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Ultra-endurance bicycle racer Lael Wilcox is passing through Humboldt County today on her journey to become the fastest woman to circumnavigate the globe via bicycle.

At the end of May, Wilcox set off from Chicago on a monumental mission to cycle 18,000 miles around the world in just 110 days, aiming to break the current Guinness World Record held by Scottish cyclist Jenny Graham, who completed the feat in 124 days, 10 hours and 50 minutes. As of this writing, Wilcox has biked over 15,500 miles.

“I want to invite people living near the route to ride with me,” Wilcox wrote on her website. “I’m not just riding through places but also people’s lives.”

The Outpost contacted Wilcox via email to learn more about her journey but, as you can imagine, she’s a little preoccupied. We’ll update this post if we hear back.

You can track Wilcox’s progress in real-time at this link. It looks like she just passed through Eureka.