Ardys Kellerman 104,000 milews in 1 year

[ben1364]

I suppose that many on this Iron Butt forum are aware of Ardys Kellerman's accomplishment from April 2006 thru April 2007.  She rode a total of over 104,000 miles and is only in her mid 70s!

[bizarro]

I suppose that many on this Iron Butt forum are aware of Ardys Kellerman's accomplishment from April 2006 thru April 2007.  She rode a total of over 104,000 miles and is only in her mid 70s!

Yeah, that's pretty great. Myself? If I had enough time and money to ride 104,000 miles in a year I'd spend some of that time doing something other than sitting on my butt getting from point A to point B. But hey, if it makes her happy? Then that's all the matters.  

[Rocket_Cowboy]

Well ... she did get ride 80,131 in the first 6 months, then used the last 6 months to pick up those remaining 23,869 miles. So, in a sense, she did take some time to do other things than just sit and twist the throttle.

[bizarro]

True. Her ass is tougher than mine.  

[Kevin]

Wow that works out to be 285 miles a day!  That's alot of riding!

Kevin

[county]

Wow that works out to be 285 miles a day!  That's alot of riding!

Kevin

I dunno about that, 285 miles is a pretty short day.

[CLAY]

Not if you rode it *every* day for a whole year, never missing one despite weather.

Obviously she did it many big pieces, but wow!

[Rocket_Cowboy]

Not to mention there was a wreck that limited her to the 86K miles she did the first 6 months.

[ben1364]

I dunno about that, 285 miles is a pretty short day.

At age 74?  At any age 234 miles per day average for an entire year is pretty dog gone awesome in my book.  How many of us can put together 2 weeks averaging that many miles per day?

[UFO]

I dunno about that, 285 miles is a pretty short day.

For 365 days straight?

[yellow wolf]

my friend sheila just did 126,000 plus in one yr on her wing,one bike for the whole ride

[Bubwheat]

Wow that works out to be 285 miles a day!  That's alot of riding!

Kevin

Not entirely the whole picture here, in the first 6 months she had to average around 445 miles a day and for the second 6 months she was a slacker and averaged only a little less than 130 a day. Still impressive, but what's the point? I mean weren't there any roses to smell along the way?  

[Playinthestreet]

Far more than I'll ever do, so good on her.  There's just too much "stuff" out there to look at for me to ever set a record.

[DrMikey]

Whatever the case, I just got the Ardys commerative T-shirt in the mail last week. "I (heart) Ardys" on the front, "I wish I rode like a Texas Grandmother" and her pic on the back. IBA edition.

[bikerfish1100]

for you guys figuring her avgs, you'd better take a few days off her ride calender. She had a layup in the hospital in FL after getting her horse shot out from under her. Ardys is freaking awesome.

[Rocket_Cowboy]

Whatever the case, I just got the Ardys commerative T-shirt in the mail last week. "I (heart) Ardys" on the front, "I wish I rode like a Texas Grandmother" and her pic on the back. IBA edition.

Just got our shirts earlier this week.

It's not just the mileage that's impressive. Go Ardys!

[sleazy rider]

Those are some pretty awesome shirts.  Got my first glimpse of them last weekend in BG, KY at lunch.  I want one.    Didn't Sheila W. have a bangup on her Wing too?  I remember something about a car/bike accident in her reporting.

[ben1364]

my friend sheila just did 126,000 plus in one yr on her wing,one bike for the whole ride

Interesting.  Is this accomplishment documented where we can read some details?  You do know that Ardys changed bikes because the first one was totaled in a crash?

[ben1364]

Whatever the case, I just got the Ardys commemorative T-shirt in the mail last week. "I (heart) Ardys" on the front, "I wish I rode like a Texas Grandmother" and her pic on the back. IBA edition.

I received mine too.  It's great and a real keeper.

John might be persuaded to do some more if you ask nicely.  The proceeds will go to Ardys.

[sleazy rider]

http://www.womenridersnow.com/PublicFiles/DepartmentViewer.asp?DepartmentID=2 for a short version of her year of riding.  I think most of it was documented on the MTF Forums as it happened, but I can't find the thread.