News that had the potential for disaster turned into just another challenge Friday afternoon for George Hood.
Hood, the Aurora resident pedaling his way toward a Guinness world record for longest stationary bike marathon at the Fry Family YMCA in Naperville, learned that the record he was shooting for had already been broken.
A phone call from Guinness came in earlier this morning alerting the Ride George Ride crew that the record had changed from 132 hours to 175 hours after being broken either Thursday or Friday morning.
Exact details are not known yet, but regardless, Hood announced he was still shooting to break the record and get his name in the Guinness Book of World Records.
"We're going to do this thing and be done with it," Hood said, shortly after learning the news. "I got a fight on my hands right now."
Hood's attempt will now take him to approximately 5 a.m. Monday. He would have broken the old record Saturday morning.
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