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

[Pale Rider]

Oh dear.

I'm not much good at reading the tracker, but it looks to me as if he'd already dropped well below 200 miles a day for the last 10 days or so.

No doubt Doggers will crunch the numbers, but adding a blank day or two, I suspect surpassing Godwin's record may now be looking unlikely.

 

[Glow worm]

Oh ffs what is wrong with drivers in this bloody country?
I'm sick of it, and feel so desperately sorry for Steve who I greatly admire.
(I found myself literally shaking yesterday, before my morning commute, dwelling on the psycopathic drivers I was about to encounter, after some recent scares from nasty, aggressive drivers).
I'm sick of all these lardy bullying sods in cars/vans/trucks whatever bullying us off the roads.
Recover well swiftly Steve.

 

[tallliman]

Not great to hear but at least nothing is broken. It makes his task more difficult as it must add 2mpd for every day he's off the bike or so (assuming about 100 days to go)

 

[Aravis]

He's off! So much for 72 hours!

https://frrt.org/tg/r/1-steve

 

[ianrauk]

Ain't no stopping the boy

 

[ianrauk]

 

[ianrauk]

 

[ianrauk]

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I get knocked down
But I get up again
You're never going to keep me down.

 

[Dogtrousers]

View: https://twitter.com/steve_abraham74/status/941962720622018561

 

[Dogtrousers]

A somewhat challenging week, of ice, snow and handlebar remodelling, in which Steve managed a "mere" 994.4 miles.

Steve's stats as at 17 Dec 17
Days: 289, 79.2% of year, 76 days remaining
Dist: 95,926 km / 59,605 mi
Avg daily dist: 331.9 km / 206.2 mi (Last 7 days: 228.6 km / 142.1 mi per day)
Avg daily elevation (Strava): 1,260 m / 4,135 ft (Last 7 days: 760 m / 2492 ft per day)
Moving speed (Strava): 25.7 km/h / 16.0 mi/h (Last 7 days: 24.4 km/h / 15.1 mi/h)
Hours per day riding (Strava): 15.1 (Last 7 days: 10.9)
Projected total at overall daily rate: 121,152 km / 75,280 mi (331.9 km / 206.2 miles per day)
Projected total at 7 day rate : 113,302 km / 70,403 mi (310.4 km / 192.9 miles per day)

Required rates for various records
25.7 miles/day required for René Menzies (1937) 61,561 miles
40.2 miles/day required for Ossie Nicholson (1937) 62,657 miles
52.7 miles/day required for Steve Abraham (2015) 63,609 miles
72.7 miles/day required for Bernard Bennett (1939) 65,127 miles
203.4 miles/day required for Tommy Godwin (1939) 75,065 miles
216.7 miles/day required for Kurt Searvogel (2015) 76,076 miles
354.8 miles/day required for Amanda Coker (2016) 86,573 miles

 

[ianrauk]

C'mon Steve. You are now sailing very close to the wind for even Tommy's total which we know is the record you really want to beat. Fingers crossed for better weather, cycling conditions and your health.

 

[Dogtrousers]

View: https://twitter.com/steve_abraham74/status/942663040587190272



View: https://twitter.com/yearinthesaddle/status/942677606616444930

 

[Dogtrousers]

A tough week still recovering from being knocked off

Steve's stats as at 24 Dec 17
Days: 296, 81.1% of year, 69 days remaining
Dist: 98,108 km / 60,961 mi
Avg daily dist: 331.4 km / 206.0 mi (Last 7 days: 311.7 km / 193.7 mi per day)
Avg daily elevation (Strava): 1,262 m / 4,139 ft (Last 7 days: 1309 m / 4294 ft per day)
Moving speed (Strava): 25.6 km/h / 15.9 mi/h (Last 7 days: 23.5 km/h / 14.6 mi/h)
Hours per day riding (Strava): 15.1 (Last 7 days: 14.6)
Projected total at overall daily rate: 120,977 km / 75,172 mi (331.4 km / 206.0 miles per day)
Projected total at 7 day rate : 119,617 km / 74,326 mi (327.7 km / 203.6 miles per day)

Required rates for various records
8.7 miles/day required for René Menzies (1937) 61,561 miles
24.6 miles/day required for Ossie Nicholson (1937) 62,657 miles
38.4 miles/day required for Steve Abraham (2015) 63,609 miles
60.4 miles/day required for Bernard Bennett (1939) 65,127 miles
204.4 miles/day required for Tommy Godwin (1939) 75,065 miles
219.0 miles/day required for Kurt Searvogel (2015) 76,076 miles
371.2 miles/day required for Amanda Coker (2016) 86,573 miles

Last 7 days
2017-12-17 10:04 193.3 miles Set out to do 199 miles to make 1000 for the week. Scuppered by stopping for a meal and unhelpful wind (the weather) all the way home.
2017-12-18 00:00 5.2 miles Late to bed!
2017-12-18 08:57 200.0 miles Still having to avoid icy roads.
2017-12-19 09:04 189.6 miles Still recovering
2017-12-20 00:00 4.3 miles Night Ride
2017-12-20 10:35 191.2 miles Feeling stronger but my shin and lower back are still slowing me down.
2017-12-21 00:00 9.0 miles Coming Home
2017-12-21 10:45 175.5 miles Morning Ride
2017-12-22 00:00 31.3 miles Night Ride
2017-12-22 10:19 174.4 miles Still hurts
2017-12-23 00:00 23.8 miles Night Ride
2017-12-23 10:43 176.2 miles Coccyx has become painful and slowing me down. Being injured is tiring.
2017-12-24 09:05 175.3 miles Merry Christmas Everyone

 

[tallliman]

He really needs to get back to the higher mileages soon!