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

He's on his way then.

http://trackleaders.com/oneyeartimetrial15i.php?name=Steve_Abraham

At a 15.5mph average that's over 13 hours of riding a day required.

Heard a reference to the start on 6Music an hour or so ago. I was cooking a gorgeous dinner, having a beer and getting ready to slob on the sofa whilst wondering how to bleed (fill actually) some SRAM hydraulics without a kit and realised what a sacrifice he is making.

Off to donate now.

^^ is that map loading for other people? It's just a grey square for me.

All good here, on chrome, on an ipad

Turned it off and on again :)

I see he passed right near my house. Gutted I wasn't there to cheer him on. Hopefully he'll come past again. Is his daily route published in advance anywhere?

After all the fussing and faffing to finish the incy wincy Rapha 500 it's time to support a real bike rider. Go Steve.

First day done by the looks of it, back home with 204.74 miles and 19 hours out.
Well done Steve!

The tracker seems to be plotting point to point without following roads. I wonder if the distance is therefore under-reporting.

Edit later: Yes, his Strava shows almost 224 miles.

Nice news video from yesterday http://www.channel4.com/news/cycling-all-year-to-smash-1939-record-video

And Bill Pruett looks like he is about to start ... http://trackleaders.com/oneyeartimetrial15i.php?name=William_IronOx_Pruett

Teethgrinder vs. Tarzan vs. IronOx. This is hilarious.

Oh yes. Go Steve!

http://www.strava.com/activities/235354357

TT report, Steve rode the TT having already done 116 miles http://www.northbucksroadclub.org.uk/index.php/home-mainmenu-1/679-new-year-s-day-10-results

Amazing. I really like this guys approach.

Best of luck to him.

It's an odd thing to give a stranger money for but the best of luck to the chap. I hope he manages to complete.

Ddi we have the spot tracker already? http://trackleaders.com/oneyeartimetrial15i.php?name=Steve_Abraham

EDIT: YES.

Good luck crazy chap.

he is hard hard hard! will donate in a bit. can't wait to see how this plays out. time to support some proper effort!

its so cool someone is doing this and kind of crazy multiple people are doing it! Why have the others not started? Its going to be pretty exciting if it is close.

Come on Steve

Kurt Searvogel has stated that he's waiting a couple of days so that he can see Steve's progress. Seems a little unsporting but entirely his prerogative. William seems to have started and then stopped so not sure what is going on there. May be restarting and copying Kurt.

The record is distance over any 365 consecutive days so you don't have to start on Jan 1st of any given year.

That does seem unsporting. Still Steve can always do some more days on the end if he could up his yearly total. Perhaps he should throw in some short ones for a month to confuse William and then just keep going til Feb 2016. or not. Either ways its comepletely nuts.

Steve can always do some more days on the end if he could up his yearly total

This could actually go on forever, with none of the three men wanting to stop in case the others keep going and move the record on.

I wouldn't even bother about someone else so far away analysing my first few days, the terrain and weather will be completely different for them all, as will their medium and short term plans, as they adapt to all their individual variables.

By the sounds of it, Searvogel has a different approach to these things anyway, tending to prefer higher pace over shorter intervals.

I enjoyed seeing Steve's stop in Tewkesbury at lunch time today for fish and chips :-) And nice to see him acknowlege his supporters on Strava. Good on ya bud!

So, if they're both going after 365 days then it could just become a daily case of one-umpmanship until one of them quits!

Yeah, what Hefty said.