24 Hour Cycling Record

| UltraRob | Monday, October 23rd, 2006 at 2:48 pm

This morning Michael Secrest, who won RAAM in 1987, finished riding 534.7 miles in 24 hours on an indoor track. He is now 53 years old and before his record attempt he had said he’s not a lick slower than he was 20 years ago. It looks like he just proved that statement. The previous record was set by Rod Evans in Australia in 1994 when he rode 530.41 miles. Secrest actually bettered Evans’ mark at the outdoor Dominguez Hills, CA velodrome almost exactly 10 years ago when he rode 532.74 miles in 1996. However, one record is indoor and the other outdoor, so they are considered two different records. Chris Kostman has pictures posted on his adventureCORPS website

The only wrinkle is that Fred Boethling, the UMCA records chair, received a report Friday night that Samuel Nagel rode 542.33 miles on an indoor velodrome in Switzerland on October 6-7. Neither Secrest’s nor Nagel’s record has been certified by the UMCA.

Update: Samuel Nagel was giving a couple time penalites for breaking a couple rules so Secrest’s ride was declared the record by the UMCA.

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