All this started with a simple question for Google. "What's the fastest anyone has gone from Leeds to Liverpool?" And the search engine giant spat out this. Way back in 2010 a local Yorkshire man did the route there and back. Cycling at what he calls a “steady pace” with five minute rests every 30 minutes and 30 minutes for lunch, he arrived in Liverpool with a total cycling time of 11 hours 15 minutes, averaging just over 11mph. On the return trip he took fewer rests and made use of the tail wind to increase his speed. “I only took one five-minute break every hour and had 10 minutes for lunch and completed the 127 and a quarter miles in 11 hours and 23 minutes.” To which my jaw dropped and I couldn't believe that someone can be so insane. Here we are 3 years later after the initial Google search. I stood outside in drizzling rain at the first locks on Leeds - Liverpool canal. It was 5am. I was filming my self saying that I am about to beg...