In her excellent blog, Molly Shaffer Van Houweling claims to have inspiration for attempting cycling’s hour record after watching the successful Jens Voigt effort. Encouraged by her “most cycling obsessed member of the Van Houweling household” husband Rob, the initial plan was to attempt a US age group record. After a little research however, it was decided that Molly would go after the US Elite and Pan American Record. The initial record is a great story in itself, and then Molly and her team decided to add another chapter in February, as she attempted to set the bar even higher.
You can find the blog and follow Molly's progress here:
http://www.metromintcycling.com/?news_1425076750
Here is video of Molly's Pan American and US Elite hour record in Mexico.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cySMbF5hRvQ