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  "description": "In 2024, ultracyclist Lael Wilcox set a new Around the World record time for women, riding more than 18,000 miles across North America, Europe and Australia in 108 days. That would probably be enough for most people, but last year Wilcox revealed she was interested in targeting the absolute record, set by Mark Beaumont in 2017. That's more than a wish.\n\n‘I had so much fun’: The story of Lael Wilcox’s new Around The World recordThis one meant more than just going fast.Escape CollectiveJonny Long\n",
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    "‘I had so much fun’: The story of Lael Wilcox’s new Around The World recordThis one meant more than just going fast.Escape CollectiveJonny Long"
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  "textContent": "In 2024, ultracyclist Lael Wilcox set a new Around the World record time for women, riding more than 18,000 miles across North America, Europe and Australia in 108 days. That would probably be enough for most people, but last year Wilcox revealed she was interested in targeting the absolute record, set by Mark Beaumont in 2017. That's more than a wish.\n\n‘I had so much fun’: The story of Lael Wilcox’s new Around The World recordThis one meant more than just going fast.Escape CollectiveJonny Long\n\nWilcox announced today she will set out June 17, again from Chicago, Illinois with a goal to finish her ride before August 24. For those doing the math, that's 78 days, a full 30 days faster than her 2024 time. One difference: for the first time, she'll do an ultra-distance ride with full support, which should help speed things up.\n\nBut 78 days is still a major step up, and Wilcox will ride a different route. After the start in Chicago, she'll ride east to Halifax, Nova Scotia. After transferring to Lisbon, Portugal she'll push on to Istanbul and across central Asia via Kazakhstan and then southeast to Thailand before another transfer from Singapore takes her to Perth, Australia. She'll continue her eastern progress to Sydney and across to New Zealand before a final transfer to Anchorage, Alaska and the last leg home. To beat Beaumont's record, her goal requires an average pace of 240 miles per day, with an expected 16 hours a day average of saddle time.",
  "title": "Lael Wilcox will try to break the overall Around the World record",
  "updatedAt": "2026-06-03T18:19:12.112Z"
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