Association (formerly the UltraMarathon Cycling Association). Tommy Godwin rode in July 1939, on his way to setting the World Endurance record for a single year however no authority has recognised this as a record. Current record holders are: WUCA record holder Amanda Coker rode in April 2017. Guinness World Record holder Janet Davison rode between 24 July and 22 August 2015. WUCA male record holder Steven Abraham rode between 2 September and 1 October 2016. Guinness World Record holder Mark Beaumont (UK) rode between 2 and 31 July 2017, travelling from Paris to Jerramungup, Western Australia.\ 100,000 Miles On 11 July 2017, 24-year-old Amanda Coker set a new "Fastest completion of 100,000 miles by bicycle record, doing so in 423 days. Coker's record improved by 77 days on Tommy Godwin's prior record of 500 days set in May 1940. The record was certified by the Guinness Book of Records and the Ultra Marathon Cycling Association (now the WUCA). World Endurance record for distance in a calendar year Men's record In 1911 the weekly magazine Cycling began a competition for the highest number of 100-mile rides or "centuries" in a single year. The winner was Marcel Planes with 332 centuries in which he covered . The inspiration for the competition was said to be the efforts of Harry Long, a commercial traveller who rode a bicycle on his rounds covering every part of England and Scotland and who covered in 1910. The world record for distance cycled in a year began in an era when bicycle companies competed to show their machines were the most reliable. The record has been officially established nine times. A tenth claim, by the English rider Ken Webb in 1972, was disallowed. Apart from the 1911 competition organised by Cycling, there was no authority that set rules for record attempts nor certified the mileage ridden. In 1937 the League of Victorian Wheelmen declined a request by Ossie Nicholson for patronage for his attempt on the record. Nicholson's response was to appoint a committee to supervise his attempt. The mileage had been traditionally verified by way of a sealed milometer and cards signed by upstanding members of society such as police officers or postmasters. In November 2014 the UltraMarathon Cycling Association announced that it would recognise a new record category for the highest annual mileage in a year, and set rules for the record. All of the