Rather than divert the womens year record thread, I thought I'd post this for seperate discussion; its more of an "athletic" challenge than the 80mpd-for-a-year target, so is perhaps more representative of female capability*
www.ultracycling.com/wp_news/?p=944n.b. from November, not exactly news!
"
Anna Mei, 48, Milano, Italy
Standard Bike
Indoor Track (Fassa Bortolo Indoor Track), Montichiari, Italy
October 31-November 1, 2015
100 Miles 4:35:52.38, 21.75 mph (35.00 kph)
200 Miles 9:34:12.50, 20.90 mph (33.63 kph)
12 Hour 247 Miles 3348 feet or 247.634 miles (398.528 km), 20.64 mph (33.21 kph)
1000 Km 35:11:11.52, 17.66 mph (28.42 kph)
Officials: Irma Baloh, Giuseppe Fontana, Claudia Lorenza Pallanca
Crew: Bianchi Mordini, Tonali Luca, Ruspi Moreno, Kranjec Frane, Zoran Jagodic̆, Marko Baloh
Certified by Drew Clark, UMCA Records Chairman
"
Anyone fancy a crack at that?!?
*Best word I could think of right now