Guido Löhr

Guido Löhr (born July 3, 1966 in Bad Ems ) is a German extreme cyclist , speaker, blogger and author . He came to extreme cycling late and is known for his success at a very old age for athletes .

Sporting successes

In his extreme sports career, which lasted only four years, he took first place over the 720 kilometers in his Race Across America (RAAM) qualification in the Swiss Cycle Marathon in 2013 . In 2014 he finished the RAAM in 12th place and became the 15th German who managed to finish the Race Across America. In 2016 he was 5th at the Ultracycling World Championship held as part of the Glocknerman . In the same year, at the age of fifty, he also won the Race Around Ireland with a time of 106: 50 hours for the 2204 kilometer route. In 2017, in his second Race Across America participation, he was third overall and won the age group with the second fastest average speed ever achieved by a German participant at the RAAM.

Author and blogger

Löhr has been publishing reports from his cycling tours and cycling marathons on various blogging platforms since 2007. Since 2009 under the domain steilberghoch.com. The reports cover many well-known and popular events such as the Ötztal Cycle Marathon , various 24-hour races or L'Eroica , and vividly describe the events from the perspective of the participant. In 2018 he published a book that transferred this reporting style to the Race Across America .

Works

• 9 days 22 hours 40 minutes. steilberghoch.com | Guido Löhr, Giessen 2018, ISBN 978-3-981-94640-6 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Guido Löhr in the catalog of the German National Library
• steilberghoch.com Blog and website by Guido Löhr
• Report on the extreme cyclist in the Gießener Allgemeine

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Participant entry Glocknerman
2. ↑ Cyclist Guido Löhr has focused his life on ultra-distance races (report in the Gießener Anzeiger 2016)
3. ↑ Guido Löhr non-stop across the USA (report in the Giessener Allgemeine July 2017)
4. ↑ Guido Löhr's website