The Legend of UK’s Great Beryl Burton
We’re in 1967. With a signal, 99 men are starting an Otley Cycle Club 12-hour time trial. Watching them all pass, there is a lady wheeling behind. Gradually, she overtakes them all, including the famous Mike McNamara. He himself creates a new men’s record that day. But with 277.25 miles covered 45 seconds before the 12-hour limit has actually passed, Beryl Burton has just made a record that will take two years for any man to take down.
