Lael Wilcox arrives at Buckingham Fountain on Wednesday after completing an 18-125-mile solo bike trek across the globe that started in Chicago on May 26. Wilcox hopes to submit records of her ...

After traveling more than 18,000 miles across three continents and through both hemispheres, Lael Wilcox is back home. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) LAEL WILCOX: Hi, NPR. It's Lael ...

American Lael Wilcox has broken the world record for the fastest woman to cycle around the world, traversing 21 countries and 18,125 miles in three and a half months. Arriving back in Chicago at 9 ...

American cyclist Lael Wilcox has shaved more than two weeks off the women's around the world record, completing the journey of more than 18,000 miles (28,968km) in 108 days, 12 hours and 12 ...

Lael Wilcox is one of the most accomplished ultra-marathon cyclists of the last decade. For example, in 2016, she became the first American to win a big-time 4,200-mile race called the Trans Am ...

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