In 1939, Tommy Godwin rode 75,065 miles (more than 200 miles a day for 365 days) and then kept going until he hit 100,000 miles. Can anyone here even contemplate doing something like this? I cannot.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-17730428
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it's an awesome challenge. Who's gonna do it/done it? Scott McIntosh? Have you done it? RAAM is 3K in 12 days.
Here is the Twitter recreation: https://twitter.com/yearrecord
Very cool, reminds me of https://twitter.com/RealTimeWWII
No slouch either, Walter Greaves was an earlier record holder (45,383 miles in 1936). He did it with one arm and very little sponsorship help.
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