Big Swingin' Cycles Customer and Dolce Vita Team Rider, Jim Gordon recently completed the legendary Furnace Creek 508 ride. For those of you not familiar with "The 508", it's a 509 mile, non-stop race with 35,000 feet of climbing taking riders through Death Valley and much of the California Desert.
I have to confess I had not heard of this race, until my friend and customer, Jim Gordon started coming round the shop and telling us about it. However, until I read his race report, I really had no idea how intense this event is. We certainly see our fair share of Ironman competitors, 24 hour racers and even double century riders. But this event takes the cake.
Jim completed the 509 miles near the 40 hour mark, a bit longer than he had planned, but he started the race with a mild illness and an excruciating knee pain surfaced near the 400 mile mark. Given the exigent circumstances, this is a mind boggling accomplishment. Of course, for a guy who likes to meet up at the Marina Safeway at midnight, for a ride to Santa Barbara (non-stop, of course), what would you expect?
2 comments:
Insanity!! Nice work Jim, thanks for making the rest of look like slackers.
That's amazing. I get tired driving 509 miles let alone biking that long!
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