American cyclist Lael Wilcox rode more than 18,000 miles in 108 days, 12 hours and 12 minutes. She’s claiming the record for ...

Celebrated endurance bicyclist Lael Wilcox finished a 108-day journey around the world at Chicago’s Buckingham Fountain.

It took Lael Wilcox 108 days to circumnavigate the globe. Improbably, she said it was “the most fun ride of my life.” ...

DETROW: Lael Wilcox joins us now to talk more about this ... an ultradistance race with my inexpensive bike and the gear I was using to travel. And that's when it really clicked.

Lael Wilcox is one of the most accomplished ultra-marathon cyclists of the last decade. For example, in 2016, she became the first American to win a big-time 4,200-mile race called the Trans Am ...

LAEL WILCOX: Hi, NPR. It's Lael ... an ultradistance race with my inexpensive bike and the gear I was using to travel. And that's when it really clicked. That's when I figured out it was something ...

DETROW: Lael Wilcox joins us now to talk more about this accomplishment ... an ultradistance race with my inexpensive bike and the gear I was using to travel. And that's when it really clicked. That's ...