World Record - Highest Weekly Mileage (HWMR) Ride Report Ingolf Micklisc…
World Record - Highest Weekly Mileage (HWMR) Ride Report Ingolf Micklisch
Day 7 It was supposed to be last full day riding. I did ok and got used to heavier shifting wind. The general schedule I kept same as last two days. However, I noticed in earlier Afternoon that I lost focus and my concentration went down. So I returned back to home base and decided to take 2 hours break with mostly sleep time. That helped a lot. Went back on the road and as of my calculations I was on good track to get at least around the 2000 miles. Since I had a few hours until midnight and 11 hours for next morning. Unfortunate once it turned dark, I had the disaster struck me badly. Kept an eye on the bike lane most the times. Lane looked clear the next couple of hundred yards and once shortly checking some information on the bike computer I looked up and … an uber driver had pulled into bike lane in front of me and stopped. My response time was everything but perfect. Could not get to the brakes quick enough and getting left of the car was no option due to traffic and right of the car was a tree. So I hit the car hard and bike was damaged badly but I turned out to be OK after all. OK – I lost a few hours on the ride but still made a very good distance.
Overall, for not preparing specifically for the attempt and doing it completely without support crew I was happy with the overall distance I was able to ride. In the aftermath the recovery process starts and plans for another 7-day attempt in year 2025 started. Lessons learned for sure are that without crew support that type of record attempt is very tough to do. Still, I learned a lot from this and it should help me in future attempts. Plus, I am happy I got out of the accident ok and still improved miles a lot for my age group.
