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AUSTRALIA OVER……NEW ZEALAND TODAY

Hi, this is Alan. I am happy to finnish Australia. Really tired but ready to carry on. I just want to firstly thank the support team of May, Noi,Simon, Yanyong,Mourad and Julia for all their hard work so far. Mourad and Julia will continue across the USA with me, to be joined by Ajarn John. [...]

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Video Day 1 – Alan’s Birthday

For more videos check out our video page and youtube channel

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Generous Hospitality and Frog Legs

A 7 am start and five hours later Alan and the team stopped for the regular pit stop. Thailand has so many wonderful food stalls especially on the motorway, serving up tasty treats such as spicy omelets and Frog Pad Ka Pow (honestly). Unlike road stops in Europe, which are typically large, concrete, bland, industrious [...]

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440 KM in the first 24 hours!

440 Km in 24 Hours! Alan’s first day set off with a dramatic start at the Grand Palace in Bangkok. Swarmed by camera crews and press Alan was shuffled from spot to spot doing interviews after interviews with the local pap. One would think there was a celebrity doing the challenge  and not a sports [...]

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A special note from the community

Today we received a wonderful message of support that really summed up why this event is important to Alan and the Thai community. We really love to here support like this from anyone, and will endeavor to post fan messages when we can. Once again Thanks to everybody who has lent a hand to this [...]

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New video documentary on Thai TV

Alan had a number of Thai TV film crews visit him in the last few months, to help boost awareness and promote the record attempt. The first two parts are posted below with more coming soon. You can always check out our youtube channel for more videos as they come available. Alan describes his love [...]

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Nation Multimedia article on previous record

Alan Bate looks a little weary as he walks into Starbucks at Central World Plaza. But that’s to be expected as this yellow-shirted Brit is suffering from “bike-lag”, the result of having spent 29 hours and 15 minutes in the saddle pedalling from Phuket to Bangkok. Yet he’s managing to sit and walk normally, although [...]

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Letter of endorsement from the Kings Foundation of Thailand

A letter confirming the Kings Foundation of Thailand endorsement for the world record attempt, which was provided by the The Anniversary Foundation of King Rama 9

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