From: utzoo!decvax!duke!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!mhuxa!mhuxh!mhuxm!pyuxjj!pyuxcc!bdp Newsgroups: net.sport Title: The Great American Bike Race Article-I.D.: pyuxcc.347 Posted: Wed Aug 18 12:45:23 1982 Received: Fri Aug 20 01:01:44 1982 Sunday, 15 August 1982 (NYT) -- Lon Haldeman is a 24-year-old from Harvard, Illinois, who works as a store manager in a bicycle shop. Yesterday morning he arrived in Manhattan on his bicycle after covering 2976 miles and crossing the United States in 9 days 20 hours 2 minutes to capture the first Great American Bike Race. Haldeman, who started out with three other riders in Santa Monica, California, betterd a mark he set last year in an individual effort by 24 hours in covering the same distance. "All I thought about in the last six days was going to sleep," Haldeman said. He averaged 300 miles and 14,000 calories a day. To train for the event, Haldeman said he commuted the 84-mile distance to work by bicycle. "I have a paper route, too," he said. The time for each of the riders: Lon Haldeman 9 days 20 hours 2 minutes John Howard 10 days 10 hours 59 minutes Michael Shermer 10 days 19 hours 54 minutes John Marino 12 days 7 hours 37 minutes Bruce Parker BTL Pissthataway