Barry Dickson

Interview

Previous Glocknerman-participations: 0
Size (cm): 176
Weight (kg): 75
Training kilometers/ year: 15,000
Bicycle: BMC SLR01

Previous achievements
5th (1st in age group), 24hr time trial world championship, 2014
2nd, Race Across Oregon 2015
2nd (1st in age group), Natchez Trace 444, 2015
4th (1st in age group), 24hr time trial world championship, 2015
2nd (1st in age group), Texas RAAM Challenge 500, 2018
1st, Bessie's Creek Gulf Coast 514, 2018

How did you get into extreme cycling?
Exploring Austria while living in Vienna

What were your most beautiful and hardest bike experiences?
Most beautiful: Haute Route events in Dolomites and Alps, 1000k brevet through Glacier and Yellowstone National Parks in Montana and Wyoming. Midnight rides during midsummer in around Tromso, Norway.
Hardest: Race Across Oregon 2015, endless climbing in scorching temperatures.

At Glocknerman, a large proportion of participants do not always reach the goal. Why are you convinced that you belong to the finisher?
I don't give up easily

How do you motivate yourself for a challenge like the Glocknerman?
Are you kidding? Mountains, cycling, teamwork, adventure,.... That doesn't need any extra motivation.

How do you prepare for the Glocknerman?
Inadequately

How do you manage to endure extreme stress?
What stress?