Assault on Mt Mitchell<\/a> \u00a0– Maria Finished 195th of 800..<\/p>\n102 miles (164\u00a0km) and has over 11,000 vertical feet of climbing.<\/p>\n
And at 51 \u00a0she finished in the first quarter of mostly upright riders<\/p>\n
ON a RECUMBENT!!<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Assault on Mt Mitchell \u00a0– Maria Finished 195th of 800.. 102 miles (164\u00a0km) and has over 11,000… 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":[103,6,73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cruzbike","category-recumbent","category-uncategorized-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3VuuR-28i","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5688,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2013\/06\/24\/cruzbike-maria-tops-raam-women-her-victory-speech\/","url_meta":{"origin":8202,"position":0},"title":"Cruzbike Maria Tops RAAM Women – Her Victory Speech","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"June 24, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"In the video above, you can watch a true recumbent bicycling ambassador in action! As some of you may have seen yesterday, Maria Parker, finished RAAM, in 11 days, 20 hours. She was the first female finisher by several hundred miles. And did so by being forced off the road\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Cruzbike"","block_context":{"text":"Cruzbike","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/category\/cruzbike\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5679,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2013\/09\/20\/up-close-and-personal-2-minutes-with-raam-female-winner-maria-parker\/","url_meta":{"origin":8202,"position":1},"title":"Up Close and Personal (2 minutes) with RAAM Female Winner, Maria Parker","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"September 20, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Her bike? A Cruzbike recumbent!","rel":"","context":"In "Cruzbike"","block_context":{"text":"Cruzbike","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/category\/cruzbike\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":9980,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2015\/08\/26\/cruzbike-and-the-md-who-makes-it-so-very-fast\/","url_meta":{"origin":8202,"position":2},"title":"CruzBike and the MD Who Makes Them So Very Fast!","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"August 26, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Today we talked with Jim Parker, the MD who is behind the amazing\u00a0Cruzbike that he, his wife Maria Parker and others are using to \u00a0set speed records everywhere they go with the machine. Straight ahead we talk about how its Front Wheel Drive makes his recumbent \u00a0different from all the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Podcast"","block_context":{"text":"Podcast","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/category\/podcast\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/10609559_10153197490013976_8038347370942674952_n.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/10609559_10153197490013976_8038347370942674952_n.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/10609559_10153197490013976_8038347370942674952_n.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5681,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2013\/08\/30\/final-blog-post-about-maria-parkers-epic-raam-victory\/","url_meta":{"origin":8202,"position":3},"title":"Final Cruzbike Blog Post about Maria Parker’s Epic RAAM Victory","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"August 30, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Maria Parker, of Cruzbike, had her down days, as this photo and the blog post\u00a0(written by her husband, Dr. Parker)\u00a0below show, but in the end, She won these 2013 RAAM Awards: Seana Hogan Fastest Female, Rookie of Year, Queen of Prairies & Trane \u201cUnstoppable\u201d. Story http:\/\/goo.gl\/wjseFJ\u00a0","rel":"","context":"In "Cruzbike"","block_context":{"text":"Cruzbike","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/category\/cruzbike\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/9195038378_6948ba2534.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5691,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2013\/06\/21\/two-female-recumbent-giants-exploding-into-prominence\/","url_meta":{"origin":8202,"position":4},"title":"Two Female Recumbent Giants Exploding into Prominence","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"June 21, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"We just had the honor of finding out what makes one of America\u2019s most loved recumbent bicycle minds \u00a0tick. Through\u00a0Coventry Cycle Works,\u00a0Marilyn Hayward\u00a0is gaining widespread acceptance for the supine position in the Pacific Northwest. In the\u00a0FOLLOWING INTERVIEW, you will hear some of the\u00a0near insurmountable obstacles\u00a0she has had to overcome on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Cruzbike"","block_context":{"text":"Cruzbike","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/category\/cruzbike\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Inline image 4","src":"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail\/u\/0\/?ui=2&ik=22ede273a4&view=att&th=13f671205d40ba69&attid=0.1&disp=emb&realattid=ii_13f6706e3dd55e1e&zw&atsh=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5693,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2013\/06\/17\/cruzbike-maria-roars-back-in-raam-from-horrific-van-crash\/","url_meta":{"origin":8202,"position":5},"title":"Cruzbike Maria Roars Back in RAAM from Horrific Van Crash","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"June 17, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Details are still being pieced together but Maria Parker has climbed back to second place in her division after being forced to temporarily withdraw after a wreck \u00a0destroyed the support vehicle \u00a0that was following her.The only recumbent in a field of dozens of other bike racing competitors, \u00a0Maria had pedaled\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Cruzbike"","block_context":{"text":"Cruzbike","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/category\/cruzbike\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/maria-parker-12-24-record-2012c.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/maria-parker-12-24-record-2012c.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/maria-parker-12-24-record-2012c.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/maria-parker-12-24-record-2012c.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8202"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17479,"href":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8202\/revisions\/17479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
![\"Picture](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Picture-58.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\n