The Transcontinental Bike Race - Jonathan Rankin

Extraordinariness

The Transcontinental Race, or TCR for short, is an unsupported race across Europe with riders having to grab sleep and food whilst the clock is ticking. We spoke to Jonathan Rankin, a former rower and 2 time competitor in the TCR to hear about what it takes to enter such an event. Could you cycle continuously for several days, stopping only for a few hours a day to eat and sleep? How would you even begin to train for such an event? Jonathan tells us about the role of habit in training for such a gruelling event and the mental tricks he used along the way to keep going. His story is a fascinating insight to the role of ultra endurance cycling, and the extreme lengths people will go to complete a race most people have never heard of.