THE PRIDE OF JAIPUR 

'Aerobics' has now become a household word in Jaipur, thanks to the achievements of Raj Kumar Verma, who demonstrated non-stop solo aerobics for 17 hours 5 minutes at Clarks Amer last week, bettering his earlier record of 16 hours 35 minutes.

Unlike yoga, "aerobics is fun with music and movement" says Raj Kumar. He is now all set to register his achievement with the Guiness Book of World Records for individual absolute non-stop aerobics performance. The Guinness Book does not have anyone with this distinction listed in their records for the individual category this far.

Verma, who hails from Indore was thrilled after completing his feat. Although Guiness had given him the option of taking a 15 minute break after every eight hours, Verma declined and decided to go non-stop. During his record breaking performance Verma did not take a break even once and only took lime water a couple of times.

"It took me five years to get the clearance from Guiness to perform this feat and I am happy that I have achieved it in one shot" Verma said after completing his solo run.

Raj Kumar's name will appear in the Guiness Book of World Records 2003.