He has his place in history — Greg Kolodziejzyk currently holds two records in the Guinness Book of World Records. Greg is an ultraendurance athlete, 12 time Ironman finisher and has qualified to compete at the Ironman world championships in Hawaii. He has completed over a dozen marathons and qualified for Boston marathon twice. No person has ever traveled
farther under their own power in one day on land or water than Greg.He owns two Guinness World records for human powered distance: in July of 2006 he pedaled his human powered vehicle 647 miles (1041.24 km) in 24 hours, and in September of 2008, Greg pedaled his human powered boat 152.3 miles (245.16 km) in 24 hours.

A page in the Record Books was something he dreamed of from a young age. But, his journey has taken this adventurer to the absolute limits of human power. And,
he hopes his journeys will bring attention to some important causes in Canada and across the world…
obesity and the environment!

Currently, nearly 2 out of 3 North Americans are overweight or obese and this epidemic is costing Canadian tax payers nearly 5.8 billion
dollars a year in health care. One of the major causes of the obesity epidemic is our sedentary lifestyle and our increasing reliance on the automobile. Canada burns 2.5 million barrels of oil per day, and in the process, we are damaging our environment beyond repair.

“I want to inspire people to get active. Not only is using your human power good for the environment, but most importantly, it’s good for YOU!”

— His next goal: 3000 miles across the Pacific Ocean by human power!! Greg now plans to turn his passion for human power to the sea in a challenge he calls “Pedal the Ocean”.

Greg will set out to accomplish what no person in history has ever done: to pedal 4500 km across the Pacific Ocean from Canada to Hawaii in a specially designed human powered boat that he calls “WiTHiN” – in less than 40 days. WiTHiN will be a fully faired self-righting pedal powered boat capable of high speed in good conditions and maintaining way in adverse weather conditions. The
boat will be performance optimized for continuous power output and weekly provisioning requirements.
WiTHiN will incorporate modern materials and technology to ensure a lightweight craft without compromising safety and overall performance. WiTHiN -Prototype is
a proof of concept boat based on a 2- man kayak hull that will enable rapid development of the technology
required to make WiTHiN viable.