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

[Dogtrousers]

From Twitter

 

[ianrauk]

#gosteve

 

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Steve Abraham
12 hrs ·
All set for tomorrow
Setting off on a bid for the UMCA HAMR month record. Aiming for 7000 miles in 30 consecutive days.
Hope to get a film out explaining a bit more but no promises.
Apologies for non replies and ignored messages etc. Time is miles!

 

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Steve Abraham
12 hrs ·
Here's a link to my live tracker for the UMCA HAMR Month Record attempt.
I'll be wearing the 1YTT kit from Milltag that I wore during my Year attempt, but with a red "Go Faster" hat this time.

http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp…

 

[Scoosh]

Oh dear ! - more dots to follow !

Don't these cyclists realise some of have work/ leisure/ bike rides to do ???

#gosteve ..... (is that how its done these days ? )

 

[Dogtrousers]

#gosteve ..... (is that how its done these days ? )

#yesithinkso #downwiththekids

 

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EgoManiac Idai‎Audax UK
Follow · 34 mins near Milton Keynes ·

I shot this video on my phone just before midnight last night (
View: https://youtu.be/QQ-ujVqjSVw
) when I briefly caught up with Steve Abraham (as he prepared to set off on his attempt to cover 7,000-miles across the next 30-days). If he succeeds with this goal it will be a new UMCA World Record for the most miles cycled in a month. I basically asked him how he plans to achieve this feat - and why...

 

[Supersuperleeds]

I know we can't swear on here, but Steve did 300 miles (I presume yesterday), he averaged over 17mph and looks like out of 18 hours he only took 40 minutes of breaks.

That is seriously farking impressive

https://www.strava.com/activities/698034917

 

[ianrauk]

I know we can't swear on here, but Steve did 300 miles (I presume yesterday), he averaged over 17mph and looks like out of 18 hours he only took 40 minutes of breaks.

That is seriously farking impressive

https://www.strava.com/activities/698034917

Yup awesome stuff indeed. Knew he had it in him. Fingers crossed he can keep it up.
#gosteve

 

[Dogtrousers]

Three days in and Steve has been averaging 260 miles per day The 7,000 mile target rate is 233miles

He's hitting a very consistent (moving) average speed of 17.2mph.

A particularly impressive stat - spotted by @Supersuperleeds above - is that, according to Strava, he's spending only 37 min stopped out of 15:42 hr spent each day riding on average.

btw I wore my red OYTT top on Saturday in support of Steve. Despite the fact that it's a bit too small. Commitment to the cause, y'see.

 

[Ian H]

We had a bit of a panic about the tracker (which is the evidence that UMCA require), but it's all sorted and Steve's looking good.

 

[Beebo]

Why has he chosen september instead of june or july? He would get about 4 extra hours of daylight each day.

 

[velovoice]

Why has he chosen september instead of june or july? He would get about 4 extra hours of daylight each day.

Several reasons:
1. He has spent the summer training.
2. The idea of the month record is that it's an experiment that, if it goes well, will launch a new HAM'R attempt on 1st January 2017.
3. September's weather patterns tend to be more settled and mild/clement than what can be predicted with any certainty during June or July.

 

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View: https://www.facebook.com/stevenabraham2015/videos/1753280811587214/

 

[Dogtrousers]

Steve has averaged 253 miles per day over the first 5 days, against a target of 233

His moving average speed is a very consistent 17 point something mph. (Min day 17.24, max day 17.45)
His total elevation so far is 8,737 metres. Just shy of one Everest (8,848m)
He's averaging only 45 min of stopped time out of an average of 15hr 15min total elapsed time per day.
His real average speed (elapsed time not including stops) is similarly consistent, clustered around 16.5mph