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So, the debate of which is the daftest bike race in the world is settled.
Tour de France, RAAM, Iditerod, La Ruta etc are going to have to settle for the minor places now.
The Trans Am Trail Race (website coming soon) is a go.
5400 miles off road from North Carolina to Oregon with approx 350,000 feet of climbing and for the expected winners, 25-30 days of sleeping in ditches on the side of the trail.
It will be quite tough but I'm going to get it done.
Anybody else feel like skipping the Divide and the Trans Am road race and lining up at Cape Lookout in June next June?
Good stuff Rob! Good luck with the preparations.
Hmmmm interesting.....
Wow, sounds awesome. You got a blog for preperations?
350,000 ft.
what now?
14000ft a day (25 days)
😯
Good lad! Looking forward to hearing your prep and exploits 🙂
Can't see that elevation gain between say the Missouri and the Rockies so there are going to be some serious days' climbing elsewhere.
Nice one Rob,will be following with interest.
Whats the route like?
One of the big attractions of the TD for me is its largely non-technical. Endless dirt roads so whilst you may still be suffering, no need to concentrate too hard and you can soak up the views.
14000ft a day (25 days)
I'll be surprised if anyone finishes in less than 28 days.
It's roughly double the distance and double the height gain of the tour divide.
Mike Hall's record of just under 14 days is very fast, and I'm sure he would have to rest quite a lot more if he was keeping going for twice the distance.
Is there a record for a double Tour Divide, i.e. N-S then S-N? I'd imagine it's around 35 - 40 days.
The Yorkshire Dales 300 (188 miles) has just under 7000m of climbing and the fastest time is 21hrs. At that pace you'd need 28days18hrs for this race.
Mind boggling. Your admirably mad.
Is there a record for a double Tour Divide
44 days I think, Billy Rice. Capable, experienced rider but I don't think he's TDR winner kind of pace. Even so, 44 days when weather and fatigue and all those other variables are considered - a major achievement. A long time to be on it all day every day. TransAm motorbike trail uses harder-going terrain than the Divide, in places at least, from what I saw on a blog a while back.
Sorry -I don't have a current blog but may get one underway again. It won't give details of training rides as I think they make boring reading.
I will do some kit reviews (not that I plan to use loads of new stuff as my current setup works for me)...... it will get tweeked for water carrying capacity as Nevada is particularly dry. Halfway in this race (2700 miles) gets you to Colorado having done 157,000 feet of climbing, then we get to play in the Rockies!
I have no idea what surfaces will be, but I hear that North Carolina is mostly on paved roads, so it will be a good warm-up.
I don't think 6 pints of Guinness after the Dublin marathon this weekend is the best preparation; it will get better.