A Dragon Boat team from Oxfordshire has raced into the record books after paddling 109 miles in 24 hours, comfortably beating the existing world record by 4.4km.
The adrenaline-fuelled challenge took place on Derwent Water in the Lake District, and was almost halted by high winds, causing the event to be postponed for four hours.
One competitor from the 20-man team, David Buckland, commented on the gruelling nature of the challenge:
“It was daunting.
“Although we knew we had to keep going for 24 hours we didn’t know how we’d perform so it was a real step into the unknown.
“We were worried about the high winds returning and scuppering our attempt at the finish line and having to contend with rowing through backwashes from passenger ferries.
“We were also worried about capsizing the boat especially in the dark as it would have scuppered the record.
“It was just relentless, we were all running on adrenaline.”
Let's just hope they packed their life jackets!
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