Cyclist Lael Wilcox reflects on riding her bike around world
Lael Wilcox rode around the world and then went for another bike ride
American cyclist Lael Wilcox rode more than 18,000 miles in 108 days, 12 hours and 12 minutes. She's claiming the record for the fastest woman to ride around the world.
Lael Wilcox Closing in on Around the World by Bike Record
World-renowned endurance cyclist Lael Wilcox is fast approaching her goal of setting the official Women’s World Record for the Fastest Circumnavigation of the World by Bicycle. Lael started from Millennium Park in Chicago at 7:00 am on May 26, 2024, and has since traversed the globe on her bicycle.
Cyclist Lael Wilcox reflects on riding her bike around the world
After traveling more than 18,000 miles across three continents and through both hemispheres, Lael Wilcox is back home. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) LAEL WILCOX: Hi, NPR. It's Lael, and I'm about to finish my ride around the world and break the record.
Cyclist Lael Wilcox reflects on riding her bike around the world
After traveling more than 18,000 miles across three continents and through both hemispheres, Lael Wilcox is back home. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) LAEL WILCOX: Hi, NPR. It's Lael ...
Chicago to Chicago in 108 days: Lael Wilcox aims to set Guinness record for around-the-world bike trip
Lael Wilcox ends her 18,125 mile trip in 108 days, breaking the previous record of 124 days set by cyclist Jenny Graham in 2018. Wilcox's ride ended Wednesday at Buckingham Fountain.
Alaska’s own, Lael Wilcox, sets record for around-the-world bike ride
As for why she would want to bike around the world, Wilcox says it seemed like a good way to spend her summer.
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American becomes fastest woman to cycle around the world, ends route in Chicago
Lael Wilcox is one of the most accomplished ultra-marathon cyclists of the last decade. For example, in 2016, she became the first American to win a big-time 4,200-mile race called the Trans Am ...
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‘The ride of my life’: Anchorage’s Lael Wilcox smashes women’s record for cycling around the world
Lael Wilcox rode from Lincoln to Chicago on Day 109 on her around-the-world ride. Wilcox on Wednesday, Sept. 11, broke a world record for the fastest time a woman has ridden a bicycle around the ...
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American Lael Wilcox becomes fastest woman to cycle around the world
American Lael Wilcox has broken the world record for the fastest woman to cycle around the world, traversing 21 countries and 18,125 miles in three and a half months. Arriving back in Chicago at 9 ...
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Cyclist completes world-record attempt in downtown Chicago: ‘I felt like I could just keep riding forever’
Riding the Lakefront Trail, Lael Wilcox completes her attempt to beat the Guinness world record for fastest women’s circumnavigation of the globe on a bike on Sept. 11, 2024. (Armando L.