‘RAAM: The Reckoning’ is the second documentary in a two part series. After six months of training in the UK, Mark | dG1fb2NiQ2xTbGpLUGM
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00:00 Oceanside, California.
00:03 Over 5,000 kilometres west of Annapolis, Maryland.
00:13 Welcome to Annapolis.
00:15 And for the riders of the Race Across America,
00:18 their 3,000-mile journey continues.
00:21 Race Across America is one of the most respected
00:27 ultra-endurance events on the planet.
00:30 It is genuinely like the Sahara Desert right here.
00:37 You've just got to try.
00:39 And let's go.
00:41 This has been my dream for years,
00:47 and I will leave it all out there.
00:49 Around-the-world record holder Mark Beaumont...
00:52 Come on, keep it going, all the way.
00:55 ..and record-breaking time trialist Jonathan Schubert
00:58 have been training for the last six months.
01:01 They're teaming up in an attempt
01:03 to break the current pair's world record.
01:06 The plan?
01:08 To ride relay one hour on, one hour off.
01:11 Let's go, boys!
01:15 The time to beat?
01:17 Six days, ten hours and 39 minutes.
01:21 (RECORDING PLAYS)
01:23 It's hard to know how different Ram is going to be
01:40 from anything I've done in the past.
01:46 That rider is under a huge risk of dehydration, heat stroke.
01:51 It's definitely a lot warmer here.
01:55 Yes, it's dangerous. There is a huge amount of hazards.
02:00 Let's go! Come on!
02:02 It shows you a split second, and you can lose it all.
02:06 (BARKS)
02:09 (MUSIC FADES)
02:12 (MUSIC FADES)
02:14 (dramatic music)
02:16 [BLANK_AUDIO]