Anchorage’s Lael Wilcox pedaled to victory in the women’s division and finished sixth out of 46 riders overall in the 350-mile ultra-endurance XL event of the Dirty Kanza races in Kansas. More than 2,700 bikers from all 50 states converged on the rolling Flint Hills to race hundreds of miles in what is dubbed the… Read more »
Record-breaking bikepacking veteran Lael Wilcox of Anchorage is well rehearsed in overcoming obstacles on the trail, but nothing could have prepared her for what she experienced in the French Divide. A relativity new race, the 1,300-mile event is still working out some kinks with its route and many times had riders breaking trail. “The concept… Read more »
Anchorage’s Lael Wilcox is crushing it in the 2,100-kilometer French Divide bikepacking race as she sits seventh among the 101 riders still active. She has covered 1,475 kilometers in six days and is within striking distance of the top five overall. The 32-year-old leads the women’s division by 117 kilometers over New Mexico’s Lindsay Shepard…. Read more »
Anchorage’s Lael Wilcox made history at the Navad 1000 in Switzerland as she pedaled her bike faster than any woman has in the event’s four-year history. This year she finished second overall with a time that would have been good enough to win in each of the previous three years. The Navad 1000 is a… Read more »
Add the Baja Divide to the long list of long-distance bike races Anchorage’s Lael Wilcox has conquered. The 30-year-old clocked the fastest known time on the 1,546-mile Baja Divide route through the backcountry of Mexico. Wilcox, of East High fame, finished in 11 days, 13 hours, and 2 minutes, arriving in the historic town of… Read more »
Lael Wilcox of Anchorage is biking across America. The 29-year-old is competing in the solo category in the 4,400-mile Trans Am Bike Race, but she isn’t alone. She’s in the lead group of three riders with 1,000 miles to go. Wilcox is one of nine women among the 63 riders in the solo category of… Read more »
Lael Wilcox of Anchorage didn’t set out to break records on her mountain bike. It just worked out that way. Wilcox rides everywhere; to work, on errands, for fun. Unlike most commuters, though, she racks up miles like frequent fliers – 100,000 in the last seven years. She has pedaled from Anchorage… Read more »
When Lael Wilcox of Anchorage set a women’s record in the Tour Divide ultramarathon bicycle race she had bronchitis and still broke the women’s record by two days. She was probably also tired after biking, yes biking, from Anchorage to the start line in Banff, Canada, before racing to Antelope Wells, New Mexico, at the… Read more »
At 2,745 miles, the Tour Divide mountain bike marathon is more about survival than anything. Yet Anchorage’s Lael Wilcox handled it like it was just another day on her bike. Actually the 28-year-old spent 17 days, 1 hour and 51 minutes in the saddle during a grueling race that started in Alberta, Canada, and traveled… Read more »
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