Thatsa lotta saddle time!

Without looking to deeply into this it is a relay event. Each rider needs to cover 18 hours with a 15 MPH average. Very doable and by the looks of the riders they all appear to be up to the task.

18 hours in nine days is not that difficult. This old man can do it very easily. I just road 1500 miles in 52 consecutive days. Which is more ground than they have to cover per day.

I am not downplaying their event. It is a worthy event for a good cause. I am just trying to put it into perspective.

If I am wrong and this is a flat out ride these guys have better drugs than the peleton.

jpr95 said:

http://911heroesrun.com/warriorride Cross country in 9 days.  I'm having a hard time wrapping my brain around it.

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It's certainly doable given that RAAM contestants do it, but it's not clear from the Warrior Ride website whether each rider is pedaling the whole distance or if it's being done as a relay. It's a good cause, no doubt.

I doubt they're all pedaling the whole way. I assume there will be wheels on the road 24/7 while some riders sleep.

"In 1986, Pete Penseyres set the all-time RAAM speed record of 15.4 mph over a course of 3107 miles with a time of 8d 9h 47m"

In 2011, only one RAAM rider finished within 9 days, Christoph Strasser, 8 days, 8 hours and 6 minutes. Seven riders finished on the ninth day.

Best of luck to the Warrior Riders! That is a lot of miles in the saddle.

Back in the early 1980's I happened to see Michael Shermer during one of his RAAM crossings. He was riding thru a nearby city on a state route and had a police ****** thru town.

His following motorhome was decked out with the Peugeot black/white checkerboard.



I was on a tour with Lon Haldeman and his wife, Susan Notorangelo-Haldeman. The temperature had dropped into the low 40's and it was raining buckets. Miserable, cold rain with lots of wind. The pair only had short sleeve jerseys and shorts to wear! They were on their tandem and both were suffering from hypothermia and shivering uncontrollably. The last I saw of them, the first aid folks had them wrapped in blankets and were putting them in a vehicle to warm them up.

Hat's off to those early ultra-marathoners...and anyone that sets off on the long road.

I'd say the worst coast to coast ride was on a bmx bike doing a wheelie all the way from CA to FL. I saw the bike on display across the Alamo in the Guiness World Record Museum in San Antonio.

WTF? A naughty word filter that snags "E-S-C-O-R-T"???