WORLDLY WOMAN
09/27/2024 |
The Friday File: American Lael Wilcox recently cycled around the world in 108 days, besting the previous record of 124 set in 2018. With oceans inconveniently covering most of the Earth, circumnavigation means cycling at least 18,000 miles in the same direction, finishing where you started (in her case Chicago), never drafting behind anyone, and passing two antipodal points, which were Madrid and Wellington. She averaged 166 miles/day!