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A father-of-three with terminal brain cancer hopes to set a world record by cycling further than anyone undergoing chemotherapy ever has before, to encourage fellow patients to “enjoy life”. Robert Seaward, 38, is undergoing chemotherapy for a brain tumour which was diagnosed in January 2023, called oligodendroglioma. Despite this, Mr Seaward, who lives in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, has chosen to “enjoy his life” and is on a mission to set a Guinness World Record (GWR) for the “longest bicycle ride while on a chemotherapy cycle”.

Over the next three weeks he will cycle more than 1,500 miles from Weymouth, Dorset, to London, via Liverpool, Manchester, Blackpool and Manchester. The idea for the record attempt follows an incident last week when he began stuttering at home, before being admitted to hospital. He feared he was having a seizure, but was told by doctors that was not the case.



“That could have been an aneurysm that just switched me off or it could have been a seizure that did take me out,” Mr Seaward, told the PA news agency. “Instead, I’ve walked out of there healthy, happy and still being able to enjoy life with my family, so it gave me a fire in my belly to seize the moment and do this cycle.” Mr Seaward cycled 200 miles from his home in Buckinghamshire to Paris in October 2023 to watch the Rugby World Cup final.

His family – wife Shelley, 35, and their children Seth, 11, Finley, nine, and Esme, seven – were “shocked” that he decided to .

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