Rhodes Rage
Posted by Concept2 News on the 11th of October 2001
I hurt and I'm in pain. So spake Neil Rhodes when we spaked to him in Sainsbury's yesterday. Not because he'd just bumped into a faux-Cockney 'geezer' chef riding a Lambretta and wittering pukka repeatedly, but because that was one of the venues for his attempt to row one million metres in as fast a time as possible.No stranger to the distance, Neil chalked a million metres up in eight and a half days last October. Spurred back into the saddle by the example of Weybridge Rowing Club's Nigel Gower, who this April covered the distance in seven days, four hours, 44 minutes and 21 seconds, he's aiming for a time of less than a week.After warming up with 101,000 metres on Monday and 150,000 metres on Tuesday, Neil chugged through 161,000 metres on Wednesday, and was looking to do the same everyday until Saturday, before finishing off on Sunday morning. As well as getting an incredibly sore bottom, Neil will also be raising money for the Sussex Oncology Fund.