Joe Barr - Long Way Home - 7 Day Highest Bicycle Mileage Guinness World Record Attempt

AxleAddict

Looks like Joe Barr is back on his bike again, riding between Malin & Mizen Head, trying to cover as many miles as he can over the course of 7 days (July 10th-17th). Rather him than me, I did Mizen to Malin with a group over the course of three and a half days a couple of years back and that was plenty!

Have a look at the live tracking link below to see the route he's taking and where he is at present - if you're lucky he may be passing you by, and I'm sure he'd appreciate any support you can give him along the way, especially in the latter stages.

Long Way Home | Primal Tracking

AxleAddict

Seems to have gone as far south as Kanturk, and then turned around to head north again (if tracking is correct) - maybe a change in wind direction? I guess at the end of the day, the aim is to ride as far as possible in 7 days, he doesn't necessarily need to follow the route exactly. I don't use Facebook any more, but nothing about it on their other socials (Twitter, Instagram etc)

magicbastarder

is there a statement on that tracker showing total distance covered?

AxleAddict

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119321591#Comment_119321591

There is a 'Distance Travelled' stat on the tracker but unfortunately it reads 0.0M

magicbastarder

yeah, i'd spotted that and wondered was that where it should have been stated.

AxleAddict

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119321685#Comment_119321685

Ahh - I see what you mean. The only distance-related thing I've seen them post on Twitter is that his target is to cover around 320mi every 24hrs and he's managed his first 320mi in 21hrs.

https://twitter.com/TeamJoeBarr/status/1546464952852140034

AxleAddict

Unfortunately looks like he's had to abandon - quite surprised this 'early' into the challenge to be fair, considering he seemed to be making good progress...

https://twitter.com/TeamJoeBarr/status/1546550606541856768

Wishbone Ash

That's a sickener for him and his team after all the planning. The weather was also in his favour compared to when he did the Malin-Mizen-Malin over 2 bitterly cold days.

magicbastarder

what was the injury to his feet?

AxleAddict

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119324943#Comment_119324943

I don’t know for absolute sure but possibly related to this:

https://www.instagram.com/tv/Ce1Lj_2Dtx2/?igshid=YTE5ODU0Yjk=