As I write this the Race Across America or RAAM is in its third day and at the fourth time station, in Salome Arizona, Jure Robic (Slovenia) was in first place with a time of 14 hours 17 minutes, the third person to check in, only about 33 minutes behind was Peter Oyler. I should point out that these guys had to cover some 293 miles (about 500km) just to get to the time station they still have literally thousands of miles (3016 miles to be specific) to go, and they averaged over 30km/h, so far. By contrast when I did my attempt at a double century I averaged about 20km/h.
The sound you just heard was my ego deflating! Holy smokes those guys are awesome!
The source for this post is the Daily Peloton Pro Cycling News.
Ooops!! Found a more current article, Jure Robic had cleared Time Station 10 in Kayenta Arizona (634.8 miles from Ocean Side) in 1 day, 10 hours, 2 minutes, third place Dani Wyss of Switzerland needed 1 day, 11hours and 34 minutes to get to Kayenta, but has since passed Jure, apparently Jure took time to sleep. Peter Oyler had only cleared through Time Station 9 (563 miles) after 1 day, 12 hours and 27 minutes, when the report came out putting Peter in seventh place.
The source of that paragraph is here.
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