung and another grinding on a broken ankle

Nice one!

 

[ianrauk]

From Jo over at the other place

Day 150: Following his lung problems, Miles announces his retirement from his first OYTT challenge. He will restart on the 18th June. Meanwhile Kurt and Steve put in 210 and 218 miles respectively. By this time in 1939, Tommy had found sponsorship from Raleigh and a professional manager. His daily mile total started increasing significantly.

 

[Mugshot]

I know it's not really about the Tommy Godwin challenge but I thought you may be interested in what Chris Hopkinson (Steves crew chief) has been up to.

Chris 'Hoppo' hopkinson
9 hrs ·
Just won my 27th 24hr. It is my 7th win out of 27 x 24hr races and by far the most unforgettable - it is also two on the trot! Massively hilly including a 1,500 foot climb out of the Canyon in the first three miles. The scenery was amazing. 750 people there, and Ryan Parnell's organisation was spotless - he should be very proud.
Thank you Jenny Bonham for you unwavering support, love and trust in my judgement - can't wait to get home. xx
Lovely to see good friends Lisa and Scott Anderson and Larry Eads


24hrs In The Canyon - Race Win and Course Record! - Chris Hopkinson's 417.5 miles bike ride
Unforgettable massively hilly race. Two 24hr wins on the trot now! :-)
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Rather impressive I thought.

 

[velovoice]

I know it's not really about the Tommy Godwin challenge but I thought you may be interested in what Chris Hopkinson (Steves crew chief) has been up to.
Rather impressive I thought.

It certainly is, at any age! Even more so at Hoppo's (though this may have been an age-group win rather than overall? not sure). He's still got it!

 

[Mugshot]

It certainly is, at any age! Even more so at Hoppo's (though this may have been an age-group win rather than overall? not sure). He's still got it!

Quite possibly, this is from my Facebook. I did check on the 24hrs in the Canyon website but couldn't find the 2015 results, I'm guessing they haven't updated that as yet.

 

[ianrauk]

From Jo over at the other place

Day 151: Kurt accumulates 242 miles by riding the same strip of the Arkansas river road 46 times. He's now less than a week away from overtaking the women's OYTT record. Steve does a 228 mile Fenland loop taking his annual average daily distance back above 150 miles.

Blimey, 46 times? That works out cycling up and down a 5 mile strip of road. Now I can imagine that would have been boring beyond belief. Fair play to Kurt for doing that.

 

[ColinJ]

Blimey, 46 times? That works out cycling up and down a 5 mile strip of road. Now I can imagine that would have been boring beyond belief. Fair play to Kurt for doing that.

Worse than that - it would be a 2.5 mile stretch of road, since he would do it in both directions!

 

[Mugshot]

Blimey, 46 times? That works out cycling up and down a 5 mile strip of road. Now I can imagine that would have been boring beyond belief. Fair play to Kurt for doing that.

Tarzan Rides the HAM'R Kurt Searvogel
6 hrs ·
with the flooding cutting off the roads to the west and east and construction in little rock proper I have been confined to a 10 miles loop - at least its flat.


Day 142 - 23 Laps of the River trail
Distance 241.74 mi | Time 12:25:56 | Speed 19.4 mph | Elev Gain 1,804 ft
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Here's why.