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

[ianrauk]

From Jo over at the other place

Day 222 / 3: After a day of rain, Kurt heads west out of Manitowoc, this time with a day of headwind for a total of 210 miles. Steve rides north with the wind for 210 miles for a stop overnight in Goole. Miles does a couple of trips north of Melbourne for 170 miles.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Looks like Steve is heading back home today, tracker has him at 37 miles, though it looks further than that on the map

 

[Mugshot]

Steve Abraham shared their video.
1 hr ·
We need YOUR help...

Many of us have filmed Steve at various events - or just on the road - during his various rides this year. Due to popular demand, we have decided we will begin to collect and collate various video clips and interviews taken of Steve during his One Year Time Trial, so that they can potentially be used in a documentary film about this incredible challenge.

Details will be given shortly of what we are doing with the film, as we do not yet have a film maker officially commissioned to work on this project. However, if you know someone who might be interested in the making of such a film (and can demonstrate the capability to work commercially on a project like this) please ask them to contact Idai on media@oneyeartimetrial.org.uk with more details.

In the meantime, please feel free to film or interview Steve if you should happen meet him on the road - or at an event. As always, we ask that his timings and schedules be respected first and foremost (and if he's in a rush he should not be held up for interviews and video clips). But if you can catch him at an opportune time for a quick chat on camera we would love you to do so. If you do so, please feel free to ask him any questions you like (within the bounds of decency) when you interview him - and make sure the picture and sound quality is decent. Then get the footage across to us!

More information to follow shortly....

 

[Saluki]

....winter in Australia, he'll still be able to ride in shorts and not worry about ice or 'owt.

Melbourne is very South and it's not very warm down there at all. Pretty much on a par with here in winter. We know people in the NT and they fly down to Victoria area to ski.
Nope, deffo not shorts. There might well be ice.

 

[ramchip]

Interesting interview with Alicia Snyder, Kurt's Chief Crew here

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Melbourne is very South and it's not very warm down there at all. Pretty much on a par with here in winter. We know people in the NT and they fly down to Victoria area to ski.
Nope, deffo not shorts. There might well be ice.

I stand corrected..........


No I don't, he's just a southern softy

 

[Saluki]

I stand corrected..........


No I don't, he's just a southern softy

Oh totally. They are a bit thin skinned down there.

 

[ianrauk]

From Jo over at the other place

Day 223 / 4: On the day that Tommy Godwin's average exceeded his eventual 205.6 miles per day, both Steve and Kurt ride south for 228 miles placing them 46 and 811 miles ahead of that average pace respectively. Miles does one bay trip and then heads north out of Melbourne for 158 miles.

 

[Mugshot]

Steve Abraham
15 hrs ·
We're all off on our hols shortly. Riding our bikes, of course. Steve and the team are heading to France for the biggest event of the year, the Paris-Brest-Paris Randonneur . 1,200km of pure pedalling pleasure. This does mean that we might be a little slow to respond to your questions, but we plan to keep some updates coming. Normal service will be resumed in a little over a week.
Good luck if you're riding too. Bonne route!

 

[ianrauk]

From Jo over at the other place

Day 224 / 5: Kurt fits in a 3 hour stop for an appointment with a pulmonary specialist (diagnosis: some asthma but nothing serious) into a day's riding yet still manages a total of 194 miles. Steve fits in a stop to buy a backup front light in his tour de Cambridgeshire for a day's total of 211 miles. Miles takes the train north and rides back south to Melbourne though the night, 32 miles of which were within the 12th August.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Steves slacking, he only did 205.8 miles yesterday , Kurt banged out nearly 234 miles

 

[ianrauk]

From Jo over at the other place

Day 225 / 6: Kurt rides east with the wind from Wisconsin Rapids back to the lakeshore for 234 miles with an impressive 18 mph moving average. Steve does a couple of more local loops through Northants and Oxon pushing him a smidgen over one Godwin. Miles rides south from Shepparton to Melbourne after completing similar the previous night giving him 201 miles for the 24 hours of the 13th.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

208 miles for Kurt yesterday and 207 miles for Steve

 

[MartinQ]

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[jo from the other place]

While Ian has a rest, updates from me at the other place...

Day 226 / 7: One week into his rebooted challenge Steve rides another 208 miles via Spalding to keep him 54 miles ahead of Tommy's WR pace. Kurt sticks to more local roads in the Egg Harbor region also for 208 miles and taking him past one-armed Walter Greaves' record distance of 45,383 miles for the year. Miles rides the bay a couple of times for 129 miles.