Race - Written by Malcolm on Monday, June 29, 2009 12:14 - 19 Comments

Finished….

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Happy to report that Richard finished the Race Across America 2009 solo event in 10days, 23 hours and 55  minutes at an average speed of 11.4mph, placing 8th out of 21. (2nd placed rookie)

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Rob Knight
Jun 29, 2009 12:16

Well done Richard. An amazing feat. Davis Langdon is so very proud of you.

Rob

Rob Smith
Jun 29, 2009 12:16

Brilliant news.

This is a fantastic achievement.

Rob

Simon Rawlinson
Jun 29, 2009 12:18

This is brilliant news Malcolm.

Thanks for keeping us in the loop.

Please pass on my congratulations to Richard and the team.

Simon

Jon Coxeter-Smith
Jun 29, 2009 12:28

Phenomenal. I don’t even want to think about how much that must have hurt.

Congratulations; what an achievement!

Jon

Laurence
Jun 29, 2009 12:32

Huge congratulations to you and the crew - an amazing ride and a huge achievement. Safe journey home.

Alan Kingsland
Jun 29, 2009 17:03

Very well done buddy and well done crew. Whats next?

Alan and Trish xx

Catherine Rumbelow
Jun 29, 2009 17:05

WELL DONE RICHARD! Fantastic achievement by you and all your team. I’m glad you’ve arrived safely, and I look forward to hearing all about it from Jackie! Now put your feet up… :)
Best wishes
Catherine x

Angela Love
Jun 29, 2009 19:04

Fantastic result. Many congrats to Rich and the team. Hope you are all going to celebrate in style or will it be catch up with the sleep.

Ok Tom you don’t need to carry the scales and pee pot anymore……..just have some fun getting pi****d instead of taking the pi**!!!!!!

Once again a brilliant achievement of endurance and team work

Look forward to seeing you when you get back and hearing all the stories.

Congrats to all and loads of love to Tom.

Momma Love
x

Stuart @ Cycles Dauphin
Jun 29, 2009 20:40

Congratulations! Hope the lorry came off worse. Coffee & cake all round when you’re next in the shop.

- S

colin mcnaughton
Jun 29, 2009 23:31

Knowing what I know this is an amazing achievement Richard and I have a huge amount of respect for you, what you have achieved and your singlemindedness in achieving your goal, many congratulations to you.

To the crew chief (loml) and the rest of the crew, congratulations to you all for what you have also achieved

Alan Earp
Jun 30, 2009 17:58

Well done Richard from everyone at 1/95th Rifles, a tremendous achievement. Regards to our Lisa, even though it must have been hard work being in the support team, I’m sure you thorougly enjoyed it and will look back on it with pride.

John Baker
Jun 30, 2009 20:30

Good effort Rich. John and Anna

Rob Ellis
Jul 1, 2009 6:55

Well done Richard! A great achievement & no doubt a well deserved break its on it way!!

Well pleased for you & a big well done to the support team & all involved.

Adam Trigg
Jul 1, 2009 9:54

Huge congratulations on an amazing achievement.

Well done to Richard and all the crew.

I may even shout you a Latté

Best wishes for a speedy and enjoyable recovery

Adam

Sharon Chapman
Jul 1, 2009 11:36

Well Done Richard! It’s Debbie’s friend, ‘the pregnant Nun’! I’m so pleased for you and your crew who have obviously supported you extremely well. I’ve been following your progress and can’t believe that when I’ve been sleeping, you’ve been cycling! You have done amazingly well. Debbie is so proud of you. She cries every time she talks about you!

You deserve a well earned rest. Congratulations

Chris Davies
Jul 1, 2009 12:27

Rich you are a superstar!

Big congrats for such an amazing feat - see I told you your legs would get you there. Well done to all the support crew. Was following your progress online and thinking of you as you persevered through it all. Well done to Julie too.

Hope you recover quickly and are back on your bike soon.

Éadaoin
Jul 2, 2009 15:20

Nothing I can really say.. Flabergasted.. Super Job! Congrats to everyone.. stronger men and women than us folk! Very chuffed to even know you.
Well done

Quintin & Sarah Speers
Jul 3, 2009 10:36

Richard & Crew,

a very big and sincere well done to you all. I’m really sorry that we didn’t stay to watch you come over the finish, we did wait but the impatience of the rest of our crew & rider was too much. It was great to meet your wife and the UK based crew in Annapolis whilst they were anxiously waiting for the news that you were ok at the Shell station - I’m sure you’re aware that there was plenty of confusion at the line aout who was coming in next etc!!
It was our first RAAM as crew and we had a great time. Thank you to all the crew who found time to talk to us whenever our RV’s would park up close to each other and share information about our riders and their progress. It’s a little odd, but I feel I need to go to a Tesco’s car park soon and sleep for a couple of hours!!!

Take care, and maybe see you all next year…………..!!??

Quintin & Sarah
(Jim Rees Team Inspiration Crew)

Steve, "Madagascar late news"
Jul 7, 2009 8:39

Hello Richard,

I finally eard you did it. Congratulations. I can see on the finish picture how hard it has been. And I am sure my toughest imagination only reaches 10% of what it really is. I am really happy for you and for your team.
Will be happy to ear about you and this amazing adventure next time in Spain.
I wish you the best for celebrating (done by now) and recup, and then preparing the next challenge.
Steve (from Antananarivo, Madagascar)

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