It took him 14.5 days…Īfter a few minor finance hiccups, with people stepping in to help ensure that he could do it. He called it The Leg Stretcher, and he would travel 3500 miles heading off clockwise from London.
He decided to cycle around the coast of the UK to get a feel for the mileage. As people begun to support him in this monumental challenge, he began to form a team, however, he knew he needed to get the miles in with training for this epic ride. As he started putting out the feelers for those wanting to support him.
To do this though he needed a large team of people and an even larger amount of sponsorship. Inspired by the Jules Vern story, Around the World in 80 days, he calculated that he could cycle the required 18,000 miles with the appropriate allowances for transfers between the continents by doing a staggering 240 miles per day. However, Mark had plans to take the record back again, big plans. Since then he has cycled the length of the American and African continents, climbed the odd mountain and tried to row across an ocean. Since then various people had beaten his record and it stood at 123 days and 43 minutes set by the New Zealander Andrew Nicholson for his unsupported circumnavigation in 2015. He managed this unsupported and had 30kg of equipment, clothing and camping gear on his bike. Then Mark Beaumont smashed it by completing the same distance in a staggering 194 days and 17 hours. This is the story of a quite remarkable adventure, by a quite remarkable man.īefore 2008 the record for cycling 18,000 miles stood at 276 days and 19 hours. He then crosses Australia, rides up through New Zealand and across North America before the final 'sprint finish' thorough Portugal, Spain and France, all at over 200 miles a day. It is also an insight into the mind of an elite athlete and the physical limits of the human body, as well as a kaleidoscopic tour of the world from a very unique perspective inspired by Jules Verne’s classic adventure novel, Mark begins his journey in Paris and cycles through Europe, Russia, Mongolia and China. He smashed two Guinness World Records and beat the previous record by an astonishing 45 days.Īround the World in 80 Days is the story of Mark’s amazing achievement - one which redefines the limits of human endurance. Covering more than 18,000 miles and cycling through some of the harshest conditions one man and his bicycle can endure, Mark made history. 78 days, 14 hours and 40 minutes earlier he set off from the same point, beginning his attempt to circumnavigate the world in record time. On Monday 18th September 2017, Mark Beaumont pedalled through the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. The inspiring story of one man's record-breaking cycle around the world.
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