Anchorage, Alaska, native Lael Wilcox is on a journey to break the Guinness World Record for fastest circumnavigation by bicycle for a female — a feat that will take her through Bellingham in the coming days. The fastest circumnavigation means completing a continuous journey around the globe by bicycle, and other means, and must be at least 18,000 miles (29,000 km) in total distance cycled. Averaging 169 miles and 12–14 hours of ride time per day, Wilcox had knocked out about 13,800
