Subject:      RAAM/UMCA records for transcontinental bicycling
From:         Nick Gerlich
Date:         Tue, 25 Mar 1997 08:55:50 -0600 
Message-Id:   <3337E776.52DE@faculty.wtamu.edu>



Yesterday I submitted the updated RAAM/UMCA records for transcontinental 
bicycling to the U.S. editorial offices of the Guinness Book of Records. 
Several of you have been asking me recently about the status of this 
project, so I am pleased to report that it is done. I provided Guinness 
with ALL of our transcontinental records, many of which were new since 
1995, but some of which also were "old" in that they had no record of 
them before. I gave breakdowns by gender, age division, solo, tandem, 
relay team, and relay tandem, as well as RAAM and non-RAAM. The person 
with whom I spoke was only interested in the east-west axis 
transcontinental records of the USA, so I did not provide him with any 
other UMCA-recognized records.

Of course, what they actually print in their book is entirely up to 
them, and beyond my control. In other words, they probably won't print 
everything. Pre-1996 RAAM records are currently on our website, while 
1996 RAAM and all other UMCA records will be posted there very soon.

You can look for the updated book sometime later this year.