235 miles a day for a year (Amanda Coker Challenge)

[Supersuperleeds]

Title for his Strava data from yesterday

Day 1 of Month Record attempt and 1st of the last 30 days of the year record attempt. 236mpd needed to beat my UMCA/Guinness WR mens month record.

He rode 240 miles

https://www.strava.com/activities/1388593363

 

[ianrauk]

Awesome stuff.

Go Steve!!!

 

[Pale Rider]

Looks like 200+ miles yesterday to Scunthorpe, although the ride hasn't been uploaded yet.

As someone pointed out in the other place, if Steve can keep up month record pace he will also beat Godwin - which looked beyond him a couple of weeks ago.

 

[Dogtrousers]

It's the final countdown. Tiddle ee dee. Tiddle it dit dee.

Steve's stats as at 04 Feb 18
Days: 338, 92.6% of year, 27 days remaining
Dist: 110,829 km / 68,866 mi / 2.77 times circumference of earth
Total elevation: 437,400 m / 1,435,038 ft / 49.4 Everests
Avg daily dist: 327.9 km / 203.7 mi (Last 7 days: 334.2 km / 207.7 mi per day)
Avg daily elevation (Strava): 1,294 m / 4,246 ft (Last 7 days: 1791 m / 5876 ft per day)
Moving speed (Strava): 25.3 km/h / 15.7 mi/h (Last 7 days: 23.9 km/h / 14.8 mi/h)
Hours per day riding (Strava): 15.2 (Last 7 days: 15.5)
Projected total at overall daily rate: 119,682 km / 74,367 mi (327.9 km / 203.7 miles per day)
Projected total at 7 day rate : 119,853 km / 74,473 mi (328.4 km / 204.0 miles per day)

Required rates for various records
René Menzies (1937) 61,561 miles. Completed Dec 26.
Ossie Nicholson (1937) 62,657 miles. Completed Jan 02.
Steve Abraham (2015) 63,609 miles. Completed Jan 07.
Bernard Bennett (1939) 65,127 miles. Completed Jan 16.
229.6 miles/day required for Tommy Godwin (1939) 75,065 miles.
267.0 miles/day required for Kurt Searvogel (2015) 76,076 miles.
655.8 miles/day required for Amanda Coker (2016) 86,573 miles.

Last 7 days
2018-01-28 08:11 200.4 miles Morning Ride
2018-01-29 00:05 5.7 miles Night Ride
2018-01-29 09:32 191.0 miles Morning Ride
2018-01-30 00:01 12.9 miles Night Ride
2018-01-30 08:34 183.5 miles Slow going and got sleepy. Could be the slight ENT infection I've had the last few days?
2018-01-31 07:30 135.1 miles Seem to be getting over the minor ENT infection. Early stop to upload rides and sleep through rush hour traffic.
2018-01-31 21:33 43.2 miles Night Ride
2018-02-01 00:03 246.8 miles Night Ride
2018-02-02 07:04 240.3 miles Day 1 of Month Record attempt and 1st of the last 30 days of the year record attempt. 236mpd needed to beat my UMCA/Guinness WR mens month record.
2018-02-03 07:32 220.2 miles Morning Ride
2018-02-04 00:02 8.7 miles Night Ride
2018-02-04 06:59 166.4 miles Morning Ride

 

[Beebo]

Good luck, he has managed to pick the coldest week of the year.

 

[tallliman]

He needs a kick to those trend lines and quickly

 

[Aravis]

I haven't produced my moving average graph since before Steve was hit by a car, mainly because it didn't seem particularly helpful! Anyway, here it is, updated to this morning with yesterday's overnight epic estimated from the tracker:

I'm seeing two big messages here. Firstly, Steve was fighting back strongly in the weeks immediately before being hit by a car. In view of the tenacity he's shown in recent weeks, you have to think that Searvogel was well within his capability at that time.

Secondly, being hit by the car was a catastrophic blow.

Assuming he carries on trying to the end, and I can't really imagine anything else, he'll end up about 600-700 miles short of Godwin's 75065. That's roughly the equivalent of the three days unavoidably lost due to illness and injury.

 

[Dogtrousers]

No update yet as Steve hasn't uploaded all of his data from yesterday. However, on Saturday he posted this on Strava.

That's probably put an end to my getting Tommy Godwins year record. More in description....
Now that I'm sleeping better I am more awake and riding more hours a week. Trouble is that the speed isn't there. It hasn't really gone up since I was run over in December. I'm still below pace even when I have a good tailwind. I still can't get through a day without needing a sleep either. This ride is a good example. Late start because I woke up late after a longer than usual sleep. Very good tailwind, but still only averaging below 16mph where I'd expect 17-18, at least!
I don't know why. My injuries don't hurt nor do they bother me. My left leg does ache after a while, so maybe I'm not recovered from that yet? I feel better and more awake until I get sleepy in the afternoon. but feel better again after a sleep.
I started getting sleepy on this ride so headed to Mc Donalds in Ely. Somewhere warm where I won't be disturbed. They do salads as well. Also handy to have a toilet nearby after a sleep and coffee.
I put my head on the table and an hour had passed by.
My guess is that I'm not fully recovered from my injuries. I feel much less tired overall and mentally. I just get an urge to sleep in the early-late afternoon. There is a natural lull in wakefulness at that time of day. I have tried riding a bit faster but I just get sleepy and end up stopping for more sleep. I am guessing that it's more down to physical tiredness from not being recovered from my injuries rather than overall lack of sleep. But who knows...?
The bottom line is that I'm not going fast enough and can't ride any more hours than I am.

 

[srw]

I wonder whether he's tried Vitamin D supplements. He won't be getting enough from sunshine or diet.

 

[Dogtrousers]

View: https://twitter.com/steve_abraham74/status/962972128743215105

 

[ianrauk]

Gutted if he can't beat Tommy's record because that is the one record that he really wanted to beat.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Steve's stats as at 11 Feb 18
Days: 345, 94.5% of year, 20 days remaining
Dist: 112,731 km / 70,048 mi / 2.81 times circumference of earth
Total elevation: 446,456 m / 1,464,749 ft / 50.5 Everests
Avg daily dist: 326.8 km / 203.0 mi (Last 7 days: 271.8 km / 168.9 mi per day)
Avg daily elevation (Strava): 1,294 m / 4,246 ft (Last 7 days: 1294 m / 4244 ft per day)
Moving speed (Strava): 25.3 km/h / 15.7 mi/h (Last 7 days: 21.7 km/h / 13.5 mi/h)
Hours per day riding (Strava): 15.2 (Last 7 days: 15.2)
Projected total at overall daily rate: 119,267 km / 74,109 mi (326.8 km / 203.0 miles per day)
Projected total at 7 day rate : 118,167 km / 73,425 mi (323.7 km / 201.2 miles per day)

Required rates for various records
René Menzies (1937) 61,561 miles. Completed Dec 26.
Ossie Nicholson (1937) 62,657 miles. Completed Jan 02.
Steve Abraham (2015) 63,609 miles. Completed Jan 07.
Bernard Bennett (1939) 65,127 miles. Completed Jan 16.
250.8 miles/day required for Tommy Godwin (1939) 75,065 miles.
301.4 miles/day required for Kurt Searvogel (2015) 76,076 miles.
826.3 miles/day required for Amanda Coker (2016) 86,573 miles.

Last 7 days
2018-02-04 06:59 166.4 miles Morning Ride
2018-02-06 00:31 35.8 miles Night Ride
2018-02-06 07:55 173.5 miles Morning Ride
2018-02-07 08:34 122.3 miles Morning Ride
2018-02-07 20:33 44.6 miles Chilled out. Cold enough to freeze water with electrolyte tabs!
2018-02-08 00:04 53.7 miles Night Ride
2018-02-08 09:41 178.0 miles Morning Ride
2018-02-09 07:01 208.2 miles Morning Ride
2018-02-10 11:23 129.7 miles That's probably put an end to my getting Tommy Godwins year record. More in description....
2018-02-11 00:02 51.1 miles Falling asleep riding into a headwind. Couldn't stay awake for more than 5 miles, so kept stopping to sleep. Lucky to find a bank foyer that was open so I didn't have to sleep in near freezing temperatures every time.
2018-02-05 08:20 185.3 miles Morning Ride

 

[Milkfloat]

I 'liked' @Dogtrousers posts for the stats and information, but I don't 'like' it for the message. I worry that Steve will do himself some real harm in chasing Goodwin.

 

[tallliman]

It just shows how crazy the record attempt is. One incident in the year is enough to derail you entirely.

 

[Beebo]

Its unattainable now, he'd be better of quitting.

For the record I agree with you, but If we have learnt anything over the past 2 years, it is that there is no way he will quit.