As for why she would want to bike around the world, Wilcox says it seemed like a good way to spend her summer.

The 38-year-old Alaskan cyclist just pulled off the biggest record of her career — and she already has quite a few.

CHICAGO -- An American woman set out from Chicago to bicycle all over the world in record-breaking fashion. Lael Wilcox is ...

A US "ultra-endurance" cyclist has claimed a new world record for fastest woman to circumnavigate the globe by bike. Lael ...

Lael Wilcox hopes to complete an unsupported circumnavigation of the world in just 110 days. The current record was completed ...

It took Lael Wilcox 108 days to circumnavigate the globe. Improbably, she said it was “the most fun ride of my life.” ...

DETROW: That was Lael Wilcox, just wrapped up a trip cycling around the world in 108 days. You can hear more about her adventure on the podcast "Lael Rides Around The World." Thank you so much for ...

The Alaskan cyclist set a new unofficial world record on 11 September for the fastest bicycle ride around the world. She ...

Lael Wilcox took 108 days ... whose journey took 124 days 11 hours. Wilcox, 38, of Alaska, set off on 28 May, crossing 21 countries on four continents before arriving back in Chicago around ...

DETROW: Lael Wilcox joins us now to talk more about this ... WILCOX: Yeah. My folks came from Alaska to come see my finish, and they wanted to go for a bike ride on the waterfront in Chicago.