I got an email from a fellow rider, Dave H, about this guy. In the days when cycling was the rage, Tommy Godwin set a distance record of 75,065 miles in a year, according to this article from the BBC online.
From the article:
"It's those statistics that make the record virtually unbreakable," said Dave Barter, a keen cyclist who is writing a book about the Year Record. Sometimes he survived on four hours' sleep and there were probably days when he didn't even bother and just carried on and kipped in a field for an hour. He pushed it [the record] beyond the limit of any mere mortal. I worked with a guy who tried it again this year - he lasted about a month and a half. The essence of it is that for a year you have to completely give up your whole life.... When I tell other cyclists about the record, they simply don't believe it's possible."
Not satisfied with that, he went on for another several months, to set the record for the fastest 100,000 miles.
It makes my 1200 miles since January 1 look piddling. Even the guys with all the free time, who are coming up on 4,000 miles for the year, aren't close to this.
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