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On Sunday, Denise Mueller-Korenek, 45, of Valley Center was officially clocked riding 183.9 miles an hour on a bicycle on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah
Denise Mueller-Korenek holds the women's paced bicycling speed record; now the 45-year-old Encinitas native is aiming to break the men's record of 167 mph