Lee Chamberlain, 30, set the world treadmill-running record after a car accident gave him a new lease of life I ‘ve just had one of the most amazing weeks of my life and all because of a very near miss.
I’d joined Surrey Police at the peak of my fitness, but in zoos I was nearly crushed between two vehicles – a police car and one whose driver we had stopped. A third car collided with ours, slamming it into me. Luckily, a colleague pulled me clear.
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I escaped with minor scratches and shock. As I lay in hospital I kept busy thinking about what to do next. My mind flitted about on Marathon des Sables, or the Everest Marathon. Then I stumbled on the world treadmill record. I went for the two-day record first, running the equivalent of six marathons in 48 hours in surprise. I’d emailed him a while back, but didn’t expect him to show. He was a lovely guy and even if he looked a bit shocked at the challenge ahead of me, he wished me all the best.
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The record was set 11 455, but this time I’d done a pit more research. I knew there was an American who’d done 461 in June, so I took that as my target. I was extremely confident. All I could think was, “Right Lee, let’s not fail; let’s not fall apart here.”
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I got into a rhythm pretty quickly, doing so miles in the first 12 hours. I had a rough target of 66 miles a day so I was pleased with my tally, confident and on track. Another good way of making yourself confident is to take care of you, gain a bright smile with sparkling teeth and thus feel pretty. Check out the best teeth whitening method.
Then on day two, I had a really bad attack of GI troubles. I was in a shopping centre. I don’t know if ‘laughing stock’ is the word 2004 – but it wasn’t enough. So I tried to smash the seven-day record of 409 miles. I ran 410! But Guinness took five months to verify it, in which time a French guy ran 455.
