Iditarod Invitational – new record. By a lot.

[David Thomas]

350 human-powered, wilderness miles, in 1.75 days!

http://www.adn.com/article/20150303/anchorage-fat-tire-cyclist-crushes-record-time-mcgrath-iditarod-dog-team

"A 36-year-old Anchorage cyclist has absolutely shattered the record for the time it takes man or beast to cover the 350 miles of Iditarod Trail up and over the Alaska Range from the headwaters of Cook Inlet to the Interior community of McGrath.

John Lackey sounded shocked Tuesday upon his arrival in McGrath in 1 day, 18 hours and 32 minutes. Lackey took 10 hours and 11 minutes off a cycling record set last year, which was itself a record by more than 14 hours.

More than that, he was about eight hours under the fastest time ever posted by the superdogs of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on the first stretch of Alaska's most famous trail.

The race offers no prize money. There is little in the way of checkpoint support. Often the "trail'' isn't much more than a hard-to-follow snowmachine track through the wilderness. And the racers who come to compete seem to love it."

[Philip Tschersich]

I'll be curious to see if the record set last year by Jeff Oatley of 10 days to Nome (cutting a mind-blowing WEEK off the previous record) will fall this year. John L doing more than 180 mi/day is f**king amazing, but keeping up a pace of 100 mi/day for 1,000 miles [especially after McGrath where what little trail maintenance and support there was up to that point basically totally evaporates (sublimates?)] leaves me slack-jawed.

[John S.]

Gear list:
1. No doze.
2. Candy bars.

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