Lee Fancourt is attempting to break the Land’s End to John O’Groats and back record, a distance of 1776 miles
The route starts from Land’s End, the southern tip of the UK and goes up to the northern most tip of Scotland.
The current record was set in 2010 by Ben Rockett (see the video below) and stands at five days, 21 hours 8 minutes
According to Cycling Weekly:
Fancourt comes into the challenge on the back of cycling through seven European countries in the space of 24 hours, finishing last Monday.
His trip took him through Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia and saw him cover 323 miles in the day.
Full Story: CyclingWeekly.co.uk
You can follow Fancourt’s ride on his website