{"id":5649,"date":"2012-09-28T22:02:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-28T22:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2012\/09\/28\/100-year-old-cyclist-sets-100km-record\/"},"modified":"2023-10-18T20:09:25","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T03:09:25","slug":"100-year-old-cyclist-sets-100km-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2012\/09\/28\/100-year-old-cyclist-sets-100km-record\/","title":{"rendered":"100 year old Cyclist Sets 100km Record!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/--Xj2hDSSBHs\/UGXSmAfZdcI\/AAAAAAAAAc8\/ysN9hivW9Fs\/s1600\/Picture%2B12.png\" imageanchor=\"1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"305\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/--Xj2hDSSBHs\/UGXSmAfZdcI\/AAAAAAAAAc8\/ysN9hivW9Fs\/s320\/Picture%2B12.png?resize=320%2C305\" width=\"320\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div>Frenchman,\u00a0<span>Robert Marchand , age 100, \u00a0just rode 100 kilometers (62 miles) in 4 hours, 17 minutes and 27 seconds. An official\u00a0<\/span><span>centenarian, he\u00a0<\/span><span>covered the distance at an average pace of 14.5 mph!<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-t53ECHw0VNw\/UGXVt-HL1VI\/AAAAAAAAAdM\/3om8ony-Vng\/s1600\/Picture%2B12.png\" imageanchor=\"1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-t53ECHw0VNw\/UGXVt-HL1VI\/AAAAAAAAAdM\/3om8ony-Vng\/s320\/Picture%2B12.png?resize=229%2C320\" width=\"229\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><a href=\"http:\/\/sportsillustrated.cnn.com\/2012\/more\/09\/28\/france-cyclist-100-years.ap\/\">STORY<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frenchman,\u00a0Robert Marchand , age 100, \u00a0just rode 100 kilometers (62 miles) in 4 hours, 17 minutes and 27 seconds. An&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2012\/09\/28\/100-year-old-cyclist-sets-100km-record\/\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,1,73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-humor","category-uncategorized","category-uncategorized-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3VuuR-1t7","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":110,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2012\/03\/24\/hiwheeling-to-the-top\/","url_meta":{"origin":5649,"position":0},"title":"HiWheeling to the Top","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"March 24, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Top is one of Ireland's longest established fuel importers, Owned by the Reihill family, they are part of a 100% Irish owned company dating back over 200 years.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Eagle-HiWheel&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Eagle-HiWheel","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/category\/eagle-hiwheel\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/39359939-IMG_2423.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/39359939-IMG_2423.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/39359939-IMG_2423.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/39359939-IMG_2423.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/39359939-IMG_2423.jpg?resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":326,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2012\/06\/05\/irish-cow-jam\/","url_meta":{"origin":5649,"position":1},"title":"Irish Cow Jam","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"June 5, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"How often have you ever had to stop for 100 cows? 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