Paul grew up with three older brothers, and with them he began playing baseball at age one and one half years, trying to keep up. A few years later, as a young boy, he was a city champion in basketball (as a guard, with his father as the coach), city runnerup in Pop Warner football (as a halfback, with his brother as the quarterback), city runnerup in Little League baseball (as a pitcher, with his brother as the catcher), state champion in AAU track (100 meters, long jump, and mile), state champion in tennis, state champion in Pass, Punt & Kick (American football competition), and city champion in singles table tennis and in doubles table tennis (with his brother). A few years later, in high school, he was All-State in football (as quarterback), in basketball (as guard), and in baseball (as pitcher), co-captain of the teams he played on, and co-winner of the Most Valuable Athlete award. A few years later, in college, he was All-Conference in football, Most Inspirational in basketball, and a principal dancer in ballet and modern dance performances.
Paul received his B.A. degree from Claremont McKenna College (with Highest Honors) and law degrees from the Universities of Virginia in Charlottesville and California at Berkeley. After law school, he served as an Assistant United States Attorney in San Francisco, California, USA. As a lawyer, and missing sports, he decided to train for the longest bicycle race in the world, the transcontinental race across the United States, called RAAM.
In 1987, to qualify for RAAM, he entered the first bicycle race of his life, the non-stop 894 kilometer/552 mile John Marino Open. He won.
In 1989, he entered RAAM. He won again. In that race, he also set a new world record for racing across the United States. On a total of 14 hours of sleep, Solon, despite a neck injury which cost him 24 hours of time off the bike for medical treatments, raced from Los Angeles to New York (4860 kilometers/3000 miles) in a time of 8 days, 8 hours.
Solon went on to set world records on the track for 24 hours, for 12 hours, and for 100 miles. Recently, he has twice raced across Spain non-stop, setting new national records both times.
Solon trains 40 hours or more a week. The training is geared solely for the hour record. Weight lifting, swimming pool exercises, stretching, yoga, chiropractic care, acupuncture, leisure days without work, a healthy diet, and sleep are all part of the regimen.
Paulís natural physical attributes, work ethic, and spirit make up the mix for more success at setting the one hour track world record, currently held by Chris Boardman, the United Kingdom's former world champion in pursuit.

Hour Record

A SPONSORING COMPANYíS NAME AND LOGO WILL BE FEATURED
ON TV AND IN PRINT MEDIA THROUGHOUT THE WORLD

Like a colossus bestriding the world of cycling stands the one hour track world record. This record, along
with the Tour de France, is one of the two jewels of the sport. Only 22 men have ever held it.
Hour Record Highlights
In 1893, the first modern hour track record of 35 kilometers was set in Paris by the creator of the Tour de France, Frenchman Henri Desgrange. In 1942, Italian Fausto Coppi hammered out a new record of 45.4 kilometers in Milan. In 1972, Eddy Merckx, a Belgian, broke the record in Mexico City with 49.8 kilometers, saying it was so brutal three years had been wiped off his life. In 1984, Italian Francesco Moser revolutionized attacks on the hour record with his feat aboard a hightech bike in Mexico City, breaking the 50k barrier for the first time with 51.151 kilometers. In 1996, Chris Boardman of England smashed the record in Manchester with 56.375 kilometers. Overall, since Monsieur Desgrangeís record ride in 1893, the hour record has been broken 34 times.
http://www.bicyclesusa.com/record.html
Exposure Opportunities
The hoary record, sterling not just in the world of cycling but in the world of sport, will mean European and worldwide coverage for a sponsor, at a minimum, in the following ways:
- hundreds of broadcast coverage by TV channels - and radio stations
- hundres of broadcast coverage by radio stations
- hundreds of cover stories and feature articles by sport and non-sport magazines
- thousands of sport page articles by daily newspapers
A sponsor supporting the breaking of a world record such as this will be consistently promoted by Paul, and will be entitled to emblazon its company name and logo on the following:
- race and training clothing, used when Paul is riding
- leisure clothing, used when Paul conducts interviews
- cycling equipment, including bikes and helmets
- perimeter wall of track
- backdrop during interviews