Lael Wilcox chats with other cyclists in the parking lot of Speedway Cycles before heading back out on her bike across the world on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024. (Anisa Vietze/Alaska Public Media) ...

Lael Wilcox helps one of girls with her bike on April 21, 2017, at the Trek Bicycle Store. After six weeks, the girls will have earned their donated bikes. (Rugile Kaladyte / Alaska Dispatch News) ...

Anchorage endurance cyclist Lael Wilcox packed light for her latest ride, an 858-mile haul across some of the most remote terrain in the world. She carried 20 pounds, including a one-pound tent ...

Ultra-endurance cyclist Lael Wilcox bikes a segment from Anchorage to Tolsona, Alaska, Aug. 8, 2024, on her around-the-world ride. (Courtesy Lael Wilcox) ...

Wilcox was working at a restaurant in Alaska in 2014 when she entered a 400-mile race using her mom’s bike. She finished second and felt like she could keep going.

Lael Wilcox just doesn't know how to sit still. Since returning home in September from her record-setting ride around the world, the 39-year-old ultra-endurance cyclist has done anything but rest ...

In 2016, Lael Wilcox won the 4,200-mile Trans Am race outright, beating both men and women. That cemented her status as the best cyclist in the world at riding incredibly long distances. But what ...

In the evening twilight hours of September 11, 2024, Lael Wilcox became the unofficial new world record holder for the Fastest Circumnavigation of the World by Bicycle (female). Wilcox left ...

American cyclist Lael Wilcox rode more than 18,000 miles in 108 days, 12 hours and 12 minutes. She's claiming the record for the fastest woman to ride around the world.

Lael Wilcox, a relatively unknown 28-year-old woman from Anchorage, Alaska, shattered the three-year-old women’s Tour Divide record on her rookie attempt. Skip to content.