Dedicated cyclists set different goals to strive for, from cycling 40 miles in a day to cycling 5,000km or around 3106 miles in a year. I love cycling because it’s fun working your legs, hips, and ...

Born around 276 B.C. in Cyrene, Libya, Eratosthenes soon became one of the most famous mathematicians of his time. He is best known for making the first recorded measurement of the Earth’s ...

Science teachers in a summer physics class at Southeast Missouri State University relied on shadows Thursday to calculate the Earth's circumference during the summer solstice, the longest day of the ...

MATTAPOISETT, MASS. (WHDH) - A Mattapoisett man is close to completing a decades-long journey to walk the length of the Earth’s circumference. It all started with a doctor’s order in 1988 and now, ...

A San Luis Obispo resident rode the equivalent of the circumference of the Earth on his bike. Tony Murphy took 11 years to ride 24,901 miles on his bike, which is the same as one time around the Earth ...

Sept. 14 (UPI) --An 88-year-old Massachusetts man has walked 24,900 miles, and plans to finish the final mile Oct. 3 to total the circumference of the Earth. Brad Hathaway, 88, of Mattapoisett, said ...

WAYZATA, Minn. (WCCO) --When a Twin Cities man sets a goal, he goes the distance, showing that taking it one step at a time is the way to accomplish a monumental feat. Dick Cottrell, 68, lives at the ...

A 70-year-old man from Limerick is seeking the Guinness World Record for walking the equivalent of the Earth’s circumference in under 1500 days. Vinod Bajaj, from Castletroy, has walked 40,107km ...

ANTELOPE ISLAND — Trading the streets of Ogden for the wide-open spaces of Antelope Island has come easy for bike riding enthusiast Dave Hadley. After doing some recreational riding in the city for ...

An 87-year-old great granddad is walking the circumference of the Earth to raise money for the Alzheimer’s Society. Brian Everett is aiming to walk 24,901 miles before reaching his 90th birthday.