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Joe from Sedalia on 6/13/2008 9:51:56 AM:

Anybody know how many riders have achieved this feat? Saw a couple articles about a rider who just did it this week in highly unfavorable conditions...flash flood conditions on skinny racing tires...what a feat. Just curious...I've heard of William Sharples and Sam Baugh and perhaps a couple others...couldn't be more than a dozen who've done it?

Paul Toigo on 6/15/2008 8:28:44 AM:

Add to the list David Pratt and Paul Toigo who rode the entire Katy Trail (Clinton to St. Charles) in one day on June 22, 2007.

I recall a group of 4 doing it a while back, but I can't find anything about that trip anymore.

Ray, is this worthy of a page on your site to document these feats? Perhaps on the FAQ page?

Ben from St. Louis on 6/24/2008 1:14:23 PM:

You can add my name to the list as well (Ben DuMont - I'm the guy in the Sedalia paper)...just finished two weeks ago yesterday, yes through flash flood conditions (it rained 90 percent of the day) and yes, on my road bike and skinny racing tires...but it was all for a good cause, to raise money and awareness for breast cancer research, as my wife is a survivor. What I had trained for and planned to take 14 hours or less, due to the horrid trail conditions, took more than 16 hours. It was like riding through deep, wet sand in many parts and frequent deadfall slowed me down as well. What a ride, and what an experience! A friend rode the final 40 miles with me. PBS did a nice piece on the ride in support of the cause (or go to www.YouTube.com and search for "KETC ride cure"):

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ne5QLLfV--I

If I do it again, will do it with somebody else the entire way and on a DRY day!!!

jd from gkc on 6/25/2008 12:28:15 PM:

Congrats Ben on accomplishing your daring goal on a wet soggy trail. Those last 65-miles must have been difficult!! You'll breeze thru your next one on hard smooth dry pathways. But you might need a relay of riders to support and keep up with you. :) :)

Ben from St. Louis on 7/7/2008 1:14:38 PM:

Thanks for the note, JD. I would've thought more people had done the whole trail in one day, but perhaps not. The final 65 miles were more demoralizing not as much from a physical perspective, but mentally as the trail was in such horrible shape (probably slowed me down up to 3 hours). I thought William Sharples said he was doing the entire trail in one day again this summer...any word on that???

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