The brother of Ali Brown, Director of Rowing at Bedford Modern School is part of a small crew attempting to break the world record by being the first team ever to row the Atlantic in under 30 days for the crossing - the four minute mile of Ocean rowing.

Pictured left to right standing are: Aodhan Kelly, Simon Brown (Ali Brown's brother), Matt Craughwell - World Record Holding Skipper, Mark Beaumont - round the world cyclist, Arctic rower Yakov Mutnikas who rowed 1,000 miles down the Zambezi earlier this year and Ian Rowe.

Ali's brother, Simon, is part of a crew backed by former Bedford Modern School pupil and Olympic Legend Tim Foster MBE and Martin Cross and led by current record holder Matt Craughwell.

The crew also includes the round the world cyclist and BBC Presenter Mark Beaumont who also rowed to the North Pole earlier this year.  Joining them are Aodhan Kelly, Yaakov Mutnikas and Ian Rowe, Director of Bedford based personal performance coaching company Gold Fever (www.gold-fever.net)

"The facts and figures for the Olympic Challenge are quite staggering - calories burned per day, rowing strokes taken, weight loss, days at sea etc. There are many variables, the weather being the biggest; how the crew handle it, how we work together, how we support each other through good times and bad," said Ian Rowe.

The Atlantic Odyssey (www.atlantic-odyssey.com) begins in January 2012 with one boat, one ocean, six men and 29 days to break the 30 day barrier.