| Fastest 100 miles on a unicycle (May 10, 2006) |
| Fastest 100 miles on a unicycle (May 10, 2006) |
| The current Guinness world record for fastest 100 miles on a unicycle
is held by Takayuki Koike of Kanagawa, Japan. In 1987, he rode 100 miles
in 6 hours, 44 minutes and 21.84 seconds, on a unicycle with a wheel diameter of 42
inches, and did not dismount for the entire distance!
Ken Looi of New Zealand attacked the record on 5 Feb 2005, but failed to break it (he set a new 24 hours distance record though - 378 km). Next year, Zach Warren from the USA will be going for an attempt. On 10 May 2006 (indeed that is a new date!), he plans to circle the Dover International Speedway exactly 100 times - yes, the race track is a calibrated mile. Zach's primary goal is actually not the unicycling Guinness world record itself. He uses the event to raise funds for the Afghan Mini Mobile Circus for Children, a non-profit organisation that relearns children how to play in post-war Afghanistan. This is a genuinely good cause and I hope that many people who read about this will sponsor Zach's record attempt for the benefit of the children of Afghanistan. If you want, you can download this flyer (pdf, one page, 219 kB), print it and display to help spread the word - the more people know about this, the better! |
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A thumbnail of the flyer for this
record attempt =====> |
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Just to avoid misunderstanding: I don't know Zach Warren personally. I read on the internet about his initiative and thought that it deserved broad support. I have e-mailed him about my efforts to distribute this information in the Netherlands (and abroad, since my unicycling website is bilingual), and he said he's very glad with that. More information about the MMCC and Zach's involvement in it, and also about the record, preparations, material, ways of donating money, etc can be found on the dedicated website: |
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