Photos: Pueblo High School bike club members beat record with 17-hour indoor ride
With 1,020 minutes, or 17 hours, Pueblo High School students in the Road Warriors bike club shatter the previous 975-minute record for a stationary bike ride in Indoor El Tour De Tucson.
Indoor El Tour is part of El Tour De Tucson, which takes place on Nov. 23.
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Janice Salazar, left, and Leonard Parra try to sing their way through the 11th hour of their 17 hour ride as six Pueblo High School Road Warrior bike club members attempt to break the Indoor El Tour De Tucson record, Tucson, Ariz., Nov. 13, 2019. The current record sits at 975 minutes, the Road Warriors are attempting to amass 1,020 minutes - or about 17 hours in the saddle. Their stationary odyssey kicked off at 6 a.m. with the team scheduled to wrap up at 11 p.m.
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A weary Reannah Rodriguez rests her head on a pillow as she fights through the 11th hour of a scheduled 17 hour stationary bike ride, one of the six Pueblo High School Road Warrior bike club members attempting to break the Indoor El Tour De Tucson record, Tucson, Ariz., Nov. 13, 2019.
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Leonard Parra multitasks, working on some homework on his laptop while helping the Pueblo High School Road Warrior bike club break the Indoor El Tour De Tucson record with a 17 hour stationary bike ride, Tucson, Ariz., Nov. 13, 2019.
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Danielle Rojas takes full advantage of the scheduled hourly five minute break, a little over half way to the 17 hour mark as the Pueblo High School Road Warrior bike club attempts to break the in the Indoor El Tour De Tucson record, Tucson, Ariz., Nov. 13, 2019.
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Reannah Rodriguez sprints for the only available bathroom during the hourly five minute break during the Pueblo High School Road Warrior bike club attempt at 17 hours on stationary bikes to break the in the Indoor El Tour De Tucson record, Tucson, Ariz., Nov. 13, 2019.
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Patricia Parra, center, and Marie Little attempt to rig up a saddle pad for Danielle Rojas, with a blanket and scrunchy in hour 11 of the Pueblo High School Road Warrior bike club's attempt at 17 hours pedaling to break the in the Indoor El Tour De Tucson record, Tucson, Ariz., Nov. 13, 2019.
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Danielle Rojas, left, had to drop out short of the target time but stuck around to provide support, both moral and physical, including holding up an exhausted Reannah Rodriguez during the last few hours of the Pueblo High School Road Warrior bike club effort to break the Indoor El Tour De Tucson record, Tucson, Ariz., Nov. 13, 2019.
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Janice Salazar leans on her handle bar, hanging in through hour 16 as the Pueblo High School Road Warriors bike club try to break the Indoor El Tour De Tucson record, Tucson, Ariz., Nov. 13, 2019.
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Joel Bustamante hustles back to his bike after making the run to the one open bathroom during a scheduled five-minute break as the Pueblo High School Road Warriors bike club tries to break the Indoor El Tour De Tucson record, Tucson, Ariz., Nov. 13, 2019.
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Aaron Kuzdal, left, and Leonard Parra try to get the kinks stretched out, taking every second of a five minute break in the last hour of a 17 hour ride of the Pueblo High School Road Warriors bike club assault on the Indoor El Tour De Tucson record, Tucson, Ariz., Nov. 13, 2019.
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Laurie Kuzdal provides some needed support for her son Aaron as he and the Pueblo High School Road Warriors bike club close in on 17 hours pedaling to the record for the Indoor El Tour De Tucson record, Tucson, Ariz., Nov. 13, 2019.
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The five remaining riders of the Pueblo High School Road Warriors bike club gather for a hug as they celebrate completing 17 straight hours biking to the Indoor El Tour De Tucson record, Tucson, Ariz., Nov. 13, 2019.
Kelly Presnell
Photojournalist
Annual event begins Saturday at 7 a.m.