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The Record Nobody Expected a 69-Year-Old to Break
Cycling around the world qualifies for a Guinness World Record, and until recently the oldest person to hold it was 56. Mark Herbst looked at that number at age 69, decided it was beatable, and spent the next chapter of his life proving it across 35,000 kilometers and 25 countries, raising funds for Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in memory of his wife Jackie.
Mark walks through what a legitimate circumnavigation requires, the route planning around antipodal points, and how four completed Race Across America campaigns shaped what he believed he could endure. He also talks honestly about the…
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