[HAMR] Tarzan (Kurt Searvogel)

[hillbilly]

I think Kurt's done around 67,500 with 40 days to go (325 days x 75,065 miles / 365 day + 690 miles based on Jo's latest report and reflecting Kurt started 10 days after Steve).  So would need to ride around 237.5 miles a day to end with 77,001 miles ( 77,001 - 67,500 / 40).

He's got 30 days or so until the end of calendar year 2015, and so needs to ride around 250 miles a day to reach the calendar year mark set by Tommy. 

It's personal opinion as to whether these are achievable, or relevant.

[contango]

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.

Christmas is more like a couple of months of hype, briefly interrupted by stuffing ourselves silly at Thanksgiving, which all blows over after one day. There's no Boxing Day in the US so even if you don't work in retail the chances are you're only going to get one day off work. If you work in retail it probably won't be long before you're expected in the store in the evening on Christmas Day so the entitlement brigade of consumers don't have to struggle through a whole 24 hours without buying some Chinese crap they don't need.

[CrazyEnglishTriathlete]

Kurt continues to knock out 200+ mile days and his target per day is now starting to drop fast - only 185mpd now.  Only!!!  He now has less to do than my highest annual mileage!

[Shreds]

Barring a disaster, Kurt seems to have proven the way to do this challenge. Chapeau!

[Martin]

If you work in retail it probably won't be long before you're expected in the store in the evening on Christmas Day so the entitlement brigade of consumers don't have to struggle through a whole 24 hours without buying some Chinese crap they don't need.

and food; it amazes me how most peeps seems to get through an entire trolley full of stuff that they purchased on Dec 24th by the time the shops open again on the 27th 

[LMT]

Currently at 200 miles, . Another couple of hours to go for a 240+ ride?

[Wowbagger]

I think it is possible to list the advantages that Kurt has had, but the biggest one is simple, and one Steve alluded to in his television interview before his challenge started at the start of the year: he's Kurt.

[Mr Larrington]

Currently at 200 miles, . Another couple of hours to go for a 240+ ride?

220 Ivan-miles three minutes ago.

[CrazyEnglishTriathlete]

Kurt may have achieved something that only returning lunar astronauts have experienced before.  7500 miles to go and "almost there".

[CrazyEnglishTriathlete]

6000 miles to go.  Walk in the park - seems quite literally - if he's got riders to tow him around circuits.  it seems like he's got some local momentum now - probably easy to get people out to take a turn - knowing that they are likely to be helping someone to a successful record attempt.  At 200mpd he'd have 4 days in hand.  That's the equivalent of breaking the 100m sprint by 0.12 of a second.

[andrew531]

Well done Kurt. Interesting the 100m record in the 1930 was 10.3 now it's 9.58. We're not going to see that type of increase anytime soon.

[andyoxon]

6000 miles to go.  Walk in the park - seems quite literally - if he's got riders to tow him around circuits.  it seems like he's got some local momentum now - probably easy to get people out to take a turn - knowing that they are likely to be helping someone to a successful record attempt.  At 200mpd he'd have 4 days in hand.  That's the equivalent of breaking the 100m sprint by 0.12 of a second.

Yup nearly at 70K miles  - pretty amazing.  Noticed Kurt's last ride was the equivalent of 37m elevation/100km for his 345km ride - that's flat!  Shame Steve doesn't have any similar 'hamster wheels'. 

[Wowbagger]

Kurt should pass 70,000 miles some time on Sunday. I reckon that requires a raised glass of something rather special.

[CrazyEnglishTriathlete]

2nd Rider in history to pass 70,000 miles in a year

Congratulations Kurt

[TimC]

That is absolutely bloody amazing. I simply cannot comprehend that kind of mileage.

[Basil]

Extraordinary!  Well done Kurt.

[woollypigs]

2nd Rider in history to pass 70,000 miles in a year

Congratulations Kurt

Now why would anyone do something so silly awesome, way to go Kurt!

[Wowbagger]

Has he reached 70k yet? According to his own website it will be either today or tomorrow.

http://www.tarzanrides.com/resources/projection.pdf

That shows 69674.5 at the end of 10th December. He did over 200 miles yesterday, so should it not be some time today that he passes 70k?

[mattc]

Maybe:

2nd Rider in history to pass 70,000 miles in a year

Congratulations Kurt

[Jaded]

Yes, but has he reached 70k miles? 

[Wowbagger]

His total on Strava is 112814km= 70099mi 650.1944yd so we are in a grey area. I would have thought that the spreadsheet on Kurt's own website would be the figure he submits to UMCA and therefore official, but I don't know for sure.

[woollypigs]

[red marley]

I think he will have unambiguously passed 70,000 miles in the HAMR by the end of today. His Strava total reports 2015 rides which includes some between 1-9th January before he officially started the challenge.

But however you cut it, it is an impressive total that deserves congratulation.

[Wowbagger]

Absolutely. But as a pedant, I have to know precisely when to raise my glass! That photo looks as though he thinks he has done 70k miles! Well done him!

Edit: until you look at his FB page! The caption says "Happening today!" That's good, because I think it's too early to drink a toast to anything just yet. His last day is 9th Jan so after today he will have 28 days left.

[Wowbagger]

I suppose we ought to open a book on when he will break the record. He seems to be in marvellous form at the moment. The last time he had a day in which he rode less than a Godwin was 8th November. He has ridden 5995 miles in the last 28 days. If he does the same over the next 28, that will be 4th or 5th Jan to exceed 75065.