Lachlan Morton completes 5,510km Alt Tour, beating peloton to Paris by five days

Re:Lachlan Morton completes 5,510km Alt Tour, beating peloto... by ansible on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @04:03PM (#27825609)

> A multi-day race where riders can disregard stages will turn into a nightmarish competition of inhuman endurance.

Well, people already do that too:

https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a35885288/barkley-marathon...

This is running instead of biking, but the same idea. I'm not quite sure why people subject themselves to this, but they do.

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Re:Lachlan Morton completes 5,510km Alt Tour, beating peloto... by dtparr on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @05:51PM (#27826725)

If you're curious why, the most recent finisher at Barkley, John Kelly (a PhD Data Scientist, to maybe tie it to HN a bit more), blogs a good deal about the 'why' questions on his 'Random Forest Runner' blog (yes, a ML pun). https://randomforestrunner.com/upper-kelly-camp/the-decision...

I still have no interest in doing it, but it was a very interesting look into the thoughts of someone who does.

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