As well as attempting to break the current record - which is 40 days, 9 hours and 44 minutes - Mr Pitcher is raising money for two charities, Great Ormond Street Hospital and The C Group, which seeks to generate support for former Royal Marines.
For nine days this summer, viewers across the globe were glued to their TV sets watching the 23-year-old swimmer break Mark Spitz's 36-year-old record at Beijing's Olympic Games.
He went as far as to suggest that Vettel could break the record set by seven-time champion Schumacher, who will again drive for Mercedes this year.
When the 2012 Olympic Games kicked off, all eyes were on Michael Phelps, as fans wondered whether he could break the all-time record for career Olympic medals.
They still got outrebounded, and the loss prevented Miami from clinching the best record in the East before the All-Star break, which would have given Spoelstra a ticket to Houston to coach the Eastern Conference All-Stars.
Gentry had coached the Suns since replacing the fired Terry Porter at the All-Star break of the 2008-09 season, compiling a 158-144 record.
The subway network, known as the Tube, will be congested and may break the all-time usage record of 4.31 million passengers set on 2 August 2012.
By scoring 16 more runs on Friday, he would go ahead of Bradman and West Indian Brian Lara (who each have two) - and almost certainly break his own record for the fewest balls faced to register a Test triple ton.
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Sexton made no mistake with the penalty and England were 17-3 down at the break, a margin which got worse as O'Driscoll crossed for his record-breaking 25th try seven minutes after the restart.
"I was trying to break the record by going more than seven-under, " added Ochoa.
At one point the 34-year-old looked set to break the world record, but narrowly missed out by 21 seconds.
Almost three million television viewers watched 17-year-old swimmer Ellie Simmonds break the world record as she won gold in a dramatic S6 400m freestyle race on Saturday.
In a year that saw him break a 40-year-old record for most goals in a calendar year, and in which he became a father, Lionel Messi has one more reason to smile.
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And the Briton says he is determined to break the 27-year-old British record for the distance this weekend - admitting it is long overdue.
"It is a proud moment to break Bobby Walker's record and become the most-capped Hearts player, " he said.
Pushing Lampard out the door, especially if he only needs a goal or two at the end of the season to break Tambling's record, would be positively Grinch-like.
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It was the culmination of the very effective Red Bull Stratos marketing program a mission to break the 50-year-old skydiving freefall record that was conceived by Red Bull, Baumgartner and former record holder Joe Kittinger some seven years ago.
Now, under Foley and post-scandal, Woods has a reputation to redeem and a record to break: Jack Nicklaus's 18 major wins.
Nicklaus, sitting alongside Rory McIlroy for a special joint interview, also suggested that the 23-year-old defending champion could be the one to break his record.
Water levels in Lake Michigan and Lake Huron fell to record low levels for December, and are expected to break the all-time low sometime in the next few months.
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The record speed for these electric bikes is 120 mph, while gas-powered motorcycles break records above 200mph.
Her mistake handed Vlasic the gold and the Croat then opted to jump 2.10m but could not break Stefka Kostadinova's 22-year-old world record of 2.09m.
Bradley shot 10-under 60, completed by that short birdie at the 428-yard ninth hole, to break the TPC Four Seasons course record and match the best round ever at the Nelson.
Britain's Murray twice trailed by a break of serve in the opening set but recovered to record a 7-6 (7-4) 6-4 win.
If he stays injury-free, then I think he will definitely break Jack Nicklaus' record of 18 majors, but staying fit is easier said than done.
Venture Beat managed to record Ambinder's opening address at the conference -- we've added it after the break.
Even if White never accepts his D-League assignment, there is still time for the current rookies to break the record.
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In 1997 at Black Rock Desert, Nevada, he drove Thrust SSC to become the first person to break the sound barrier in a car and set the existing land-speed record of 763mph.
More recently he had been attempting, along with African climbing guide friend Samuel Kinsonga, to break the record for the fastest ascent of Kilimanjaro, as part of their anti-racism Black and White Makes Sense Campaign.
Mactier beat Dutch defending Olympic champion Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel in a time of three minutes 29.945 seconds to break the record Ulmer had set at the world championships in May.
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