The Lands End To John Ogroats Cycling World Record Is Under Attack

To do that I needed to run around 100 miles a day. Mr Paget who lived in Leamington Spa had been riding alone from Lands End to John OGroats - a 874 mile journey which takes most cyclists 10 to 14 days.

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Incredibly he never covered less than 1448 km 90 miles per day except for the final day and on the sixth day managed 1578 km 981 miles.

The lands end to john ogroats cycling world record is under attack. We did all the signatures etc. She broke all the records of the Womens Road Records Association during the late 1940s and 1950s. He later won races and broke records as a car racer and motorcycle rider.

He ran for an average of 18 hours per day. Cycling Weekly meets them. The trip often referred to as LEJOG or JOGLE depending on direction is about 1500km long.

Around 100 miles18 hours per day - Sleep. Lands End To John O Groats to Lands End LEJOG or JOGLE 14 days Cycling Route max number of miles per day 104 Day 1 Lands End Hostel and BB to Edens Yard Backpackers 59 miles Day 2 Edens Yard to Sparrowhawk Backpackers or Blytheswood Hostel 65 miles69miles. The 17-year-old Lands End to John o Groats record is under two-pronged attack.

28 things youll only know if youve done Lands End to John OGroats. Here are a couple more pictures of Eileen Sheridan. Made a few national papers.

They included Lands End to John o Groats set by Lilian Dredge. 4 hours per night. London Marathon 2016 Guinness World Record attempts Rob Youngs USA record attempt ends after injury GB ultra runner Dan Lawson attempts to break record for running from John OGroats to Lands End.

The traditional distance by road is 874 miles and takes most cyclists 10 to 14 days. The attempt was also ratified by the Lands End John OGroats Association. Signposts indicate the traditional distance at each end.

Uganda a charity working for community development and education in Uganda. We told the end to end club and road runners club of great britain. The record for the fastest journey from Lands End to John OGroats by electric unicycle male was broken ten years later by Edd Stone UK.

The fastest ever run between John OGroats and Lands End was 9 days 2 hours 26 mins by Andrew Rivett GB from 4 to 13 May 2002. Ultra-distance rider Ian To looking to break LEJOG record. On 25th May 2019 I started an attempt to break a world record for running from the bottom of the UK to the top Lands End to John o Groats LEJOG.

It was 6 days 7 hours 40 odd mins. Alas it is only the 1 man record anyone intersted in as could be a 78 or 103 man team. Lands End to John o Groats is the traversal of the whole length of the island of Great Britain between two extremities in the southwest and northeast.

The fastest journey from Lands End to John-O-Groats by bicycle male is 43 hr 25 min 13 sec achieved by Michael Broadwith UK from 15 June to 17 June 2018. Nearly 850 miles - Time. He was a member of the Anfield and North Road cycling clubs.

The date was August 15 1982. The duo rode to raise funds and awareness for Wake Up. Off-road walkers typically walk about 1200 miles and take two or three months for the expedition.

Eileen has lived with her family in Isleworth Middlesex since 1952. Less than 9 days 2 hours 26 minutes - Running. He frequently rode from Lands End to John o Groats holding the world record time on six occasions between 1886 and 1895.

It was just after seven oclock on a Sunday morning. Eileen Sheridan ne Shaw born 18 October 1923 is a retired English cyclist who specialised in time trialing and road record breaking. The wonderful Eileen Sheridan who broke pretty much every cycling record in her career did it in 1954 in 2 days 11 hours and 7 minutes a record broken by Pauline Strong who did 2 days 6hrs 49 mins and then Lynne Taylor in 2002 who did it in 45hrs worth of rain in 2 days 5hrs and 48mins.

The previous record of 44 hr 4 min 19 sec had not been broken for almost 17 years having been set by Gethin Butler UK in. His journey took 11 days 19 hr 13 min from 21. Myself and 3 other paratroopers held the record for the 4 man John o groats to lands end in Nov 1984.

Separate attempts are about to be launched by two distance specialists. Richard Thoday from Matlock in Derbyshire says he hopes to break the world record which was set by a Victorian teenager by riding from Lands End to John OGroats in under five days. Sadly they missed this target with the first leg from John OGroats to Lands End being completed in 28 hours and 38 minutes and the return in 27 hours and 46 minutes.

The record for running the route is nine days. It is believed that the quicker of these two times is still a record and the duo have duly submitted an. George Pilkington Mills DSO was the dominant English racing cyclist of his generation and winner of the inaugural BordeauxParis cycle race.

James attempted this record because he believed he could and wanted to beat the seven year record that previously stood. The fastest return journey from Lands End to John-O-Groats by bicycle male is 5 days 18 hr 3 min and was achieved by James MacDonald UK starting and finishing at John-O-Groats UK from 4 to 10 September 2017. The Lands End to John oGroats cycling world record is under attack.

Every year hundreds of cyclists set out to bike the distance between the northern tip of the United Kingdom John OGroats and the southern point of Lands End.

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