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Kurt Searvogel 75,066 and counting (source Chris Miller on Facebook).jpgKurt Searvogel betters Tommy Godwin's 'unbreakable' Year record
Kurt Searvogel has this afternoon set a new record for the most distance covered in a year - beating the distance of 75,065 miles ridden by Great Britain's Tommy Godwin in 1939.
The 53-year-old American ultracyclist has beaten that benchmark with five days to spare - and looks likely to keep riding in the coming days to extend the new record further.
Tonight, though, he'll be celebrating with a few beers at the Glory Days Grill in Tampa, Florida.
More to follow.
Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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Agree with J90. This is sort of impressive in a boring way. Who really cares? Personally I'd be a lot more impressed if the record was set using loop rides or point and back rides. I could rack up a lot of miles if someone kept driving me to the top of a mountain for me to ride down.
IMHO Steve should have taken more time for rest & recharging after his ankle was fractured. Several months? Starting a year interval completely fresh and healed would be a big advantage.
Congrats on the HAM'R Kurt - incredible work over the year.
Nice one, great achievement.
Is he still using a recumbent?
Your implication being what?
It's an amazing achievement, but even more amazing was that the record was only beaten with 5 days to go. Looking forward to seeing what the other competitors can achieve.
Well done to Kurt, an amazing achievement!!!
Congratulations. As a cyclist from the Potteries it's a little sad to see Tommy's record beaten but that's what records are for I suppose. Chapeau.