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

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Steve Abraham
12 hrs ·
The support Steve's received from all of you - in cash and kind - has been quite overwhelming. Today we'd especially like thank Bryan (from Steve's cycling club) for popping in to refit Steve's tyres and chainsets. Bryan's currently recovering from a life-changing surgery but he was more than happy to help...

 

[ianrauk]

From Jo from the other place

Day 313 / 94: Kurt rides east along the coast into Alabama being on much better form that the previous tough day, accumulating 215 miles. Steve also rides east with the benefit of a blustery autumn tailwind. He continues for 194 miles until he runs out of east, spending the night in Lowestoft. Miles is back to long rides, doing a couple of trips to Seymour to the north with 185 miles for the day.

 

[ianrauk]

From Jo from the other place

Day 314 / 95: Kurt rides loops along the coast around Orange Beach flirting with the Florida border and a total of 207 miles for the day. Steve faces the prospect of returning west from Lowestoft into a day of strong headwinds, eventually getting back to Milton Keynes with 181 miles covered. Miles rides another trip up north for 120 miles.

 

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Looks like a big one for Steve today, 216 on the tracker and still a reasonable trek from home.

 

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Yep.

 

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Mind you the lazy sod has only done 20 miles so far today.

 

[ianrauk]

From Jo from the other place

Day 315 / 96: Kurt rides Pensacola Beach surrounded by white sand and blue sea for a reported 226 miles (although nothing uploaded to Strava yet). Steve has a longer than usual day riding a figure of eight through the counties of SE England and accumulating 246 miles. This takes him back to within 50 miles of WR pace after a week with some shorter windy days. Miles heads out west to Warrnambool for 160 miles.

 

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Steve Abraham
1 hr ·
Steve now weighs 68kg - down from nearly 80kg at the beginning of this year. It obviously pays to 'watch your diet'... wink emoticon

 

[Dogtrousers]

So will Steve be publishing "The Abraham Plan" weight loss book after this is over do you think? Eat as much as you like! Lose weight! (there's just one catch ...)

 

[Scoosh]

Maybe the 'HAMR** Plan Diet' ?
H - Have
A - A
M - Meal
R - Replacement**

**determination, life-on-hold, cycling ...

 

[ianrauk]

From Jo from the other place

There was a request for the OYTT Eddington Numbers of the three riders on one of the other threads, so here they are with a graphical summary:

(Both Steve's and Miles's charts include all rides in 2015, not just their most recent rebooted attempt)

 

[jo from the other place]

^--- Large Print Version

There's also a video too:

View: https://vimeo.com/145562182

 

[themosquitoking]

Considering that so far two out of the three attempts have had to be rebooted and that cycling these sorts of miles every day for a year without having an incident of some kind meaning you spend a few days off the bike seems unlikely i've just caught myself wondering what would happen to Kurt now if he were also to have an incident. It's late into his year and if he needed to spend 4 or more days off the bike it could ruin all the effort he's put in so far. Steve and Miles both got theirs out of the way early, so to speak.

 

[ianrauk]

From Jo from the other place

Day 316 / 97: Kurt moves away from the gulf coast heading 206 miles east to Tallahassee at a faster pace than of late. He is currently about 400 miles above the Godwin line. Steve has another day duelling with autumnal winds looping around the wider Cambridge area and back in home for bed after 201 miles. Miles completes his tip from Camperdown out to the west back towards Melbourne for 83 miles at a slower pace than normal.

 

[swansonj]

Does anyone know what Steve's lifetime Eddington number is?

At the start of the year, someone predicted that he would accumulate a massive E number in the course of the attempt, but I thought his E number was probably already well into the 200s and therefore unlikely to be increased much over the attempt. Does anyone know?