A Loughborough academic was in a crew that rowed between Romania and Georgia in nine days, 18 hours
A crew featuring a university lecturer believe they have broken the world record for rowing across the Black Sea.
Dr Danny Longman, from Loughborough University, Leicestershire, completed the challenge with Roland Burr, Alex Dumbrava and Gregg Botterman. The team covered the 745-mile distance between Romania and Georgia in nine days, 18 hours, beating the previous record of 11 days, six hours.The team rowed with a two-hour shift pattern, day and night, meaning they did not sleep for more than 60 or 70 minutes during the row."It's very much a mental game with these endurance events. But everyone got stuck in and did really well."They didn't believe we didn't have an engine and ordered us to vacate some territorial waters.
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