Kinsey Loan struggled to stay warm as she pushed her fat bike with two flat tires on the Yentna River with the temperature around 25 below zero. Her rookie run in the Iditarod Trail Invitational, a 300-plus mile human-powered event from Knik to McGrath, had barely...
Anchorage's Ana Jager is doing a fine job of following in the bike tracks of her “hometown hero” Lael Wilcox. Earlier this month, Jager capped her first full season of bikepacking by winning the 800-mile Arizona Trail Race after more than 12 days on the trail....
At long last, Aaron Thrasher won the Kenai 250 bike race and among his rewards is being named the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame Athlete of the Week for July 3. Thrasher, of Anchorage, claimed the self-supported event June 26-28 in 26 hours, 43 minutes. The race covers...
Dusty Eroh of Anchorage rode to a remarkable 11-hour victory in the grueling Highland Trail 550-mile bikepacking race in Scotland. The 35-year-old clocked a winning time of 4 days, 2 hours and 51 minutes in the self-supported time trial that featured treacherous...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...