PEOPLE GOING BEYOND
Lee Chamberlain – Treadmill World Record!
On 25th July at 08.07 I received a text from Lee which said “this has been the hardest morning of my life...13 miles left still..Still hopeful!” I had left him the previous evening with a Saturday target of 38 miles to clinch the World Record, in the end he did closer to 45 miles and in so doing set a new standard of 468.04 miles. 
His attempt didn’t get off top the smoothest of starts as he had a bout of tummy trouble on the second day and did some of his fastest running to the loo! This meant that instead of having miles in the bag after two days (Plan A) he was always playing catch up, in the end though he did brilliantly setting a new world standard
To find out more visit Lee's web site via the link at the bottom of the page or via
On 25th July at 08.07 I received a text from Lee which said “this has been the hardest morning of my life...13 miles left still..Still hopeful!” I had left him the previous evening with a Saturday target of 38 miles to clinch the World Record, in the end he did closer to 45 miles and in so doing set a new standard of 468.04 miles.
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Lee spent approximately 18 to 20 hours in every 24 hour period on the machine, running about 3 marathons a day - every day for 7 days, aiming for 18 to 21 marathons during the week. For anyone that has spent any time on a treadmill you can appreciate that boredom is an issue, as Lee says “I love a challenge and I love the mental challenge just as much as the physical”.
He had a camp bed in his area in the shopping centre where he got 3 to 4 hours of sleep a day so this was by any estimation a pretty punishing schedule he had set himself
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His attempt didn’t get off top the smoothest of starts as he had a bout of tummy trouble on the second day and did some of his fastest running to the loo! This meant that instead of having miles in the bag after two days (Plan A) he was always playing catch up, in the end though he did brilliantly setting a new world standard
To find out more visit Lee's web site via the link at the bottom of the page or via
www.leechamberain.co.uk
MIKE BUSS – Beyond Impossible
Mike Buss former Army Physical Training Instructor with the British Army is currently on a mission to break 20 World Endurance Records in Just 12months!
Mike started his record breaking onslaught on the 3rd Oct 09 at his local shopping mall (Brunel Shopping Centre Swindon) where he successfully broke both the 24hr and 48hr world distance record on a treadmill carrying a 40lbs pack.
Mike is now currently training for the next records which include taking on Lee Chamberlin’s 7day treadmill world record of 468.04miles, running up the Empire State Building, running continuously for 6days without sleep and the spin bike marathon to name just a few.
Between all these world record attempts Mike is finding time to also take on some of the UKs toughest Ultra Races including our very own GB Trans Britain 6day Ultra (156miles).
Mikes goals beyond breaking world records is to raise £100,000 for Help for Heroes by Christmas 2010 and £1,000,000 by 2014 by continuing to break 20 world records each year and to take on many of the world’s toughest Ultras such as Badwater and Marathon Des Sables.
Mike’s drive to raise such money and to put himself through immense physical pain comes from being injured by an IRA car bomb which left him deaf in one ear and medically discharged. Mike found it his toughest battle to survive in civvy street and eventually found himself homeless on the streets of London. Mike however remembered an article about another ex-soldier Paddy Doyle who took to breaking world fitness records and became the Worlds Fittest Man at one stage, Mike felt he could do this and at the same time use it in a positive way for others in similar situations to himself.
So began Mike’s Ultra Endurance World Record Breaking career that has seen him break over 30 world records including continuously cycling on an indoor spin bike for 96hrs.
You can find out more about Mike by logging onto www.mike-buss.com
If you would like to make a donation to Mikes chosen charity Help for Heroes then log on to www.justgiving.com/mikes-worldrecords
