James Golding - week record

[Dogtrousers]

James Golding from Rugby rode 2,842.2 kilometres in a week for new Guinness World Record

http://road.cc/content/news/224880-...hire-breaks-seven-day-distance-cycling-record

That's 406 km or 252 miles per day.

Interesting to note that Guinness sanctioned this not UMCA. UMCA sanction only annual and monthly in their "Highest Mileage" category.

 

[Welsh wheels]

Inspirational stuff

 

[MikeG]

That's an interesting record. I guess mere mortals can look at that and think............yeah, maybe if I trained a bit and found a nice flat circuit, that wouldn't be beyond imagination. If Andy Wilkingson put his mind to that record, he'd probably be thinking "I could do 2,800 miles, not km".

 

[Aravis]

Thanks for drawing attention to this. Fantastic effort by James. The role of cancer-surviving super-hero cyclist is in safe hands once again!

Interesting to note that Guinness sanctioned this not UMCA.

When I saw this I groaned inwardly. I find it a bit puzzling - UMCA seem to recognise distance-specific records down to 100 miles. Surely the weekly record falls within their territory?

But as a general point a lot of these endurance records are a niche area. I imagine a decent professional cyclist may look at them and say "yeah, but why would I want to do that to myself?"

I've often wondered about this. The annual record is one thing, but I wouldn't be so surprised if an ex-pro - perhaps someone who never quite had the speed to win races regularly - had a go at the week or the month. I live in hopes anyway. The hour record has sometimes been a target for a pro at the end of his career - Francesco Moser being perhaps the most famous example - and in some ways the weekly record sounds a doddle compared with preparing for and executing the hour.