Who Is Mark Beaumont? British Man Cycled Around The World In 79 Days

British cyclist Mark Beaumont on Monday broke the world record for cycling around the world by a staggering difference of 44 days. Beaumont completed the 18,032-mile journey in 78 days, 14 hours and 40 minutes.

The 34-year-old cyclist from Perthshire, who was expected to return from his journey on Sept.19, arrived a day before the scheduled time at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, cycling an average of 240 miles per day.

Beaumont had previously held the same record after completing the journey in 194 days in 2008; after which the record has been broken several times. The last one was set at 123 days by Andrew Nicholson of New Zealand in 2015.

It was on April 3, that Mark announced the Artemis World Cycle, his next record breaking quest to cycle around the world in 80 days.

In order to achieve the target, he covered an average of 240 miles per day and rode for more than 16 hours a day, sleeping only for five hours each night, BBC reported.

According to the Independent, his latest world record-breaking journey was undertaken to raise money for Orkidstudio, a social initiative based in Kenya that work for different communities around the world by providing them with innovative infrastructure.

Beaumont, born on Jan. 1, 1983, is a cyclist, documentary filmmaker, author, adventurer, and broadcaster. Beaumont was homeschooled and has a graduate degree in politics from the University of Glasgow. However, he has always been an adventurer, and at the age of 15 completed a solo trip from Land's End to John o' Groats, the whole length of the island of Great Britain between two extremities, the southwest, and northeast, on a bicycle. The traditional distance by road being 874 miles.

The cyclist started on his record-breaking spree in the year 2008, when he successfully broke the world record for a circumnavigational bike tour of the world.

He completed the journey on the 18,000-mile route — riding through 20 countries across Europe, the Middle East, India, Asia, Australasia and North America — in 194 days. Beaumont also raised £18,000 for charity through the ride.

Beaumont has also featured in two BBC documentaries so far, "The Man who Cycled the World" in August 2008 which was also nominated for a Scottish BAFTA and "The Man who Cycled the Americas" in May 2010.

Apart from this, Beaumont is also a published author with his first book, "The Man who Cycled the World," being the best-selling cycling book in the U.K. for 2010 and 2011. He has also written two other books, "The Man Who Cycled The Americas" and "Africa Solo: My World Record Race from Cairo to Cape Town."

Talking about his inspiration, Beaumont said that Jules Verne's classic adventure novel “Around the World In Eighty Days” motivated him to embark on the adventure.

Speaking to BBC about his experience, he said, “This has been, without doubt, the most punishing challenge I have ever put my body and mind through. The physical and mental stamina required for each day was a challenge in itself, but I had an amazing support team around me.”

Elated after completing the journey, he wrote on his Facebook account, “Officially made it around the world in 78 days, 14 hours and 40 minutes with two Guinness World Records. Thank you for the amazing support teams and support from the followers throughout the journey. We've done it!!”