[HAMR] Tarzan (Kurt Searvogel)

[Wowbagger]

Kurt's tracker has just started. That's early - a big day in store?

[Citizenfish]

I am secretly hoping he is going for a Godwin calendar year now.

[Clemo]

Yes thats amazing only 10,000 to go 

[LMT]

Weather at the mo is 23 degrees with a northernly breeze. Me thinks a 250+ mile day.

Go Kurt

[contango]

Bernard Bennett only has a few hours left as second place in the annual mileage hall of fame, as Kurt only needs 4 more miles to overhaul the 1939 total.  Kurt also as less than 10,000 miles to go (a casual comment tossed away by someone whose never managed 10,000 miles in an entire year).  He's also had 11 straight 200 mile plus days - his best since mid-September.  Does feel like that home stretch is beckoning.  Again, if you can imagine 10,000 miles as being "nearly there".

Funny to think that three times my annual mileage represents little more than the home straight from where Kurt is now.

It really does bring this whole thing into perspective. Kurt, Steve, whoever else is doing the record attempt, are doing something that still boggles my mind.

[danridesbikes]

another day of GPS woes for kurt including one ride with 65,000m of elevation

had to laugh at one of the comments on Strava

Vikas Kirola (Siddhant) - Pls delete the activity... this is very demoralising for the real hard working riders

 

[mattc]

That's actually really funny!

[clarion]

[CrazyEnglishTriathlete]

Kurt's target is down to 191mpd - the lowest its ever been.  Just the average 300km Audax to go for another 46 days.  How many of us have knocked out 46 300s in a lifetime, let alone a year?  Or even done a RTTY comprising of 300s.  And this is the 'end is almost in sight' phase.  Astonishing.   He's still got more than my best annual mileage to do.

[CrazyEnglishTriathlete]

252 mile stonker yesterday.  Tarzan must have the Godwin record firmly in his mental sights now.

[TimC]

And the first 240 at 19.1 mph average!!

[LMT]

Awesome riding.

[Mr Larrington]

Ivan's page has him creeping north at 6 mph today; hopefully this is just some kind of SCIENCE fail rather than an accurate representation of reality

[Clemo]

I think Kurt has that mental boost when you are near to the end of an event, there is light at the end of the tunnel, the end is near. 

[Wowbagger]

Now his remaining target is in 4 figures, it does suddenly seem a lot closer. Even I might, if I tried very hard, manage 8000 miles a year! (I never have).

I notice Kurt has stopped for the night near a parade of shops, one of which is called, and I quote, "Mama's Kuntry Cafe". That's one word whose spelling you really want to leave intact.

[CrazyEnglishTriathlete]

He still needs to do slightly more than my best ever annual mileage. 

[CrazyEnglishTriathlete]

Less than 8000 miles to go now. 

[Lars]

Will be interesting to see if he'll change ride pattern during the final couple of weeks. With the campaign coming to
an end on Jan 10, and if going for an extremely well-earned rest period directly afterwards, he might choose to go for
an all-out effort squeezing all remaining mayo out of the tube with longer days and less sleep. But maybe this has been
so exhausting he'll just want to (or be able to) bring it home safely and controlled.

[CrazyEnglishTriathlete]

I keep wondering if he's banking a few miles to have a day off over Christmas

[Laid Back Rich]

I keep wondering if he's banking a few miles to have a day off over Christmas

I doubt it, he only took a few hours off for his wedding

[contango]

Kurt's target is down to 191mpd - the lowest its ever been.  Just the average 300km Audax to go for another 46 days.  How many of us have knocked out 46 300s in a lifetime, let alone a year?  Or even done a RTTY comprising of 300s.  And this is the 'end is almost in sight' phase.  Astonishing.   He's still got more than my best annual mileage to do.

Just 46 x 300km, in 46 days. Easy enough to do, right?

(says he, who has done a grand total of one 300km ever and hurt for two days afterwards...)

Although it does remind me of my usual response when people have asked how I can possibly cycle 100 miles in a day. I tell them it's easy to do, you press the left pedal, then press the right pedal, and repeat until you get there.

But on a serious note, holy crap that's a lot of cycling. Major major kudos, and every single chapeau that's out there should be tipped to Kurt and to Steve.

[ianrauk]

I keep wondering if he's banking a few miles to have a day off over Christmas

I doubt it, he only took a few hours off for his wedding

Nor for Thanksgiving, which in the US is usually a bigger celebration then Christmas.

[La Tortue]

Nor for Thanksgiving, which in the US is usually a bigger celebration then Christmas.

This statement is well off the mark.  Thanksgiving basically marks the start of the  Christmas season. Christmas is actually a month or more of celebrating. 

[Clemo]

I make it that Kurt has 40 days left  that will soon pass by.

[LeoW]

Has Kurt got enough in the bank (and his tank) to beat Tommy Godwin's best 365 days -  77,001 miles?

Quote from an earlier thread :

"He completed the 100,000 on the 14 May 1940. By 13th May 1939 he had covered 22,999 miles, which means  he actually covered 77,001 miles in the 12 months from 14th May 1939."

Leo