Can We Win The Hardest Bike Race In The World? | Race Across America
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- The Race Across America is arguably the ultimate endurance race, spanning over 3000 miles of brutal terrain in just 6 days. Just finishing this race is a mighty undertaking in itself, but Mark Beaumont, along with his cycling partner Jonathan Shubert, not only want to win it, but break the record for the fastest time. In this video, we follow Mark and Jon, finding out what it really takes to prepare for such a mammoth undertaking.
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We were up on the 2 man record for about 5 days in 2009 but fell away as we reached the Appalacian mountains and finished in 7d1h38m Looking forward to following your progress and the best of luck with the race.
Was the finish still in Atlantic City?
@@stevek8829 it finished in Annapolis when I did it in 08 and 09.
Please post something on recliner bicycles or recumbent bicycles
How was your rest scheduled? I m gonna supporting the 4 men team. AirRelax.
@@daveobrien4112 how many hours? What is your RAAM number?
“I’m not done yet in terms of wanting to know what’s possible as an athlete” .. perfectly put motivation.
This is going to be another suspenseful GCN+ cyclomentary, can't wait!!!
same here and i am a 100kg guy riding his 15 year old cyclo cross bike to work almost every day, often barefoot in the summertime;))) so i think i am not the usual target demographic;)
@@breakshot7451 I'm 65kg and not even strong. I'm not also target demographic but doesn't matter. We watch
I'm super excited for you guys! You've worked out the nuances of the event, you've assembled the perfect team, and you've both put in all the hard work. Now it's time for everything to all come together. Best of luck! 🍀
Mark's laser-focused obsession with performing optimally as a team is both scary and inspiring. "We _need_ us to be a good team." And in the Around the World in 80 Days film, the slightest doubt of finishing from his teammates was enough to mess with his mental and tell off his managers. Even Laura Penhaul was not spared Mark's ire.
Truly an exceptional athlete. Mark is my hero. He will demand nothing less than the best. Good luck out there!
I’m definitely looking forward to seeing this. I love watching this type of content as it’s extremely inspirational ✊🏾
I live 1 mile from the start and hope to see you guys on the day of the start to wish you guys well
Hum, maybe go like old fashioned astronaut/submariner? 4 hours on the bike, 4 hours to eat and sleep, and repeat. That would imply 12 hours of riding and 12 hours of sleeping and eating. 4 hours is Mark's standard riding shift, and not even a challenge for a racer, especially if they don't go full out like in a standard bike ride.
Best for you all, and I will definitely want to know more!
any GCN vid featuring Mark Beaumont is a CERTIFIED BANGER.
Great teaser! Looking forward to seeing how this unfolds - awesome team!
Now that's one GCN+ film I really look forward to. Can't help but think these two amazing athletes will break the record! 💪
Looking forward to this one and to see Mark and Johnathan set a new record.
I hope there are more episodes leading up to the race, and then several episodes during and one summation episode. Great work and good luck
omg, super excited for Mark & Johnathan - should make a cracking documentary.
all the best for the race.
Wow. What a challenge. Brilliant to be able to follow it like this. Wish you good weather and tailwinds the whole way chaps. Stay safe and nice dreams when sleeping…..
I have a person to watch , Les Crooks ! Go Les... and , thank you for this ! Good luck to Mark and John and the crew !......Peace
Riveting! Very excited to follow you on this epic journey!
The first 1,500km can be a killer, not because of the terrain but because the heat will be extremely draining. Keeping hydrated and cool will be vital.
The brits do not understand the heat of arizona and utah. Its 45c+ on the tarmac.
Keep in mind that the Desert in Arizona is very draining. Many competitors "survive" it to find they can go no further later on in the event. Please keep in mind that record highs are anticipated this upcoming week. Please be very careful and hydrate way more than you think you'll need.
Pretty sure Marc Beaumont knows how to keep going after crossing a desert after riding around the world twice.
@@PaulTomblin Every Desert is different. The real thing to keep in mind is Oceanside maybe 70F and the Desert floor 110F.
If the route is along I40 they'll not be down where the desert is truly an oven.
The solo record holder did it in 7d ~16h, which is crazy for a solo rider. He(Christoph Strasser, Austria) seems to take the first place quite often.
Wiki: "... he became the first person to ride more than 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) in 24 hours... achieved 1,026.215 kilometres (637.660 mi) with an average speed of 42.75 kilometres per hour ... he also broke 11 other world records, for Kilometer and Mile distances of 100, 200, 300, 500 and for six, 12, and 24 hours." - that was with 9 hours of rain
Is he coming for this race? I would like to watch that!
No he is not this year. The situation with covid was too unsure.
@@malaysiadentist4637 Strasser hasn't raced RAAM in a few years. Last year's RAAM was actually one of the least competitive events in recent years due to so many international participants not showing from pandemic uncertainty.
@@cup_and_cone Many People (incl Strasser) couldn’t join last year because US covid visa restrictions made it impossible. There are no big sponsors behind the RAAM contestants (well, except the ones in this video), getting a crew together for two weeks, organize everything and then be denied entry last minute wasn’t a risk many were willing to take.
He's an extraordinary athlete, so inspiring.
This is going to be absolutely amazing! Can't wait to see the documentary. All the very best of luck to Mark and John 👍🚴👍🚴❤️❤️
This is great! Thank you!
Maybe have Mark do a solo race from the beginning next year. Mark doesn’t really strike me as a team guy anyway. Or film him on the unsupported TABR, suits him better probably.
This is craziness. Good luck to everyone involved! Hope, there's going to be at least a great documentary. 🤞💪
This just keeps getting better and better
Wish you were doing daily videos of the race live! With only one racer on the bike doing it solo as a 2 person team because of Covid is news worthy. Let’s go!!!
We are so excited to cheer you on out of Oceanside tomorrow! Wishing you a successful race!! 🚴
I hope you guys off with this race before the current heat wave we are in now. I live in Austin, Texas and we seem to be pegged at 98-102 deg F. I'm headed out for a ride now and it's already 78 with the high set to be 102 by 2:00 pm. I wish the whole team a safe and successful adventure. Thanks GCN for helping with this event and I'm very much looking forward to the documentary film on GCN+.
Wishing you both all the success in this humungous effort here in the USA. Have followed. Mark and all his rides around the world. BEST OF LUCK AND ENDURANCE, MARK AND JONATHAN and THEIR SUPPORT TEAM !! ☘☘
Mark: I watched both of the films on this RAAM, obviously gutted that Jonathan had to bail, but in the closing interview, you said you would try it again,,,,,but SOLO. Just wondering why? I hope you do go for it again, what a MONSTER ride!!! Good Luck for whenever that time may come. ☘
We miss you Jure Robič! One of the gratest RAAM competitors of all time, a 5 time winner! Good luck guys!
Can’t wait for the next instalment! Go guys!
I can't wait for the full feature to be released. Good Luck to both of you!
I think you should do the tour divide next. That’s the one I REALLY want to check off the bucket list.
Godspeed boys. I hope your crew has RAAM experience. Smash that record.
Go guys, I'll be rooting for you
Good speed to you both and your crew!
Would like to see you beat 6 days.
I have always wanted to do that Race (solo). Not for the competitive aspect...no chance of competing for placing, just want to have the experience. Come retirement I plan on doing a ride across America choosing my own route and the Tour Divide from Banff to Mexico boarder.
Good luck guys, can't wait for the GCN+ Documentary!!!
They have a rigorous time cut. What you want to do is just ride across America
@@notreally2406 very true, this one will have to remain a want. Besides I want to enjoy the ride across the states, pick my route and not feel constrained by the clock. I may tackle Tour Divide first as it’s higher on my want list.
Less than a week away. I should be at the start in Oceanside to see the teams off. Have a great race guys. Loved seeing the insight to the prep.
All the best to you guys incredibly difficult i remember when James Cracknell attempted to cycle across
can't wait for this!
A bit of context and kudos for the existing record holders… Jean Luc Perez and Evans Stievenart rode 3082 miles at an average speed of 19.85mph in 2019. Stievenart is a “wattage bazooka” recipient for his record ride at the Le Mans 24 Hour Velo race in 2017 where he rode 590 miles in those 24 hours. Perez also rode Le Mans, completing 545 miles.
Mark and Jon are really going to be up against it here! Good luck to them both 💪
Do we know how they rotated ? How many hours on/off ?
@@leskennedy Hmm - reply has vanished, so apologies if duplicating here. A sponsor's write up reported they were taking 75 minute turns, and napping for 10-15 minutes. As the race progressed, Stievenart took on most of the climbing and Perez the descents.
amazing story thanks for the video
The team I was in won the race in 2016 but the organisers played funny buggers which ended up in a lawsuit and finally the proper result being reinstated - ie we (Team DMS) were eventually reinstated as the winners. Short story - another team (team Working Nation) had cheated by claiming an impediment which they didn’t experience and almost gotten away with it (until a detailed data analysis showed they cheated). Absolute disgrace really. It all left a very bitter taste in the mouth and really called into question the professionalism and integrity of the organisers. Having said that, leaving the owner of the race aside, it is a terrific bike race and well worth doing once in your life. Good luck guys. And please ride safe. It is very scary at times.
Fascinating ! What did TWN say their impediment was ? I see they're listed as winning the 4 man team that year ?
Respect to you - it sounds bloody gruelling !
@@leskennedy they claimed they were held up by a fallen tree in Indiana by 30 mins (there were tornadoes going through that area and it was f’ing scary riding with trees and debris all over the road. I was riding that leg and it was insanity). Anyway, they had 30 mins credited to their time. But we were a little surprised as we rode through that same area at almost exactly the same time and it was clear from the tracker data that they were probably held up for c5 mins. I still have the calls. (Well either that or in that segment they were riding at 50mph for the time they were supposedly moving). In the end they won the 4 man and we won the 8 man and the overall but only after a law suit brought after we were disqualified for calling out their cheating. The irony!. Getting DQ’d for pointing out to the organisers that TWN lied about their hold up. The organisers wanted TWN to win the overall as they were making a moving about the race and were keen for them to win(and definitely not keen for their inaccuracy to be brought to light). It was a very weird situation and really highlighted how sport can be corrupted - even at this amateur level.
@@davidbentley4731 blimey. There's definitely a movie to be made here ! Crazy achievement David. 👍👏
Hank and Mark 2023! Make it happen!
good luck guys
Good luck with it ! Just thinking about a challenge like this makes me feel ill ! Luckily those guys are not normal !
I wondered how long it would be before GCN went for the RAAM...nice one Guys
I rode “zig zag” across the USA back in 1977 in a (personal) record time of 5 m 14 d 11 h 15 minutes with a 32lb. Fuji and a 30 lb. pack. I could not imagine doing it in less than a week, awesome, best of luck!
Good luck, guys!
Yet more proof (as if it's needed) that Mark is built different... and anybody who can match that level of performance is constructed the same way!
Best of luck to you all.
What a team!
Love your videos! I wondered if you could make a video about using hills as HIIT - outdoors this is. As I use the hills to sprint as hard as I can, and I wondered how this affects my calorie burn, fat burn, fitness, and weight loss prospects?
Jure Robič ( Slovenia ) King of RAAM
I have a lot of questions about the strategy... the 1-on-1-off seems unsustainable. Just doing a toilet break in those skinsuits is an ordeal.
It's also interesting that they focus so much on aero when they are not even sure they can physically pedal for that long.
we did it as a team in 93, man how time flies.
Great video! Good luck to you all. From what I understand, you (and everyone else) will need it. It's beyond insanity.
Question: Hour on, hour off? Why on earth would they do that? The intervals seem WAY too short to provide the benefits of rest, recovery, nutrition, proper warm up and so much else. How will you ever get any worthwhile sleep? You have a partner out riding, so get some rest! Plus, aren't you setting yourself up to fail giving yourselves so many transitions? Surely they're the slowest part of the race, so you think you'd want to minimize their frequency. Plus, this is also probably the most dangerous part of the effort: exiting from and merging into traffic, pulling the vehicle over, milling about with traffic speeding by. Can't possibly imagine they will stick with this approach come RAAM.
Next you guys should do the Indian pacific wheel race, 5500km across Australia, Perth to Sydney solo unsupported race.
Cant wait for it!
Neither can we!
Best of luck boys
OK….I’ll get GCN+….you got me :)
What did they get the Tokyo electron and turn it into a road tt. If so, that's sick
the key to this event is ideal nutrition. There are things that can make this much easier on the body. it's all in the biochemistry
1hr stints seems crazy to me. I'd have thought 4 hrs would be much more forgiving in terms or meaningful recovery when you're looking at a weeks worth of bike time. But then... what do I know?! Alternatively: mixed higher intensity 1 hr stints through the bulk of the day, then 4 hrs through night, so each rider gets a proper sleep cycle in daily??
Disclaimer as I also know nothing. But one on one off seems impossible, i dont see how they could get meaningful recovery in that time
I agree, it's totally stupid. You saw the whole group tried to say it was a dumb strategy, but Beaumont overruled them. He is only useful in solo challenges.
@@rdcanyon I wonder if they will change strategy as they go. Sleep deprivation is a killer.
@@leskennedy I'd say they'll be forced to. The teammate will just get burned out, then Beaumont will be angry at him. Happened to Hank on the tandem LEJOG attempt! Mark seems extremely bloody minded
Agree, I’d look at 4, 4, 4, through the night then 3, 3, 3, 3 through the day. This will rotate the riding sequence through each day and allow some reasonable sleep. You have to ride aerobically over this period of time and recovery will be more important than riding at threshold. You want to minimise power loss over successive days.
Well, good luck lads, I hope you smash it.
Was Hank not available?
Or did he think better of it lol.
kinda sad that u didnt even mention christoph strasser... he is the literal goat of raam
Hank: "I do the hardest challenges on GCN"
Mark: "Hold my beer"
Absolutely incredible stuff
Camt wait for this
Wow this is going to an amazing film and series good luck to you John and Mark u have all my respect 🚴🚴🤩👍
1hr on/off seems a mental approach. How are they going to get any meaningful sleep over 6days. Good luck guys. If anyone can Mark can
Beaumont is a monster IDK how he does it
A lot of preparation. Good luck. May the weather and traffic be kind to you.
Has there been an Australian equivalent race?
Perth to Sydney. Google Maps indicates 3,756 km 7 d 17 hr by cycling. How realistic is that?
All the best would love to give it a try I've followed the race many times when it on and I'm in ore of the riders is thier still cut off times for the lrgs
I live about 15 minutes from the finish line in Annapolis. May have to head down and cheer Mark and Jonathan on at the finish line
Amazing! It would definitely be appreciated
I wonder what those hour-on, hour-off shifts are going to feel like by day 4 or 5? Quite happy to just be watching the documentary! Good luck guys
Same here.
Surely after years of competition, the best strategy must have emerged. I'm curious what strategy the current record holders used. I agree that the 1 hour rotation seems too short and doesn't allow enough rest.
Maybe they're just trying to fool their competitors. It doesn't seem sustainable to me but nothing Mark does seems possible so what do I know?
@@LVQ-so5th The top teams use variable schedules to accommodate sleep, terrain, conditions, time of day, etc. Sticking to a hard 1x1 is bad idea. The big thing is sleep. Doing teams your heart rate fluctuates up and down all week due to rest periods; on a 1x1, by the time your heart rate is back to resting, it's time to get dressed and ready for your turn. Solo riders on the other hand, their heart rate basically stays elevated the entire week; when they finally sleep, they crash from a psychological shutdown, there's no 'winding down' for a nap.
I think it’s awesome that some people are able to pedal a bicycle across the USA. Wish I was able to. A lot of people wouldn’t drive that far.
It really is incredible - such a feat of human strength!
Excuse me.... but why has the bromance been killed off? I see no other duo than Mark and Hank for this epic adventure....
All the best guys! You CAN do it 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
People go crazy (no exaggeration) in this race. Seven days of sleep deprivation will do it.
Will we get any sort of live or daily coverage?
Where's Hank? Cracked? No he does the tandem version next year. Go Hank!!!
Have they given up? Flatlining for some time now.
There s a good subject
When will this be released on GCN+?
What happened to the 2 man/Team GCN at the RAAM 2022? On the RAAM website, it lists them as a DNF?
WTF??? did you guys quit after 395 miles??? 2022
Race RAAM
Category 2-Person
Age Cat 18-49
Bike Type Standard
Gender Male
Racing Age 0
Finish Status DNF
Jon got covid
Is going time trial position the best option for a 7 days ride
Team GCN....DNF in less than 1 day. I wonder what went wrong. I hope no crashes.
Unfortunately Jon was ill, forcing Mark to start solo
Dang!
Could you look at 10 x Ironmen Contest (Swissultra)...
3000 miles in a car over 6 days would be hard enough!
Good luck and legs 🍀❤️🤞
This is probably a bit late.
The In Ear Comms pain is just the ear getting used to having something in it.
If the riders were to wear the comms as much as possible, even off the bike, then their ears would get used to them quicker.
I had a similar problem when I started wearing a Bluetooth headset for driving as a courier.
After a week or so the pain went away as my ears got used to the headset.
Or just get one that doesn't hurt. Really a headset should be comfortable and effortless to wear, not everything about cycling needs to be uncomfortable.
No but good luck. I've watched this race many times and there are so many boxes that need to align for a win and I think the first time is even harder. However if anyone can do it its these two, Mark simply doesn't even recognise the words give up.
well im only 7 mins in and cant do one hour on one hour off...... its got to min 4 hours on 4 off
I have no doubt that Mark will absolutely crush it.
I know you have a great cpm on the videos, I know you have sponsors up the wazu, amd I know you have a great subscription service and I know you are a well oiled machine but how on earth do you afford to do all these amazing features???? This challenge alone must have cost tens of thousands. (Thanks by the way)
GCN is part of the Play Sports network, which is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery so I would guess there is more than just CZcams revenue funding the channel
just to think I worry about 50 mile rides ; )
awesome, Dont know how you do it
They should have taken BioRacer suits. They are the best with 14 billion lightyears advantage...
I know Axel who set with Anders the Record for two riders. He told me that his Excelsheet had more than 1000 ToDos. He is able to focus on one single task and does everything to fulfill this. For the records the journey costs them more than 40.000€. Mostly paid by sponsors. I wish the two guys all the best to win this race.
That's more to dos than I care for in a lifetime. Amazing.