The week: March 7-13, 2019
Location: Larnaka, Cyprus
Preparing for: Race Across America (June 11-19)
Christoph Strasser is arguably the greatest ultra cyclist of all time. As we go to press, he has just won Race Across America (RAAM) for a record-breaking sixth time. In 2014, the Austrian set the RAAM record: 3,020 miles in just seven days, 16 hours — an average speed of 16.4mph (yes, that includes sleep time!). In 2015, he set a new 24-hour road bike record of 556.9 miles, and in 2017 replicated the achievement on the track, with 584.7 miles.
We asked Strasser to give us the lowdown on a high-workload week of RAAM preparation. And he didn’t disappoint — this is the biggest week of training we’ve ever seen!
How did you first get involved in ultra distance racing?
This story is from the June 27, 2019 edition of CYCLING WEEKLY.
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