Originally Posted by
Mumonkan
raam is usually done in teams, so youll do a buncha miles, then a teammate comes in and you "hand off the baton" so to speak and you go to the van and pass out/inhale calories till its your turn again
not sure if it takes only 8 says for the soloists, thats nearly 400 a day
That IS the solo time. Holy crap!!!
You can look at the extremely detailed breakdown of each riders days and checkpoint hits on the site. They ride for over twenty hours then sleep about three-four. It's completely insane. Apparently most non finishers DNF because of sleep deprivation and/or medical issues caused by pushing themselves too hard.
After riding over 361 miles (average) they crash at 10:30 at night and start again at 2:00 ish the next morning and ride until 10 or eleven the next night. Repeat, repeat, repeat.....
The teams make it in five days 20 hours.
Utter lunacy.