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hackingonempty • yesterday at 5:32 PM • 5 replies • view on HN

...and his widow, Harriet Fell, is a CS Professor (emerita) at Northeastern[0], and an accomplished cyclist who completed Paris-Brest-Paris (a 1200km ride and to qualify you have to complete 200km, 300km, 400km, and 600km rides in the 8 months leading up to it.)

0: https://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/fell/

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foco_tubi • yesterday at 5:47 PM

For PBP2027 you have all of 2026, as well as 2027 leading up to registration, to complete the required BRMs.

I'm riding my qualifying 300k tomorrow!

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djmips • today at 1:27 AM

Let's hear it for Harriet! Keeping the website going. I wonder if it has a long term plan?

steve_adams_86 • yesterday at 7:42 PM

I tried qualifying for PBP with some friends and we were fried on the 600. We did some longer rides, but never so intensively and without rest. Such good times. Maybe one day (likely when my kids are grown) I'll try again. I still dream of eating so much French food after annihilating myself on a bicycle. It sound incredible.

bobchadwick • yesterday at 7:00 PM

I'm never going to ride in the Paris-Brest-Paris, but someday I'm gonna make a Paris-Brest pastry: https://www.seriouseats.com/paris-brest-pate-a-choux-with-pr...

rindalir • yesterday at 9:06 PM

I TA’ed for Harriet, she’s awesome!