Seventy-five thousand miles is long enough to cross the United States about 25 times. Long enough to circle the equator — three times.

And for 75 years, 75,000 miles was long enough to be legendary. Or more specifically, it was 75,065 miles — the miles-biked-in-a-year record set by Tommy Godwin in 1939 and never broken since.

But on Monday, a man named Kurt Searvogel pedaled past that mark. On Saturday — the last day of his year of extraordinary biking — he’s pushing towards 76,066, a full thousand miles further than Godwin’s legendary feat.

“He him-haws that 76,000 is good enough,” Alicia Searvogel, Kurt’s wife and and one-woman support team posted on Facebook Saturday morning. “No! He’s done but he’s not done. … 223 MILES TODAY!!!!”

It’s just 223 miles in a day, after all … only 15 miles more than the average daily pace that 53-year-old Searvogel, a.k.a. Tarzan, has maintained since Jan 10, 2015.

How exactly do you go about biking 75,000 miles in a year? “Only A Game,” at member station WBUR, spoke to Searvogel and shared a day in the life of a man tackling the HAM’R — the Highest Annual Mileage Record:

” ‘Normally I’ll wake up around 5:00 and get some breakfast,’ Searvogel said, ‘and be on the bike around 6:00, pretty much ride until about 8:00 or 9:00 at night. Keep it to a 14-15 hour day and then — and then get enough sleep to keep going for the next day.’

“This has been Searvogel’s schedule for 365 days in a row. Wake up. Ride 200 miles. Upload the data from his GPS. Eat and sleep.”

Searvogel’s planned itinerary called for a “rest and recovery” day every seventh day: a mere 176 miles. But his records show he usually blew past 200 even on those “rest” days.

It was an eventful year. Searvogel got in two collisions with cars, was diagnosed with asthma, had a heart scare, traveled through eight states and went through multiple bikes, the Tampa Bay Times reports. And in October, he and Alicia, his crew chief from the start of the journey, were married. He still clocked 175 miles that day.

Searvogel’s not the only one avidly pursuing the HAM’R. The record first set by Godwin — a vegetarian Brit who battled foul weather and World War II food rationing, in a feat well worth reading about over at WBUR — is also being chased by Steve Abraham. Abraham was hit by a moped and broke his ankle — but kept riding. He restarted the year counter in August and is continuing his effort.

But for now the HAM’R is Searvogel’s, and the only question is how high he’ll push the record mark.

The final stretch is a ride from Jupiter, Fla., to St. Augustine, Alicia Searvogel said on Facebook. You can watch Kurt Searvogel’s progress through his GPS tracker.

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A former St. Louis Cardinals director for baseball development, Chris Correa, pleaded guilty to five counts of unauthorized access to protected information on the Houston Astros, including scouting and injury reports, trade discussions and draft rankings.

According to the Department of Justice, Correa, 35, admitted that from March 2013 through at least March 2014, when he was in charge of scouting for the Cardinals, he illicitly accessed the Astros’ online database, called Ground Control, as well as email accounts of people in the Astros organization to obtain proprietary data.

Each count carries a maximum possible sentence of five years in federal prison and a possible $250,000 fine.

A Justice Department statement said:

“In one instance, Correa was able to obtain an Astros employee’s password because that employee has previously been employed by the Cardinals. When he left the Cardinals organization, the employee had to turn over his Cardinals-owned laptop to Correa along with the laptop’s password. Having that information, Correa was able to access the now-Astros employee’s Ground Control and e-mail accounts using a variation of the password he used while with the Cardinals.”

Federal investigators began looking into a possible breach this summer. It became apparent that the hack may have had something to do with the Cardinals’ familiarity with a former executive, Jeff Luhnow, who had gone to work for the Astros.

As we reported at the time:

“Luhnow became the Astros’ general manager in late 2011; prior to that, he was a vice president in the Cardinals organization, focusing on evaluating players. A report Tuesday by The New York Times says investigators suspect the Cardinals broke into the Astros’ network of special databases where the team kept ‘discussions about trades, proprietary statistics and scouting reports.’

“The information compiled by Luhnow could be particularly valuable — he’s a former business consultant whose analytical approach was credited with modernizing how the Cardinals evaluated talent. Despite being a divisive figure, he rose to lead the team’s scouting department.”

“Unauthorized computer intrusion is not to be taken lightly,” U.S. attorney Kenneth Magidson said in the DOJ statement. “Whether it’s preserving the sanctity of America’s pastime or protecting trade secrets, those that unlawfully gain proprietary information by accessing computers without authorization must be held accountable for their illegal actions.”

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When the Seattle Seahawks play the Minnesota Vikings for a National Football Conference wild card playoff spot on Sunday, the temperature in Minneapolis is expected to be around zero degrees.

There’s been speculation that the frigid weather could give an edge to the home team because the Seahawks are accustomed to a more mild climate (as Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman told The Seattle Times, “There’s no simulating zero degrees”), but the bigger concern may be keeping the fans warm.

NFL teams employ a number of methods to keep their players as toasty as possible, from state-of-the art apparel to heated benches. Fans, on the other hand, are usually, well, left out in the cold. But for Sunday’s game, the Vikings’ front office is taking steps to mitigate the effects of freezing temperatures on folks in the stands.

The team said in a press release that it will do the following to “keep fans safe”:

• Free hand warmers will be distributed to those who need them. The team is encouraging all fans to also bring their own.

• Caribou Coffee will provide free coffee in the Fan Zone located outside the stadium.

• Beginning at 9:00 a.m., a nearby arena will be open and available as a pregame warming house for fans.

The team is also encouraging fans to bring blankets as well as “styrofoam, cardboard or newspapers to place under their feet” in the stadium.

“We know Minnesotans are resilient when it comes to cold weather and unified when it comes to the Vikings, so we view this Sunday’s game as a rallying moment,” Vikings owner Mark Wilf said in a statement. “At the same time, we want our fans to be smart and safe when they are supporting the team, and we are taking a few extra steps to assist in that effort this Sunday.”

Perhaps not surprisingly, there are still plenty of tickets left for Sunday’s showdown. As The Times reported on Tuesday, more than 12,000 seats were available for the game (as of Tuesday), more than twice as many as the 5,000 to 6,000 remaining for the three other wild card games.

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