After 108 days, 12 hours, and 12 minutes, Lael Wilcox is again the place she began – in Chicago, after driving world wide. OK, not simply driving world wide, however racing the 18,125 miles (29,169 km) route with 630,000 ft (192,024 m) of climbing quick sufficient to assert the file.
Beforehand, the ladies’s file was held by Jenny Graham at 124 days, 10 hours, and 50 minutes. Lael isn’t any stranger to setting information, and she or he smashed this one by roughly half a month.
Her route began from Millenium Park in Chicago, driving from there to New York. After a aircraft experience to Porto, Portugal, Lael crossed by Europe, driving south into Turkey, earlier than ending in Tbilisi, Georgia. One other aircraft journey discovered her in Perth, Australia, and an enormous experience later she was in Brisbane. Flying from Brisbane to Invercargill, New Zealand, the route wrapped up within the southern hemisphere in Auckland, New Zealand earlier than flying to Anchorage, AK for the ultimate push again to Chicago. For the official file, there was a required distance, however not a required path (we’ve requested for clarification on this, and can report again once we hear). You may see the precise path taken by Lael on Rapha’s web page, right here.
Whereas driving within the decrease 48, Lael adopted lots of the Journey Biking Affiliation’s routes, and she or he is fundraising for the ACA right here.
Congratulations, Lael!
Enjoyable details from Lael:
- What number of cups of espresso: 200, however I actually drink much more Coca Cola than espresso! I guess I’m someplace between 300-600 cokes.
- Favourite day of driving: my first day again in Alaska, the place I grew up. It felt unbelievable to be on my house terrain with daylight till 11pm after a winter crossing of Australia and New Zealand.
- Most difficult day of driving: on day 4, I used to be throwing up all day, it by no means stopped raining and I used to be getting a number of punctures. I nonetheless rode 139 miles, nevertheless it was a tricky one.
- Variety of nations: 22.
- Whole miles: on day 105, I’m at 17,284. The full must be 18,140 after 110 days.
- Common day by day miles: 163 miles per day.
- Common velocity: 14.5 mph.
- Common day by day energy: I’m in all probability consuming between 6,000 and eight,000. I’ve misplaced a bit of weight, however not an excessive amount of.
- The estimated variety of those who joined me on the experience: no less than 3,000.
- Nights in lodges: most – I’ve stayed with a number of associates alongside the way in which too.
- Nights tenting: 3 weeks.
