Members pay $5 for the privilege, with the option of gaining sponsors as well for each block of time or distance completed. Inglis was planning on making his fundraising/sponsorship push over the weekend and had a specific distance in mind.
"I'm hoping to cover about 100km in the 24 hours but mostly I'm wanting to finish, which I'm pretty confident I will. I jumped on the treadmill the other day set at 5km/h and it was a pretty easy pace, but holding it for 24 hours could be an interesting prospect."
Angling at a career in the police force, Inglis is a former representative rower who has turned to cycling and considers himself "generally pretty fit".
He'll be allowed off the treadmill for toilet stops and will have a meal break every four hours for a few minutes; otherwise it's non-stop.
Boredom looms as a potential Achilles heel.
"There's a TV on the treadmill, as well as on the wall opposite, so I'll do plenty of that, although lunchtime when all the infomercials are on could be fairly crap. If I get too bored I might have to crank up the treadmill [pace] a bit or maybe try an incline.
"With the help of caffeine and plenty of food I'm telling myself I'll make it, although I'm not sure I'll be a pretty sight at the end."
Jetts fundraising link is www.fundraiseonline.co.nz/jettstreadathon
