bdp (08/18/82)
Sunday, 15 August 1982 (NYT) -- Lon Haldeman is a 24-year-old from Harvard,
Illinois, who works as a store manager in a bicycle shop. Yesterday morning
he arrived in Manhattan on his bicycle after covering 2976 miles and crossing
the United States in 9 days 20 hours 2 minutes to capture the first Great
American Bike Race.
Haldeman, who started out with three other riders in Santa Monica, California,
betterd a mark he set last year in an individual effort by 24 hours in covering
the same distance. "All I thought about in the last six days was going to
sleep," Haldeman said. He averaged 300 miles and 14,000 calories a day. To
train for the event, Haldeman said he commuted the 84-mile distance to work
by bicycle. "I have a paper route, too," he said.
The time for each of the riders:
Lon Haldeman 9 days 20 hours 2 minutes
John Howard 10 days 10 hours 59 minutes
Michael Shermer 10 days 19 hours 54 minutes
John Marino 12 days 7 hours 37 minutes
Bruce Parker
BTL Pissthatawaytsd (08/19/82)
I definitely was impressed with the performances put in on the Great American
Bike Race but I don't have alot of information on it. I would appreciate more
details from those of you up on the handling of the race. How many total
participants were there? How many finished? What route did they take? What
kind of sag service were they allowed? What's about the average time they
spend on the bike each day as opposed to resting? What (if any) prizes were
given? etc.
Also somebody suggested formation of net.bicycle, what's the current status
of that?
Unless you think its of general interest, just mail responses directly to me.
Thanks in advance
Tim Davidheiser
tsd@nscs
CB-BTL 1E-253 x2600