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In ‘vicious’ conditions, Maria Leijerstam completes 398-mile trek in 10 days, 14 hours, 56 minutes on recumbent bicycle to establish speed record

Maria Leijerstam, a British adventurer who prepared for four years, including training at times on an empty stomach to teach her body to become more efficient, became the first person to cycle to the South Pole.

In an email to GrindTV Outdoor, Team White Ice Cycle reported that Leijerstam arrived at the South Pole early Friday morning to complete two world records    …  More

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