From the 1st May - 10th May 2010 4 friends,Stuart Galbraith,Darren Shearer and Sean Bauer and will be cycling from Lands End to John O Groats to raise money for the Arthritis Research UK (formerly Arthritis Research Campaign).www.arc.org.uk
The fourth member of the team is Ross Cathcart who will be driving our support vehicle along the route. The route we have mapped out covers approx 1000 miles which means we will be aiming to complete 100 miles a day! Quite a challenge!
We have set up this website so that we can document our progress in the lead up to May and also we will have regular updates on the training, photos and a daily diary of the event itself. Dates are now confirmed see Route page.
So now you can watch with interest to see how the training goes, send any messages of encouragement and more importantly see if we will be able to go the distance???
There has been thousands of attempts over the years from the weird to the wonderful some successful some not, below is a list of the records that stand to date.
HISTORY AND RECORD BREAKERS
Travelling from Land's End to John O'Groats (or the other way) - an 'end to end' - is not a totally modern idea, there are records dating back to the 1800's. Over the years, the trip has been done by many tens of thousands of people and in a number of amazing ways, however, it is a unique challenge and quite an incredible achievement.
Methods of Transport
The most popular forms of transport are walking, driving or cycling but it has also been done by a Harrier Jump Jet, turbo charged JCB digger, wheelchairs, 'celebrity cars' and a motorised bath tub. Someone even posted himself and literally became 1st class mail!
Record Breakers
Cycling Records
Bicycle
|
Year
|
Rider(s)
|
Days
|
Hours
|
Mins
|
Secs
|
Men Single
|
2001
|
G Butler
|
1
|
20
|
4
|
20
|
Women Single
|
2002
|
L E A Taylor
|
2
|
04
|
45
|
11
|
Men Tandem
|
1966
|
PM Swindon & W J Withers
|
2
|
02
|
14
|
25
|
Women Tandem
|
|
Standard to be beaten
|
3
|
12
|
00
|
00
|
Mixed Tandem
|
2000
|
A Wilkinson & Miss L E A Taylor
|
2
|
03
|
19
|
23
|
Tricycle
|
Year
|
Rider(s)
|
Days
|
Hours
|
Mins
|
Secs
|
Men Single
|
1992
|
R Dadswell
|
2
|
05
|
29
|
01
|
Women Single
|
|
Standard to be beaten
|
4
|
12
|
00
|
00
|
Men Tandem
|
1954
|
A Crimes & J F Arnold
|
2
|
04
|
26
|
00
|
Women Tandem
|
|
Standard to be beaten
|
4
|
00
|
00
|
00
|
Mixed Tandem
|
|
Standard to be beaten
|
3
|
07
|
00
|
00
|
Unicycle Record
The unicycle record for the Lands End to John O' Groats journey as far as my records show is held by Michael Arets and Mike Day who traveled 880 miles, in 14 days 12 hours and 41 minutes between 27th August and 10th September 1986.
Youngest Cyclist
To date the youngest known end to end cyclist is Bow Jango Cann aged seven and nine months who on the 21st July 2002 took the record form his brother Capability Jack Cann aged eight who had earned the title only ten seconds before. They did the trip in 22 days unaided using their own bikes, they rode with their teenage sisters and their parents Jim and Sam.
Recumbent
A Wilkinson who also holds the mixed tandem record currently holds the record for a recumbent end to end; he completed the trip in 41 hours and 2 minutes.
Records by Foot
Running Record
Andi Rivett holds the record for running from Land's End to John O'Groats; he completed the journey in an amazing 9 days and 2 hours knocking a whole day off the record.
In July 2004 Bryce Alford who competed on TV's Hercules (BBC) attempted to break the record for the Land's End to John O'Groats record. His aim was to complete the journey in 8 days and 20 hours. Unfortunately after completing the equivalent of 4 marathons in 24 hours he had to stop due to hip and knee injuries.
Youngest Walker
As far as the available records show the youngest person to walk the journey is Joe Lambert, who was only nine at the time and suffering from diabetes. He did the walk with his parents and his brother in 1993, it took them 40 days averaging 22 miles a day. They raised £5,000 for diabetes research.
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