@redwelly doesn’t own any IUF world record (homologation pending) anymore.
In january, @GizmoDuck took the 24 hours by 2 km (and in August, @Timo_Hirschmann shattered it by 71 more kilometers)
In april, I took the 100 km by 2 minutes (a few weeks before @toutestbon shattered it by 32 minutes).
And yesterday, I broke the 100 miles record by 5 minutes.
The day was quite windy (25-35 kph depending on the weather app, with powerful gusts close to 50). It was really annonying and exhausting for the 4 first hours, before it went down. I started at the speed I was targetting (53 - 54 s/lap → 6 hours for 403 laps). But I slowly started slowing down due to the wind and the exhaustion.
I had to stop three times to go to toilets (even though the stops were really short), which made me lose 3 more minutes. 30 laps from the end, I started going really hard and stopped thinking about the pain. I was watching 1-2 meters in front of me (sometimes even just my aerobars), and pushed until I finally finished the 403rd lap. I had the world record!
Two records in one year isn’t that much… And I won’t go for the 24 hours soon (at least not before june 2026, and I might postpone it to participate in ultra distance races).
I guess that somewhere someone is preparing to shatter your new record, just to maintain the scheme.
Anyway, congrats to your achievement, and enjoy the record while it lasts
I hope so, a record is valuable only if there is persons willing to beat it (and even more if they attempt and fail). Sadly for me, it is absolutely possible to go under 6 hours, and I’m sure it will happen rather soon (probably not before spring though, due to winter and bad weather).
