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

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Steve Abraham
18 hrs ·
Please spare a thought this weekend for a man whose life seems to revolve around numbers:

- 216 miles (yesterday's ride)
- 70kg (his average weight)
- 75,065 miles (we all know what that is)
- the list just goes on, and on, and on (a lot like this riding challenge) wink emoticon ...

 

[ianrauk]

From Jo from the other place.

Day 303 / 84: With only one day more of riding in Little Rock before Kurt migrates south, he completes 209 miles on his local roads. Steve has a demanding day of headwind, some "tummy troubles" and traffic holdups but completing an Essex/Cambridgeshire Godwin nonetheless. Miles sees 151 miles of bay action.

 

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Steve Abraham
14 hrs · Edited ·
Steve's daily mileage in his new World Record attempt is now at 205.4 miles per day - which is about even with the existing record. His goal now is to continue to lift that daily average mileage - much as he had done last winter - and to then survive safely into the summer.

 

[srw]

If it's as foggy in the flatlands today as it is in the Chilterns he'll have a challenge on his hands.

 

[ianrauk]

From Jo from the other place.

Day 304 / 85: Kurt's last day in Little Rock is a wet and shorter one, completing 119 miles of the hamster wheel. He will no doubt be happy to see the last of those roads, which he must have ridden many hundreds of times now. A long day for Steve riding to King's Lynn and back, getting home at approaching 2am but with 221 miles on the clock. Miles also has a longer day than usual with 192 miles of bay road riding.

 

[ianrauk]

From Jo from the other place.

Day 305 / 86: Kurt starts flying south for the winter with somewhere between 188-200 miles ridden subject to ironing out a few GPS problems. He ends the day in Louisiana and potentially within a couple of days of passing René Menzies' 1937 record. After yesterday's late finish, Steve does takes it marginally easier with a trip to the Peterborough area and back for 203 miles taking his reboot attempt within a gnat's whisker of Tommy's WR line (to be continued tomorrow...). Miles takes the train out west and rides east back towards Melbourne for 127 miles.

 

[Ian H]

Excellent reporting. Thanks!

 

[ianrauk]

From Jo from the other place

Day 306 / 87: Kurt continues his migration to Florida heading south through Louisiana towards Baton Rouge. His healthy total for the day of 226 miles puts him within a day of René Menzies' 1937 record. Miles has a shorter 24 hours totalling 84 miles heading north to Seymour.

Steve heads to King's Lynn starting well, but with a short sleep stop towards the end of the day and completing his 215 miles after 2am. The chart doesn't show it yet as the ride finished after midnight, but Steve finished his ride within 2 miles of the ghost of Tommy Godwin riding a steady 8.57mph. Day 307/88 will be a significant one for Steve as he may well surface above that WR pace. And it was on day 88 of his first attempt that he was knocked off by an inattentive moped rider.

 

[ianrauk]

From Jo from the other place

Day 307 / 88: Kurt continues his migration to warmer climes riding though Louisiana to the Mississippi gulf coast for exactly one Godwin. Steve, on day 88 of his reboot with continuing tummy troubles, tickles the WR line ending the day just 1.5 miles behind Tommy's ghost. Miles does a couple of trips north to Seymour before heading off to the west and a 24 hour total of 200 miles.

 

[ianrauk]

From Jo from the other place.

Day 308 / 89: Kurts spends a day at the gulf coast doing steady laps to accumulate 201 miles. Having passed Rene Menzies' total, his next targets will be 100,000km and then Ozzie Nicholson's 1937 record, both of which he should achieve within a week. Steve starts a little later heading on another NE loop at his normal speed, but begins to slow towards the end of the day, eventually finishing around 2am with 206 miles. Little activity from Miles, who completed his night ride from the previous day with 67 miles.

 

[JohnClimber]

For those interested in this record and reading the stats from this thread get this on your Christmas list off Santa

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[QUOTE 3990262, member: 9609"]1000 foot of ascent in 201 miles - the maximum ascent on an international competitions snooker table would equate to 150 foot of ascent for the same distance. So pretty dam flat! That distance on my roads would be close on 16,000 foot of ascent.[/QUOTE]

It is insane how flat the roads are. His strategy has been perfect for the record.

Flat roads and tailwinds where possible means he can cover ground fast and get adequate sleep. Most importantly it means he can always maintain a low riding heart rate. The stress on his body is minimal.

 

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[QUOTE 3990262, member: 9609"]1000 foot of ascent in 201 miles - the maximum ascent on an international competitions snooker table would equate to 150 foot of ascent for the same distance. So pretty dam flat! That distance on my roads would be close on 16,000 foot of ascent.[/QUOTE]
I don't know if you do strava but here's a couple of little stats for November

Steve - 1711km ridden - 5364ms climbed

Kurt - 1677km ridden - 3120ms climbed

Me - 273kms ridden - 2341ms climbed

 

[ianrauk]

From Jo from the other place.

Day 309 / 90: Kurt continues with loops along the Mississippi gulf coast in high temperatures and humidity accumulating 220 miles for the day. A 217 mile Thetford Forest loop for Steve takes him above Tommy's WR pace for a while, but another finish after midnight means he is yet to end the 24 hour period comfortably above the line. Very little riding for Miles with only 2 Melbourne miles logged.