John Woodburn (cyclist)
John Woodburn (born 1937) is a British road and time-trial cyclists and 2001 British Veteran on target time. He received his award from Eddy Merckx at the RTTC Champions Evening at Derby on 6 January 2001.
Woodburn set a Land's End to John O' Groats (end-to-end) record in 1982 with a time of 1 day 21 hours and 3 minutes.[1] John's time was beaten by Andy Wilkinson in October 1990 by less than two minutes. The record is now is 44 hours, 4 minutes and 20 seconds, set by Gethin Butler in 2001.
In July 2002, he broke the 50 mile time-trial National Age Record for over 65s. He completed the Didcot course fourth overall in 1 hour 47 minutes and 40 seconds, breaking the record by nearly three minutes. He had been aiming for the record for two years and, recently retired, he had been using his new free time to put in extra training.
Woodburn is in the Guinness Book of Records with a time of 9 hours 3 minutes 7 seconds for London – Bath and return. He has also cycled well over 500 miles in 24 hours. He broke the Cardiff to London record on a Moulton Speed, covering 162 miles at an average speed of 24 miles per hour.
He was national 25-mile time trial champion in 1961 and currently holds age related records. At 70, he rode 21.48 minutes in a 10-mile time trial.
In May 2012 Woodburn re-rode the Leipzig-Berlin stage of the 1955 Peace Race, as part of the Alf Buttler Peace Race Tribute Ride.
References
- ↑ "John pedals to record". Evening Times. 14 August 1982.