Sri Chinmoy Cycling Challenge
Results:
27-Hour Gratitude-Cycling, 10/11 August 2024 - 70 participants in 16 countries on 5 continents cycled together 7'010 kilometers.
Countries where cycled: Austria (6), Australia (1), Brasil (1), Croatia (1), Czech Republic (1), Germany (4), Hungary (16), Macedonia (3), N. Zealand (1), Romania (2), Russia (1), Serbia (4), Slovakia (2), Switzerland (23), UK (2), USA (2).
Relay-team of 17 cyclists in Schlieren, Switzerland covered all 27 hours. At every moment there were at least two cyclists simultaneously cycling.
Andrea Marcato cycled a new event record: 548 km (in Schlieren, Switzerland).
Photo-gallery:
Group of finishers in Schlieren, Switzerland, after the end of the 27-Hour Cycling relay. Seventeen cycling-lovers in Schlieren covered all 27 hours.
Andrea Marcato set the new event record 548 by transcending his own last year's result by 32km.
Radu cycled 93 km around Zurich lake, Switzerland, to mark the 93rd anniversary of Sri Chinmoy's birthday.
Garga (r.) and Rasmivan participated in an AUDAX cycling event called "Looks like a Welsh dragon". They cycled 215 km with 3'125m ascent in less than 11 hours on the Saturday, 10th August.
Their cycling route started and finished in Bristol, UK and went through the Black Mountains in Wales. Event's name is due to the dragon-like shape of the route.
Ekagra (l), Pratul (m) and Mananyu (r) cycled along Austria's largest lake, Neusiedler See.
Prabhavi cycled between Bad Kissingen and Aschach in Germany.
Prabhavi snapped this photo during her ride.
Shuna cycled along Balaton lake in Hungary.
Dejan from Skopje, Macedonia, chose to cycle through the night, to avoid the heat.
Vandaniya in the sunflower-field at dawn. Vandaniya cycled 231 km in Schlieren, Switzerland.
Andrej cycled 78 km in Schlieren, Switzerland.
Deeptaksha cycled two tours with total of 220 km always starting and finishing in Schlieren.
Radu, Sasha, Andrej and Valeri in Schlieren, Switzerland.
Olena arriving to join the cycling relay in Schliren, Switzerland.
"Look, I have Strava, I can go wherever I like!"
Olena after the finish of 27-Hour Cycling. She cycled total of 142 km.
Pranam stops working shortly to make a few rounds in Schlieren, Switzerland.
Radu and Sasha just about to start cycling towards Zurich lake (90 km round).
Ulugbek cycled 119 km in Schlieren, Switzerland.
Valeri cycled 108 km in Schlieren, Switzerland.
Sunday, noon: 27 hours have just expired.
Pack up and leave Schlieren ...
... for a swim in Pfaeffikon lake. Well deserved refreshment after two extremely hot days of cycling. This was the warmest 27-Hour Cycling event ever in Switzerland. We usually have one or two showers during the event. But during this year's 27-Hours we have not seen even one cloud. ! Even during the night temperature did not fall below 20 degC.
Sri Chinmoy Cycling Challenge 2024 is finished. See you in June next year!
Propositions 27-Hour Cycling 2024: We are cycling
We are cycling:
from 09:00 on Saturday, 10 August 2024
to 12:00 on Sunday, 11 August 2024
During these 27 hours (use local time in your country) you can ride wherever you want, as much as you want, individually or with friends, even on your stationary bicycle at home if you have no time to go out.
You need not ride all 27 hours. Join any time and cycle as long as you feel inspired.
If you have enough cycling-loving friends, you can organize relay-cycling covering all 27 hours.
Please measure (or estimate) the distance you crossed and send your full name, place where you cycled and distance you covered to Vandaniya per email: [email protected].
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