So, as promised, a bit more background;
Miles was working full time on night shift. He was living in Mt Martha and working in Melbourne and commuting by bike - a round trip of 160kms or 100 miles. That, plus Audax rides gave him an annual total of 70,000 kms (I also heard this story from someone else at the breakfast with a figure of 80,000 kms). Either way, pretty impressive for someone holding down a full time job!!
Miles said he has 9 months of accumulated leave so this attempt is only going to cost him 3 months pay.
His website is
www.gomiles.com.au but it may not be working until tomorrow. His Facebook page is up and has photos from this morning's breakfast. The spot tracker is working but is not yet linked to the HAMR page where we can see Steve and Kurt's. He's on Strava too so between Strava and Spot, he is well covered. He is running 2 garmins and 2 Spot trackers.
I heard this morning that Miles is known for his milk consumption- like Steve is for sausages!
Finally, another interesting factoid; neither of the 2 bikes I saw had Tri-bars. One has bullhorn bars and the other has normal road bars.
My impression- a worthy challenger who has a very good chance of breaking the current record!!
Andrew