Perimeter Bicycling
BackIn 1979 and again in 1991, Joan Joesting-Mahoney bicycled solo and unsupported around the 9600 mile perimeter of Australia. She has also bicycled solo perimeters of the Netherlands, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Sweden, Luxembourg, Belgium, England, Wales, Slovakia and the Czech Republic (photo 1) (photo 2), Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, Israel, and Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Joan holds world records for the greatest number of perimeter rides and the greatest number of distinct rides. She is first in the world in total perimeter mileage, with over 70,000 miles, having passed former record holder Bill Mueller in 1999. In 1995, Joan completed a perimeter in each of the 48 continental United States, the only person to have ever done so.
Perimeters from 1991 to 2000
Perimeter from 1998 to present (including start/finish times)
A perimeter is a bicycle ride of 50 miles or more around a geographical entity, such as a country, state, county, lake, city, etc. Records are recognized by the Perimeter Bicycling Association of America, 630 N. Craycroft, Suite 127, Tuscon AZ 85711.
Joan has also finished Ironman Hawaii 3 times, Ironman New Zealand, and the Great Floridian triathlon 3 times. Photos.
Joan has indoor rowing records for 100,000 meters and 24 hours (60-69 female lightweight), and the longest continous row by a woman of any age or weight class (30 hours).
For the Love of Running, a 20 page collection of poems written in 1978.
Book: Bicycling Around Australia without Booze, Drugs, or Flat Tires (1995, plain text).
Homonyms, Homophones and Other Word Challenges (PDF), 2006.
Write to Joan at jperimeters@yahoo.com
Our wedding photos from the 1993 Great Floridian. After Joan finished the 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike and 26.2 mile run, we had a quick ceremony before she went to the medical tent for an I.V. (Her official finish time was a few seconds under the 17:30 cutoff).