Determined Doyle closing in on landmark
A tough daily training programme and continuous repetitiveness of pushing the body and mind finally paid off for Warwickshire endurance athlete Paddy Doyle.
Doyle secured his place in the history books by breaking Pakistani and Indian martial arts World Records plus gym circuit training feats. Increasing his career total to 986 fitness endurance challenges covering thirteen different sporting categories. The results were. Four cross country speed marches carrying 46.58 lbs backpack over Barston Village Solihull permanent footpaths completing the following times. 5km. 26 min. 02.87 sec, 5.5km. 32 min. 02 sec, 6km. 41 min. 11 sec, 7km. 52 min.48 sec. "I was feeling the tiredness at this stage but my support team got behind me which helped me beat and set more documented sporting challenges." The following week four more punch strike World Records were set, holding hand weights, striking a martial arts punch dummy . 302 punches in 30 seconds holding two 1kg dumbbells in each hand. 284 punches holding two 4kg dumbbells in 30 seconds, 582 contact punch strikes in one minute holding 1kg weights (British & European Record), and finally 491 punches in one minute holding two 4kg dumbbells in each hand beating the previous holder Ismail Khan (Pakistan) World Record of 341. Over fourteen days later Doyle was aiming more martial arts endurance titles. The appointed stewards were ready to film and record him break the following World Records, the final results were . 576 karate chest level punches hitting a punch dummy in one minute, beating Asia Book of Records World Record Holder Rohit Sidarm (India) World Record of 219, 146 left hook punches with 2 kg wrist weight on wrist in 30 sec's, beating International Book of World Records Holder Raj Choudhury (India) World Record of 136, 274 punches in 30 sec's beating International Book of Records Holder Sreehari Pillal (India) record of 252, 652 martial arts triple punches hitting punch dummy in 2 mins, beating Asia Book of Records World Record Holder Anand Babulal (India) record of 361, 574 fullcontact punches in 1 min holding two 1.5kg dumbbells in each hand, 546 fullcontact punches in 1 min holding 2.5kg dumbbells in each hand. "it has been worth the blood sweat and injuries to reach my career 986 strength speed stamina challenges and World Records, many have been beaten over the years but I am happy that I have inspired many current serving armed forces personnel and veterans to achieve their dreams, a big thank you to all of my support team crew who voluntarily gibe their time to back me." Kevin Brown President of Official Record Breakers UK sai: "I just wanted to take a moment to share my admiration for Paddy Doyle , an outstanding endurance athlete and true warrior. As a former Olympian, I feel incredibly privileged to know this incredible human being.
"I have never seen anyone achieve so much in the World of sports record-breaking, it looks like Paddy will be the first human ever to reach 1,000 World Records and documented physical fitness challenges covering thirteen different sporting categories. As President of Official Record Breakers we are immensely proud to support him all the way. Keep up the fantastic work, Paddy! Thank you once again for your previous service in the military. Best regards Kevin Brown."