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24hr solo distance record broken again

popeyethewelder - 29-4-2013 at 01:09 PM

Well done Pete Foulkes, you've done it again, over 437 miles....wow

andy666 - 29-4-2013 at 01:58 PM

:thumbup:

BeamerBob - 29-4-2013 at 02:00 PM

Having gone 94 miles in 6-7 hours, I can appreciate what it would take to pull this off. The impact on your body would be tremendous. I hope we get a written account of the trials and tribulations he went through.

indigo_wolf - 29-4-2013 at 07:11 PM

Is it bad that I didn't know who Peter Foulkes was, but recognized the call-sign, "Gannet." :embarrased:

ATB,
Sam

lives2fly - 30-4-2013 at 03:16 AM

Was that just riding up and down the beach? man that would take it out of you!

popeyethewelder - 30-4-2013 at 11:57 AM

Quote: Originally posted by BeamerBob  
Having gone 94 miles in 6-7 hours, I can appreciate what it would take to pull this off. The impact on your body would be tremendous. I hope we get a written account of the trials and tribulations he went through.


Written account added

Clive - 30-4-2013 at 01:44 PM

Amazing effort, that's close to 50khr average, a fair chunk of sideways pull for a long period of time, you'd be stiff and sore after that, plus the concentration at early morning hours in gusty overpowered conditions.
Not a record I would ever be able to beat.

Edit.... Oops I worked on 12 hrs, not 24.

Still an awful lot anyway.

BeamerBob - 30-4-2013 at 02:05 PM

Even if you only used 18 hours, you could average 25 mph. Getting conditions to provide wind that consistent would be a trick. Your body allowing you to do this would be the hard part. This is one of those things that most anyone could do, but its so hard to accomplish that few could finish.

Kober - 30-4-2013 at 05:41 PM

Amazing .... Its defiantly hard to achieve something like this ...
and I love this :
" It’s better to look back on life and say: “I can’t believe I did that”. Than to look back and say: “I wish I did that” "

snowspider - 1-5-2013 at 05:36 AM

Holy crap, thats commitment!