RideClean® Team Member Dan McGehee Attempts to Break
World Endurance Record in 100-Mile Track Cycling
Phoenix, AZ – June 17, 2009 – Dan McGehee, a member of the RideClean cycling team, will attempt to break the 100-mile world track time trial record, long held by Rod Evans of Australia. Evans set the current record time of 3:47:26 in Australia on May 8, 1994, averaging speeds of 26.38 miles per hour. McGehee’s attempt to break this world record will be monitored and certified by the Ultra Marathon Cycling Association, which sanctions the Race Across America and other long-distance cycling events and competitions. This event is one of the ongoing activities sponsored by RideClean to raise awareness about the issue of performance enhancing drugs in sport.
WHAT: An attempt to break the 100-mile world record for cycling endurance, requiring 644 laps around the largest indoor track in America.
WHEN: Saturday, June 20, 2009 at 12:00 noon. Dan McGehee is available for media interviews from 8:00am to 11:00am the day of the event, and after completing the track time trial.
WHERE: Home Depot Center Velodrome in Carson, California, near Los Angeles. The Velodrome is a 100,000 square foot, 250-meter indoor wood bicycle racing track located at 18400 Avalong Blvd, Carson, California, 90746. Information on parking and directions is available at www.lavelodrome.org.
WHO: RideClean Team member Dan McGehee of Mesa, Arizona, an amateur athlete who has set several significant endurance records.
WHY: RideClean promotes activities designed to raise awareness of drug-free sport by supporting athletes that compete cleanly without the use of performance enhancing drugs.
RideClean is an LLC corporation that runs educational outreach programs and manages a cycling team officially sanctioned by USA Cycling. RideClean operates nationally from headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona. The RideClean mission is to promote clean sport, raise awareness of drug-free competitive cycling, and support clean athletes. For more information, see www.ridecleanteam.com/Press-Room and www.rideclean.net.





Wow… A harder man than I. Best of luck Dan!