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According to a press release, Shubert has his eyes set on maybe his most difficult feat of physical endurance to date on February 11. He will try to cycle 1,300km from south Muscat to Salalah.
The existing record for this distance is six days. Shubert plans to set the record now in below 48 hours. Between March 2013 and March 2014, he embarked on an unassisted, 30,000km circumnavigation of the globe by bicycle passing via 29 nations, 3 continents, which integrated all extremes of climate and terrain.
Only 3 weeks right after finishing his round the planet expedition, Shubert fulfilled yet another life dream: Cycling an unparalleled 835km in a single day to grow to be the 2014 British 24hr time trial champion. After moving to the Middle East and an 18-month hiatus from the sport of cycling, Shubert returned to British lengthy-distance championships setting national records and medaling in each 12 and 24hr championships.
Shubert is embarking on this challenge to assistance ‘Lifting Hands International’, a non-government organisation that gives help to Iraq’s Yazidi neighborhood surviving without having simple provisions. Describing the motivation behind this challenge, Shubert mentioned, “After living and operating in the Middle East, I really feel compelled to do one thing to assist folks afflicted by the terrible conflicts that play out in this area of the planet.
“As a former British 24hr national cycling champion and round the world cyclist, it only seems appropriate that I support Lifting Hands International in the best way I know how: By riding my bicycle.” Ahead of his new planet-record try, Shubert will be featured on ub-cool TALKS exactly where he speaks about his endurance cycling expertise. The record try can be followed on the ub-cool.com web site with reside tracking, as effectively as reside InstaStories @ub.cool.
Information Source: Muscat Daily
