I barely walked: Man who cycled around the world in 79 days
Mark Beaumont, who set a record by circumnavigating the globe on a bicycle in 79 days, said that during the course of his 2.5-month-long journey, he barely walked. Beaumont burnt over 9,000 calories every 24 hours as he crossed countries including Poland, Russia, Mongolia, China, Australia and United States. Britain's Beaumont completed 18,000 miles (29,000 km) in under 80 days.