1 week until start

Guinness has alot of rules. One of the rule for the longest triathlon is when I start I can not stop. I need to do the activity every day until finish.Because I will do a circle I need to finish at least 1 circle. That is what makes record like this difficult.  This is ok next 3 months but when I do my later running leg of my duathlon it will be hot in miami. I have not thouhgt it to the end but will probably need to do some of the running part during the night.

media strategy

My strategy will be to have small but good media coverage first 1 month. If the media like to speak to me during that time they are welcome but i will not use my PR company much the first month. At the end of the second month I will finish the running part and start the cycling. Then I will put the PR system in action. And the media coverage will increase from there to the finish. And then again after the 10 week period that Guinness takes to analyse my data giving me the certificate.

Why blogging?

One of the requirements from Guinness world record is to do a diary each day of the record attempt. This blog will be the diary that i will send to them.

Change of my thought process

I am now preparing for my record attempt. Buing stuff i need and i can not buy while I am on the road. 40 cases of water for example. My storage room is full of water cases now. I will use 1 bike for this record. i will use my spezialized shiv as my main bike. Then I will use trek 520 touring bike if I get some mechanical issues with the shiv. Then I will use a junk bike from amazon that I got 10 years ago if the other 2 will have a mechanical. i will pick up my treck today. Yesterday I was planning how to get there. Then i had idea. I just run to the bike shop. It is only 10 miles away. Then I ride back. So today my running training will be to get my bike and my riding training will be riding it back.

week until the start

training has been great. No big problems.I will use a 10 mile circle for the running and cycling route. 

2 weeks until start

Starting in 2 weeks. I have put everything together of the equipments I need to use because of the record attempt. I have created the route. I need a surveior to measure the route but Bob Williams fellow cyclist from the construction industry is asking around in his social network. I have 150 days to do that so it is still more than enough time. Adante cycling on old cutler road will be my witness on the running and cycling part. Belen Valladares will be my witness too. Thanks alot for this. I have been running alot and I feel good in my legs. I will use next 2 weeks to adjust my life so I can do activities most of the time for few months. I am looking for charity to support

I am feeling strange quietness from people.  I think most people dont realize how big this is. It is 4155 miles. With 810 miles of running and 120 miles of swimming. This is 2 world record attempts. 1) Longest Triathlon in the world. 2) Longest duathlon in the world.

drinking while running

My usual running day is 4-5 hours. I am slow. So what I will be using on my runs is cycling jersey with food in the pockets and water bottles. I will finish running in april. Then cycling. The hydration on my cycling is as usual. 2 water bottles on my bike and some food in my pockets. cycling will take 2 months. So when i start the running part of the duathlon it will be hot in Maimi in jun. So I am planning to run then with a hydro pack. I have used hydro pack doing cycling. First time using it running.

Thougths

My best part is cycling and swimming. My weakest part is running. I did 2300 mile run 2006 but have not done much running after that until now. This is a long distance record with many rules. One of the rule is after you start you can not stop. You can not take a day off for rest or in bad weather. You need to do as much as you can every day. If you can not do your activity one day you are out and you need to start again. 

One more thing. I feel that people are quiet now about this. Reason for this is probably people think I can not do it. I can asure you that I have a 2300 mile ride and 2300 mile run under my belt and last summer I did a 100 mile swim. So I am cabable to do this. I am not fast and my body does not look like athlete but is is made  for a long distance activities.And my mind too. On long activities I go into a zone where my focus is on finishing.

training run

Did a training run wit everything I will use on the record attempt. Looks ok. I am stronger now and by body is adjusting to run for a long time. 

test run

Did a test run tonight with full system that I will use next few months. I was with gopro camera on my head in head band. I use usb cable from my camera on my head to a charger in my jersey. It looks interesting and people looked strangely at me. It worked well. Tomotrrow I will run larger distance with this system.