Yearly Distance Record Attempt (Tommy Godwin - 75,065mi/120,000k)

The numbers are astonishing aren't they. I wonder how much kit, tyres, chains etc, that he's burned through all ready.

Nice thought

Though I guess someone on the YACF forum has already devised some sort of spread sheet :)

Wednesday 4th Mar - 197.1 mi, 14:59:10 h, 7,556 ft

cumulative - 11,873.8 mi, 39:19:46:47 d, 342,005 ft

This morning's tweet from @yearrecord suggests that Steve set off at 3am!

Do you think he's getting bored yet?

I'm confused by all the days that end a couple of miles off 200. Wouldn't you just go round the block a couple of times to make the nice round numbers?

As someone who's done a few long rides.. no.

I have no longer a fascination with rounding off rides to whole numbers.

Maybe round it off if he is at 79,997 on the last day... Otherwise - eat and sleep.

Ask anyone who has hit 99 mile and you cannt sit down anymore . Do the extra mile nah not a chance.

After doing my first 100 - the last mile of which was spent cycling around a park wanting to be sick - not sure the extra mile was worth it...

Haha. Love a good honest post, makes me feel better!

i find it much easier, a few years later, to add on those extra few miles in ones head, usually after a few beers and amongst fellow cyclists in a pub
and there is always rounding up, if all other options have been exhausted

Elsewhere someone was very happy when they thought they'd done their first century ride. Happily reporting their odometer (in km) showed 160.2km.

Oops.

Steve is mostly riding to a schedule rather than round number distance targets. It's also quite demotivational to get home (or wherever you're going to finish that day) and have to go back out again to do a few laps of the block.

I remember riding 12 k extra to make sure I'd done 312k on fixed when that was my longest ride. No errors here, Chop.

that's what i've done with my whole life..

Looks like he's doing all his rounding up today with a very long ride.

I wonder if anyone (i.e. the person who does the uploading to Strava) is looking at his form/fatigue pages in Strava?

Thursday 5th Mar - 217.1 mi, 16:49:21 h, 7,582 ft

cumulative - 12,090.9 mi, 40:12:36:08 d, 349,587 ft

Friday 6th Mar - 196.7 mi, 14:39:34 h, 4,334 ft

cumulative - 12,287.6 mi, 41:03:15:42 d, 353,921 ft

Not that I've ever undertaken anything as extreme as the challenge Steve has taken on, but when I've done multi day rides with long distances, eating becomes a chore first. You know you have to, but the prospect of shovelling down yet more carbs becomes one you dread.

He was in striking distance of London yesterday https://app.strava.com/activities/263911318. Has headed north again today though

What exactly is the point of William IRONOX Pruett? Is he or was he ever genuinely going for the record? Did he get injured etc...? Why is he still included in the leaderboards?

I think Hoppo said a while back that he's still included because he's one of the official starters and so has to be included until/if he withdraws.

No idea if he ever intended to have a serious crack at it. I read somewhere some speculation that it is potentially a publicity stunt for his coaching business.

^all speculation though.