When George Hood climbs aboard his yellow LeMond RevMaster spin bike on Sunday, he pledges to remain on it for 300 hours. He'll take the periodic short breaks allowed by the Guinness Book of World Records, but otherwise he will be there pumping his legs through 1.7 million rotations.
He'll be chasing something without ever moving from the stage set up in a former furniture store in west suburban Chicago. Hood hopes to recapture the Guinness mark for the "longest static cycling marathon," which sits at 192 hours, set in January 2009 in Belgium by Mehrzad Shirvani.
A 52-year-old personal trainer in Aurora, Ill., Hood already broke the record twice. His first record ride lasted 111 hours, 11 minutes and 11 seconds, and his second was a personal-best 177:45, which he did in May 2008.
But now he wants to obliterate the mark by staying on his spin bike for 12½ days as part of the Ride IV Reasons event.