An Australian bicycle owner has simply damaged the world file for the furthest distance traveled on a motorbike within the house of 1 week. Jack Thompson cycled a staggering 3,505 km over the course of seven days in Spain this month, formally essentially the most kilometers ridden in a single week on a UCI-legal highway bike.

Talking to VeloNews, Thompson defined that the thought for the record-breaking try got here out of a want for a brand new problem, after the Tour de France was canceled as a result of ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. He in the end determined that attempting to set a brand new file for the furthest weeklong bike journey was a great check of his expertise. “I stated to myself, ‘I believe that is beatable,'” he stated.

Thompson initially deliberate out a route of 125 km within the south of Spain, reasoning that if he rode that twice every day, he would have the ability to keep heading in the right direction. Nevertheless, it quickly proved unsuitable, because it included a busy stretch of highway and was impractically removed from his basecamp. He ended up mapping out another loop round his home.

“The issue with that was that it had much more climbing,” he stated, explaining that he had initially wished to maintain his elevation to round 1,000 meters per day, just like the particular person world file holder. “However, it meant I might cease in on the home for lunch, two of the times I had a fast bathe. It additionally supplied somewhat extra curiosity — I may nearly construct a sample in my thoughts of what was coming subsequent. It turns into somewhat extra acquainted and I may chill out somewhat extra and I discovered that was fairly useful.”

Much more hurdles got here within the type of excessive climate situations on Day 5 of the problem. “It was fucking depressing,” stated Thompson. “I keep in mind I used to be actually irritated I did not get the 500km that day. I keep in mind coming round the home for the ultimate time, and the fellows stated ‘I believe you must cease now in any other case it will not be good for tomorrow.’ I used to be so agitated, nevertheless it was a blessing in disguise.”