Evie Stevens Hour Record Attempt

[OakLeaf]

This Saturday. There will be a livestream, though I didn't immediately see the link.


http://usacycling.org/evelyn-stevens-to-attempt-womens-uci-hour-record.htm

[Pax]

The current record is just over 29 miles! Incredible.

[Crankin]

I always root for her because she is a local woman racer. She was in my son's class in HS.
Just another typical overachiever! Seriously, the inventor of Dropbox was also in their class.

[azfiddle]

She did it!

From the story on velonews:
OLORADO SPRINGS (VN) — Evelyn Stevens rode 47.981km in a near perfect hour under the dome in Colorado Springs to topple Bridie O’Donnell’s current women’s world record by over a kilometer.

The two-time U.S. national time trial champion missed the all-time mark set by Jeannie Longo in 1996 using the “superman” position by less than 200 meters, but now holds the official UCI hour record.

Stevens sat just under 25 seconds per lap of the 333-meter velodrome for the duration. A grimace crept onto her face in the final 15, as she tried to raise the pace past Longo’s mark. The capacity crowd began to pound on the infield boards as her shoulder’s rolled forward and a slight weave began to creep into her line through the corners. She raised the pace past Longo briefly, but fell back in the final minutes.


Read more at http://velonews.competitor.com/2016/02/news/stevens-sets-new-hour-record-mark-misses-longos-all-time-record_396687#UE6qSmUKUEyyuqhT.99