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Absolutely hilarious.

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When that phone call came through, I knew

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instantly before Ray said anything
what he was doing.

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And I was absolutely laughing inside
because he was, like, saying

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things like, right,

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just let me just explain something.

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Don't interrupt, I Just want to explain something.

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And I knew I knew
exactly what he was going to ask me.

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So I was going to say yes

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straight away, but I thought I'd let him squirm
a bit longer.

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He was trying to sort of

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butter me up and trying to sort of
really sell me a good deal.

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So as soon as I sort of said yes, I'll do
that.

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His reaction was like, really? Really?

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It was just like he couldn't believe it
and he was buzzing.

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I would love to have been
a fly on the wall

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to have seen that.

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Background story

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So I was a runner
before I did triathalons

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and I began to get a bit bored, really.

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And my friend, was doing triathlons.

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She’d just started.

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So I thought actually, that sounds like
a pretty cool thing to do.

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So I started on
that journey of triathlons.

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And the reason

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for sort of carrying on and doing

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possibly hopefully cross fingers, Iron
Man, it's just excitement is the buzz.

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and it's the, capability
of being able to do it, possibly.

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As I said, I started off doing triathalons
and I started doing SuperSprint,

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because I was only capable,
really of doing SuperSprint.

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I was a rubbish swimmer.

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In fact, my first ever, triathlon,
I was doing side stroke

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because I couldn't actually swim properly.

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Since joining Ray and doing P.T.

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with Ray, he's just got this amazing
ability to try and motivate you and talk

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you and make you sort of have
this self-belief that you can do more.

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Raymond: You filming?

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Oi! Sean mate, film this!

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(Laughter)

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And Ray sort of turned round to me one day and said, you can do it.

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You can do a sprint,
which is the next level up.

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So I've sort of said to myself,
I'm going to do things

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that I've always told myself
that I couldn't do.

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So one been sprint,
and I've done a couple of those now.

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I've done Ride London
and I've done Swim Serpentine.

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Those are the two things Ride
London and Swim Serpentine.

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I've always said to myself,
I'll never, ever be able to do that, but

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with the belief that Ray’s given me,
I've nailed it.

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And that's
why I'm on this journey now.

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This journey to to do the next step,
of a half Iron man.

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About ten years ago
I started to do some running,

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so I joined a friend to do a race for life

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5k for cancer research
and raise some money.

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And before that
I hadn't really done anything.

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But I really enjoyed it.

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Started to do more running,
increase the distance to 10k's,

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and then just kept pushing my limits
and decided actually,

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if I can do 10k,
then why not do a half marathon?

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So I started doing half marathons.

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Reached my ultimate goal in 2021,

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and did the London Marathon,
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And never in a million years would I have thought I could do such a thing.

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But during Covid I trained
and did lots of running, which is amazing.

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Really supported my mental health.
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about a week later

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I was diagnosed with breast cancer,
which obviously absolutely devastated me.

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Turned my life upside down

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and didn't
really know what to do with myself.

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So had the treatment, had a lumpectomy,
radiotherapy, about six months worth.

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Needed something else
to support my mental health

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and have a goal to achieve that was going

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to really give me something to do,
and keep me focused.

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So I joined,
I signed up for ride London, 100 miles,

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bought a bike, signed up to work
in a cycling club and just,

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yeah, cycling really helped me mentally.

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It was great for social interaction
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And I started taking some medication,

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which was starting to increase my weight,
which I wasn't happy with at all.

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Having had cancer
and then having to take a drug

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that actually makes you gain weight

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and then actually get told
that you can't lose weight on it.

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I needed something to do to help me
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ride London was absolutely epic
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And during that journey, I met Ray
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which then inspired me
to do some swimming over the summer.

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And actually,
Ray suggested doing the swim serpentine.

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I was like, yeah, you know,
I get one of the London classics if I do that,

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which is fantastic. Absolutely loved it.

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So I did that in September. Obviously

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having done swim serpentine, it's like,
what's next?

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What is next?

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I started to gain weight
during the treatment, with the drugs

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that I was taking.

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So knowing that,
I needed something different.

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I needed something new to help combat
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You know, it's it's Chelsea versus tamoxifen, which is the drug that I'm taking.

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And I,
you know, and it's not going to win.

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It's not going to beat me.

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So I need something else.

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I got into triathlon
training, earlier on this year,

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funnily enough, I'd been involved
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Then the Bracknell Half Marathon
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I've done the Wokingham Half Marathon
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I can ride a bike, race.

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Ray’s always harping on it.

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Me to get involved with triathlons.

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I know that, ultimately, swimming is my
my weakest, my weakest link.

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But, I thought, why not?

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Let's give it a go.

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Over the years,
historically, I've always had,

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you know, yoyo-ing, with my weight.

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At one point, I went from 105 kilos
down to 74 ish, there or thereabouts.

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And then from that, you know,

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people were telling me that,
you know, my God, Lee, you need to eat.

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And then I sort of stopped dieting,
put on a load of weight

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again until about sort of a couple of years ago

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or a few years ago
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And I got into that sort of quite hard,
which is when I started doing

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the half marathons, and then,
at the end of the Bracknell

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Half Marathon, Ray said to me to get involved
in, get involved in the triathlons,

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which, I signed up for Dorney
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which was a sprint,
and it was more of, a learning

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curve for me just to sort of see
what the race experience would be like.

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And at the end of that,
you know, I came off absolutely loved it.

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But I knew there were some big parts
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on swimming being one of them.

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At the time,
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you know, massively slowed me down.

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I knew I'd catch up on the
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and I knew I'd catch up on the bike.

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So, I'm now at the point where I'm
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And they're going really well.

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So, I hope for the,
the half Ironman I'm going to be able

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to get all the way through.
Funnily enough, like a sixth sense.

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I actually knew
that call was coming from Ray.

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We discuss it a lot on WhatsApp,

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and he's always egging me on to
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And for some weird reason,
when that call came through, I knew that

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that was going to be it. It started off
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but and I know exactly
where that question was going.

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So, yeah, I was
I was, quite excited to get that call.

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So triathlons, I got into it last year.

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The background to that really is

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I snowboarded at quite high level prior.

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Always training.

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There was an end goal with snowboarding.

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But when like,
all good things come to an end that did

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and then I had to get into the real world of work.

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I was just training
and not really for purpose.

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Work, I have to train
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And, yeah, I just wanted an end goal.

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Like swimming, like running, like cycling.

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So sort of came together and fought
triathlons, incorporate all of them.

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So went with that.

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First triathlon, bumped into Ray

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he was there with another lad and,

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I knew Ray from old and,

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sort of hit it off again
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And then here we are today.

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To be honest, when the first call came
in, I was kind of expecting it.

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Ray and I both did,

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where was it? Weymouth last year.

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And I think, like myself, Ray, was quite
disappointed that the swim got cancelled.

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It felt like a little bit of a farce

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So it's not really an Ironman.

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It was just basically a,
a bike run, albeit for a long distance.

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I came off the start line
pretty annoyed.

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Got through, got to the finish.

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Still annoyed.

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Which is probably why
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and actually went
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not even thinking about doing a half, a proper half, beforehand.

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So when the call came in from Ray
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Thank God
I ‘ve actually got a stepping stone now,

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so yeah, it's going to be good.

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It's a month or two prior to the full,

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so I really need to take each step
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and it means that
we can all train together again,

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which is always better
than, training on our own.

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So I'm an ex Royal Marine commando,
and Ray trained me

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to work, and challenge myself
to become a Royal Marine commando.

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And then it was ten years later
we reconnected

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after doing ten years in the military.

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We bumped into each other
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and we discussed about what

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challenges we wanted to do next
and where we wanted to go.

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And we found out
we both shared this goal of doing

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an ironman, and Ray
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but cancelled it, bottled it,
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that gave us this shared goal and desire.

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We were able to work out
what we needed to do, to achieve it,

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and the rest is history.

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There was excitement,

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there was apprehension,
knowing what we've been through in the past,

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but then the excitement of knowing
what the people were going

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to share in the journey with what
they're going to be going through,

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sharing our experiences
and guiding them through it,

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and then trying to challenge ourselves
to either beat each other,

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and set a new personal
best in the half ironman.

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Swansea’s a challenging location,
but a beautiful one and it's a great finish.

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It's one of the nicest, if not the nicest
half Ironman locations in the UK

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and it's going to be amazing
sharing that journey with new, new people

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that have never done a half ironman distance
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feeling like crossing the ironman finish line,

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being cheered on by all your friends
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Me and Ray, are very competitive
and like a big driving factor

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in our training is to make sure
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that we challenge, challenge each other
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And we've had so many
events where we finished by one

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second, a couple minutes and it's always
it's always usually very tight.

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And it's it's a driving factor
to either train and to push

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ourselves in those events.

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(Rock Music Playing)
It’s 6.55pm

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It’s zero degrees outside
and I really don't want to go anywhere now.

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Going out for a little run.

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It’s a bit rainy

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Hey guys!
I so didn't want to do that

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spin class, but I dragged myself here.

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It's raining, it's cold, it's dark.

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6:45 on the 29th January.

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It's cold, I’m sneezing every two seconds.

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I've got a cough.

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So just back from boot camp.

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It's the 31st January. Put my all into it.

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Swimming,
cycling, running, strength, boot camp.

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Bit of PT, slowly building up.

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As regards to how I'm feeling training wise

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0-10, with 10 being I’m bursting at the seams

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I probably would say that
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right now, as I stand...probably a seven.

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What are you doing booking in so late?

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Keeping me out of my house.

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Should be home relaxing now. Look at you!

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Oh really? Ooh!

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Whoa!

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(Splashing sounds)
- Background rock music playing

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(Laughter)

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(Mysterious music playing)

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In all seriousness,
I felt, it's almost a sense of relief

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because I heard through the grapevine,

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I think a lot of people
that were in opposition from Weymouth,

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they were all going
straight away and booking.

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So spaces will go in.

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There is that realisation though, that as soon as you click

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that button to accept the slot
and pay your money,

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you better do something about it,
because otherwise it's a hell of a waste.

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But it does give you that purpose.

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You got a goal now, to work towards.

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So, yeah. It's a new challenge
on the horizon and looking forward to it.

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I was so many emotions in one go,
I was buzzing,

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excited, petrified, terrified.

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All of the above. But very excited.

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Terrified and excited
all at the same time.

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But I do know that there's plenty of time
to get the training in

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to learn the front crawl. I’m never going to be perfect at it.

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But you know,

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I am a bit of a perfectionist, and
I want to be as good as I can possibly be.

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But I think I've got enough time to
get there between now and July next year.

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You know, I was strangely calm.

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You know, it's
just like completing an online,

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you know, Tesco's online
shopping thing, (survey)

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And I was quite calm about it.

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And I think the reason

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why is, I think because over the years
and particularly this year, you know,

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there are things that you can control
and the things you can't control.

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You know, you can control things
like your training plan, your

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what you eat, your rest days,
but what you can't control

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is things like injury, illness
or something that might happen on the day.

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So at the end of the day, you just

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you do what you can,
you turn up and it's a journey.

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You can't always control something.

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I was excited
because I'd come back down to the half

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distance is a lot more enjoyable.

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It's a lot easier to train for.

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It doesn't take anywhere near

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the amount of pressure
and strain on your loved ones.

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And it's just a much more enjoyable
distance compared to doing a full weekend.

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So it's a lot more happier

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Content.

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Sunday the 14th of April.

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Reading half marathon today. 13.1 miles.
All in preparation for Ironman Swansea.

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Got Stuart here, my pal.
I'm going to smash you today!

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It's the start the season.

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Let's see who's going to get the first one
under their belt.

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We've got Chelsea, Lee,
Cindy, and Sam also doing it.

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So six of us.

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So yeah we're really excited.

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We’ll let you know how we get on.

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Does your wife Laura, know
you've confirmed

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No she doesn't yet.

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I've been saving that and putting it off. Delaying
it as long as I possibly can.

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The fear of her reaction,

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she hoped that once I'd done Wales ironman.
it would be the end of it.

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They’d be no more ironmans.

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Worries and
anxieties for me would be the swimming.

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I've always had anxieties over swimming.

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I think mainly because it's
not something...

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...It's not something that I train in
on a regular basis.

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Up until now.

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My strength, I would say,
is my running, for sure.

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And, cycling.

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In terms of my strength,
definitely the swimming.

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Having just trained for literally
a couple of months in the summer

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and then being able to swim two miles,
I know I can, I can do that.

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My biggest concern is the cycling,
the hilly cycle.

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Not great on hills, have to say,
but I will put all the training in

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and focus on the hill
training and get that done.

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Also slightly nervous about having to do
a half marathon after all of that.

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A half marathon is hard enough as it is.

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So yeah,
but I know putting all the training in

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and it will come together.

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(Cheers)

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My strength is probably the bike.

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My favorite discipline.

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Probably the swim.

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Although that's my weakest.

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Do I have any worries? Yes.

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I think there's always worries.
with triathlon.

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I mean, we've seen this year,
what can go wrong.

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So, yeah,
it can be quite, quite tragic sometimes.

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So definitely,
definitely worries out there.

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You get a little bit anxious on the start
line, especially before the swim.

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But that being said,
I think if you train for it,

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you can train as hard as you like.

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You can put your best position.

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You just got hope.
The weather and everything's with you.

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Yeah.

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I struggled, I found that

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really, really hard for my first one. I had a bit of a knee injury.

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I'm not making excuses.

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I thought I was going to smash Stuart
today, and he actually smashed me.

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The start of the 2024 season
first win in the bag.

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The heat was challenging.

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I didn't expect it
to be quite as hot today.

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What time did you get? Good one
28 seconds.

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One 34 so yeah, he done me. Sam, how'd you get on?

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Not too bad. Stuck to what I wanted to do

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Stuck with the pace the whole way round.
Good to get some miles in under the belt.

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And it's just of chipping away,
working towards an end.

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Left the house at six o’ clock

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The plan
was originally to leave at half past six.

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I got to about an hour in

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and my watch was saying 20
for some reason.

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Three miles in, I was in bits.

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Six miles in, I was in bits.

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I didn't settle into it at all.

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I had cramp in my hamstrings.

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Cramp in my calves,

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shoulders were hurting.

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Apartt from all that, it went really well.

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Actually, I found it bit hard.

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It was a bit warm

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I did enjoy it. The whole way round.

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I was going, I'm not doing a marathon, I’m not doing a
marathon ever again.

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But I did enjoy it.

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I've got to keep stretching every now
and then.

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But it was good.

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So it was pretty hot, right?

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It was so hot.

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It was alright, I just ate jelly babies.

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I was bloody hard weren’t it?

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I don't know.

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Oh, yeah.

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So it was, I believe the Cork ironman

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had a couple of fatalities.

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(Soulful music)

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They had a couple of fatalities

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this year due to the, due to the weather.

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I think the conditions were
less than ideal, shall we say.

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And there was a few people
that got into a little bit of difficulty.

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I don't know the full ins and outs of it,
but unfortunately two people

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did lose their lives during that event.

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Andy, was genuinely

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one of the nicest chaps
you're ever going to meet.

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Loyal, supportive, friendly,

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funny, and just so committed to everybody
that he knew

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in his life family and friends.
Fabulous father, great husband.

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And he is really sadly missed by everybody
that had the pleasure to meet him.

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It's a combination of feelings.

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It's a feeling of pride. Most definitely.

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Most men, when they get to a certain age,
they like to stay fit.

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He took it to a whole new level,
as he did with most things.

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So mostly I'd say I was proud.

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But the periods of absence
that had to happen for him

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to, go through with any of the events
was, was sometimes painful.

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The hours he spent in the saddle

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and on the road and his open
water swimming first thing in the morning.

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They were
sometimes irritating, shall I say.

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But he was never going to stop,
and he was always looking

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for the next competition, the next venue,
the next challenge for him.

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So, always, always supportive of him.

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But it was a little bit of how long is
this going to take to get through.

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Yeah. So.

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Right, so Ray approached Andy
because he needed some help

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with, the open water swim part, an event
that was coming out quite soon.

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And Andy had a busy week,
that week, as I remember it.

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But he knew that
that Ray needed that confidence

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because that's the most difficult
and scary part of the event.

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And I didn't want to see him
go into that event without somebody there

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without having the confidence
that he needed to be in the water.

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So he was happy to help.

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As I remember, he had a really busy week
that he would have dropped anything

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for anybody at any time.

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And it was so important for Ray
to get that confidence with somebody

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who knew what they were doing.
So he was happy to help.

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You probably know these events
start at stupid o'clock in the morning.

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He stayed up late the night before
and he rang me when he woke up at 4:30.

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Sounded bright, enthusiastic
as he always did.

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Very excited.

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The day of the event
is always so exciting.

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He had his breakfast, so he'd
had the correct fuel, as I call it.

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So he was buzzing
and he was really, really excited.

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As was I, the previous ironman he did

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was incredibly hot day.
Very challenging.

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So he was looking forward to
to getting a PB.

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So it was all very normal.

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And I thought they made a mistake because
there was no way he was going to fail the swim.

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And they told me he got into trouble.

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I can only imagine what it's like
for the people that were there.

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I've spoken to a number of them since,
it must have been awful for them.

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For me

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I thought they made a mistake

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because swimming is the best.

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And, the first event.

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So how could he be in trouble in the swim?

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So, yeah, it was a shock.

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And yeah, I probably denied it for a long while
because it came about, in the swim.

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He was good at swimming
in. So I was shocked.

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I probably would say.

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And a bit worried.

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(Sad music)

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(Rock music)

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So it's 20 miles in

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and I'll show you the view.

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(Rock Music Playing)

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I’ve got her shirt on

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00:25:23,541 --> 00:25:24,333
and she’s got mine on.

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00:25:28,166 --> 00:25:29,458
So we’ve just arrived at Dorney Lake.

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I've got my sister here doing the triathlon. Are you excited?

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Very -
We got Roxy, and Liam as well.

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I look like a helmet.

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00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:39,291
So I got into triathlons
through my brother,

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who actually, told me
to do a do a triathlon with him, so I did.

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And my background is I'm a swimmer.

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I was a lifeguard and I've always, always
enjoyed fitness and staying healthy.

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I did an Ironman because my brother
signed me up to it as he thought it would be a good idea.

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00:25:54,916 --> 00:25:56,458
And it was Weymouth Ironman.

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Unfortunately,
the swim got canceled because of a storm

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and so it was a triathlon.

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I have done a sprint at Dorney Lake.

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00:26:04,583 --> 00:26:09,041
I've also done Olympic at Windsor, and
I feel like that I didn't do an Ironman.

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00:26:09,041 --> 00:26:12,291
So, you have to do an Ironman,
you have to do the swim.

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00:26:12,291 --> 00:26:16,083
So when the swim got cancelled,
to me it wasn't doing an Ironman.

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So I was really disappointed and
I felt like I hadn't even done an Ironman.

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I was excited, so excited.

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00:26:21,625 --> 00:26:23,666
I was jumping up and down,
rubbing my hands together.

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00:26:23,666 --> 00:26:25,958
I couldn't believe it. Was over the moon.

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I felt so happy.

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But then in the same time,
I felt really like, oh no, it was

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what have I done?
What's my brother done to me again?

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Otherwise, I was just.

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I was over the moon

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because I love being a part of the Iron
Man and the triathlon experience

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It’s the best.

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00:26:41,708 --> 00:26:42,625
So this is the

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moment when I've got into triathlons.

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I have never completed a triathlon before.

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The first one I do will be in May.

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00:26:53,666 --> 00:26:56,458
And so what made me sign up to,

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a half Ironman while I take an interest
anyway, in being fit.

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I do like to run, and do some training
with Ray and that kind of thing.

476
00:27:06,291 --> 00:27:08,791
Where’s Joyce gone? Joyce?

477
00:27:08,791 --> 00:27:12,291
(Loud Music Playing)

478
00:27:12,583 --> 00:27:15,333
I do think it's important as well
to have goals.

479
00:27:15,333 --> 00:27:19,916
And sometimes, you know,
it might be in your, career or something,

480
00:27:19,916 --> 00:27:21,291
and other times
it's in your personal life.

481
00:27:21,291 --> 00:27:22,541
So I feel like this year, for me,

482
00:27:22,541 --> 00:27:25,541
it's obviously more in my personal life
and trying to achieve this.

483
00:27:25,708 --> 00:27:28,916
Last year,
I, had a bit of a landmark birthday,

484
00:27:28,916 --> 00:27:33,583
so I hit 40 and,
that's sometimes a bit of a wake up

485
00:27:33,833 --> 00:27:37,666
call and, you know, being healthy.

486
00:27:37,666 --> 00:27:38,166
And then I,

487
00:27:38,166 --> 00:27:41,291
you know, there's lots of little reasons,
I guess, that led up to it, but also,

488
00:27:42,541 --> 00:27:43,875
you know, my parents have had

489
00:27:43,875 --> 00:27:47,333
different health issues in the past year or two.

490
00:27:47,958 --> 00:27:52,666
And I know right
before I decided to do it, my mum was,

491
00:27:52,750 --> 00:27:56,541
having tests for something,
and I said, if she's unwell,

492
00:27:57,083 --> 00:28:01,708
I'll need to go and support her so
I won't be able to do something like this.

493
00:28:01,708 --> 00:28:06,125
But if she gets a good result from today,
then I'm going to, like, seriously,

494
00:28:06,125 --> 00:28:07,500
think about signing up for it.

495
00:28:07,500 --> 00:28:09,333
And thankfully it was a good result.

496
00:28:09,333 --> 00:28:10,791
And here I am.

497
00:28:11,166 --> 00:28:14,083
I have zero experience in triathlon.

498
00:28:14,083 --> 00:28:18,958
This, is going to be all very new for me,
and in many respects

499
00:28:18,958 --> 00:28:22,041
I see myself as the runt of the litter
in this group.

500
00:28:22,041 --> 00:28:24,750
But somebody has to take up that position.

501
00:28:24,750 --> 00:28:28,500
I have completed a ten K before,

502
00:28:28,500 --> 00:28:33,041
and that's probably about it,
but there was definitely a sense of panic.

503
00:28:33,125 --> 00:28:37,250
I think even once I decided
I was going to sign on, we did it there

504
00:28:37,250 --> 00:28:38,250
and then in the gym

505
00:28:38,250 --> 00:28:41,458
while I was still jogging on the spot,
trying to get my credit card details in,

506
00:28:42,500 --> 00:28:43,416
because I knew if I

507
00:28:43,416 --> 00:28:46,416
let myself pause at all, I'd
probably not do it.

508
00:28:46,416 --> 00:28:47,541
But anyway, we signed up.

509
00:28:47,541 --> 00:28:51,000
And honestly,
since then it has been a general sense

510
00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:54,333
of panic, and excitement.

511
00:28:56,041 --> 00:28:58,125
Being married to Ray, who trains

512
00:28:58,125 --> 00:29:01,125
all of the time and has been doing this
for three years now,

513
00:29:02,791 --> 00:29:05,041
at times has been really exhausting.

514
00:29:05,041 --> 00:29:08,125
I think the first year I was pregnant,
so it was fine.

515
00:29:08,125 --> 00:29:09,416
It gave him something to do.

516
00:29:09,416 --> 00:29:12,916
He wasn't bugging me
and he'd just leave me alone.

517
00:29:13,291 --> 00:29:17,166
And then the second year,
I did really little and I was dragging him

518
00:29:17,166 --> 00:29:20,750
around to all the events,
which was quite challenging.

519
00:29:20,833 --> 00:29:24,125
But he just slept a lot,
so Ray didn't really miss anything,

520
00:29:24,750 --> 00:29:26,000
you know, being with the baby.

521
00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:29,916
And then this year has been
the most challenging because RJ is now

522
00:29:29,916 --> 00:29:35,958
15 months and he wants his dad around
all of the time and is constantly active.

523
00:29:35,958 --> 00:29:39,416
And so, yeah, when Ray is gone
all of the time on three hour

524
00:29:39,416 --> 00:29:43,333
bike rides and endless
swims and runs, it's exhausting.

525
00:29:43,791 --> 00:29:46,833
As I watched his first one
when he completed Weymouth

526
00:29:46,833 --> 00:29:50,125
and he was more confident in the swim
and the bike, and the run,

527
00:29:50,333 --> 00:29:52,000
now I don't get so nervous.

528
00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:54,916
I won't lie, I still get nervous
when he's in the water.

529
00:29:54,916 --> 00:29:57,416
I don't know why,
I just want him to be out of the water

530
00:29:57,416 --> 00:30:02,125
and then when he gets out of the water,
then I feel quite calm on the bike

531
00:30:02,125 --> 00:30:05,333
and when I see him get back from the bike,
I get really, really happy.

532
00:30:05,333 --> 00:30:09,750
And then I know that he has the run solid
because he's just an avid runner.

533
00:30:10,458 --> 00:30:11,625
How are we feeling?

534
00:30:11,625 --> 00:30:14,666
I’m shitting myself. My asshole is going boop boop boop boop..

535
00:30:14,666 --> 00:31:04,375
(Rock Music Playing)

536
00:31:04,375 --> 00:31:07,125
And I'm like, sat there for hours.

537
00:31:07,125 --> 00:31:08,875
Are you glad you went down to the super?

538
00:31:08,875 --> 00:31:10,291
I'm glad I went down to the Super sprint.

539
00:31:10,291 --> 00:31:13,208
Joyce was set on the sprint
and I advised her to come down.

540
00:31:13,208 --> 00:31:14,250
It's the swim.

541
00:31:14,250 --> 00:31:16,416
The swim is the like.

542
00:31:16,416 --> 00:31:18,291
It's just so knackering

543
00:31:18,291 --> 00:31:21,291
and I did breaststroke the whole time
because I'm nervous. So.

544
00:31:21,958 --> 00:31:23,541
Oh, no, you smashed it.

545
00:31:23,541 --> 00:31:25,541
I heart held my legs.

546
00:31:25,541 --> 00:31:27,625
So it's the bike to the run.

547
00:31:27,625 --> 00:31:28,750
You like, feel like jelly.

548
00:31:28,750 --> 00:31:29,750
I was the same?

549
00:31:29,750 --> 00:31:31,791
Oh, I nearly drowned
you know, it was fine.

550
00:31:31,791 --> 00:31:32,500
You didn’t kiss me!

551
00:31:32,500 --> 00:31:35,791
I did this thing where I go like this
stroke, stroke, stroke, stroke, stroke.

552
00:31:35,791 --> 00:31:38,500
And then I went stroke, stroke, stroke, stroke, stroke.

553
00:31:38,500 --> 00:31:39,916
Whatever that's called.

554
00:31:39,916 --> 00:31:41,041
It was brutal!

555
00:31:41,791 --> 00:31:43,375
I'm in pain.

556
00:31:43,375 --> 00:31:46,375
Yeah, yeah, I feel really sick.

557
00:31:46,625 --> 00:31:48,541
No, not at all.

558
00:31:48,541 --> 00:31:51,083
I had an absolute nightmare at the beginning.

559
00:31:51,083 --> 00:31:54,083
So, I put the strap
on the outside of my wetsuit,

560
00:31:54,875 --> 00:31:57,416
and then I come out of the swim,

561
00:31:57,416 --> 00:31:59,333
took my wetsuit off,

562
00:31:59,333 --> 00:32:01,250
and the strap was caught on it.

563
00:32:01,250 --> 00:32:04,625
I'd already taken it all the way off,
I had to take it back up

564
00:32:05,541 --> 00:32:06,416
undo the strap.

565
00:32:06,416 --> 00:32:07,458
Go on.

566
00:32:07,458 --> 00:32:09,833
Got the bike, went out

567
00:32:09,833 --> 00:32:12,208
and then I realised I didn't have my bib on.

568
00:32:12,208 --> 00:32:15,208
So I out my bike down, went back and couldn’t find my bib

569
00:32:15,250 --> 00:32:18,250
my bib had blown away towards the water.

570
00:32:18,833 --> 00:32:20,541
So I had to do that.

571
00:32:20,541 --> 00:32:58,333
(Rock Music Playing)

572
00:32:58,333 --> 00:33:00,750
It was tough. Really!

573
00:33:01,500 --> 00:33:03,416
Build up for Swansea in Wales?

574
00:33:03,916 --> 00:33:05,708
Yeah. Not too bad for miles.

575
00:33:05,875 --> 00:33:07,541
It's hard because of the heat.

576
00:33:07,541 --> 00:33:09,541
Made it extremely difficult.

577
00:33:09,541 --> 00:33:11,166
But what it done.

578
00:33:11,166 --> 00:33:12,833
I fell over towards the end.

579
00:33:12,833 --> 00:33:15,125
I get up and I'm like....

580
00:33:15,791 --> 00:33:17,875
You’re an ironman, get up”

581
00:33:19,250 --> 00:33:21,166
How was your first half marathon?

582
00:33:21,166 --> 00:33:21,958
It's okay.

583
00:33:21,958 --> 00:33:26,250
I went too fast off the blocks, did
my fastest 10-K which was something,

584
00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:30,000
but then I was dead
beat for the second 10k.

585
00:33:30,125 --> 00:33:32,166
Look at them over there. Look.

586
00:33:32,166 --> 00:33:35,166
I've heard there's a girl’s WhatsApp
group.

587
00:33:36,541 --> 00:33:39,250
It's cool because we CAN!

588
00:33:39,250 --> 00:34:12,125
(Rock Music Playing)

589
00:34:12,125 --> 00:34:14,000
I did a 20 mile

590
00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:18,250
bike ride with Cindy and Lee, which was quite nice.

591
00:34:18,250 --> 00:34:22,958
We set off about eight this morning
and got back, I think about 9:20.

592
00:34:23,666 --> 00:34:27,000
Had a little, pit stop and,
hit the ten k.

593
00:34:27,458 --> 00:34:29,375
I think I've done a pretty good time,
actually. So.

594
00:34:29,375 --> 00:34:32,875
Yeah. I think I'm an hour, on the nose.

595
00:34:32,875 --> 00:34:33,375
Yeah.

596
00:34:33,375 --> 00:34:35,541
For me, it’s good.

597
00:34:35,541 --> 00:34:37,458
Confident now for Swansea? Feel like you’re ready for it?

598
00:34:38,083 --> 00:34:38,791
Yeah you did.

599
00:34:38,791 --> 00:34:40,125
You'll get there.

600
00:34:40,125 --> 00:34:41,083
I'll never be confident.

601
00:34:42,500 --> 00:34:44,416
I was really pleased
and I had the legs.

602
00:34:44,416 --> 00:34:45,125
Definitely.

603
00:34:45,125 --> 00:34:49,250
It was just a bit hot today but
I need to get a two-piece tri-suit just in case.

604
00:34:49,250 --> 00:34:50,750
I need a few pushes on the way.

605
00:34:50,750 --> 00:34:52,666
Perfect. Well done Cindy.

606
00:34:59,291 --> 00:35:02,250
The work sessions
are really good training to do.

607
00:35:02,250 --> 00:35:06,000
Ray was telling us that we should do
lots of like bike to run and stuff.

608
00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:08,416
So we got up this morning nice and early

609
00:35:08,416 --> 00:35:09,625
and got on the bikes.

610
00:35:10,250 --> 00:35:12,416
And someone was missing,

611
00:35:12,416 --> 00:35:15,791
and yeah, that someone was really up for it
in the WhatsApp group.

612
00:35:15,833 --> 00:35:16,791
So yeah, I'm on it.

613
00:35:16,791 --> 00:35:19,250
I'm all over it. We're doing it,
we're doing it, doing it.

614
00:35:19,250 --> 00:35:21,416
Which from Ray and you didn't do it.

615
00:35:21,416 --> 00:35:23,458
And he didn't turn up. .

616
00:35:23,458 --> 00:35:25,708
All talk, that’s what he is. All mouth and no trousers.

617
00:35:25,708 --> 00:35:27,500
Yeah, that's the trouble.

618
00:35:28,250 --> 00:35:30,416
I think he had a few beers.

619
00:35:31,208 --> 00:35:33,416
We’ll change it from
where's Wally to where’s Ray!

620
00:35:33,416 --> 00:35:42,625
(Rock Music Playing)

621
00:35:42,625 --> 00:35:44,333
Here we go mother********.

622
00:35:44,333 --> 00:35:46,750
We’re in London.

623
00:35:46,750 --> 00:35:48,666
Alright, Sam and Hannah?

624
00:35:50,875 --> 00:35:52,708
Hannah?

625
00:35:52,708 --> 00:35:55,708
Sam?

626
00:35:57,708 --> 00:36:00,000
Right. Nearly 22 miles

627
00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:02,250
I’m riding 100.

628
00:36:02,250 --> 00:36:03,875
Got some geezer coming over with a speaker.

629
00:36:03,875 --> 00:36:05,125
Loving life.

630
00:36:05,125 --> 00:36:06,500
But Sam's bikes jammed.

631
00:36:06,500 --> 00:36:08,375
It’s caught in one gear.

632
00:36:08,375 --> 00:36:11,083
My sister has got chest
pain, and I feel pretty good

633
00:36:11,083 --> 00:36:12,750
with this dude!

634
00:36:12,750 --> 00:36:14,250
Yeah.

635
00:36:14,250 --> 00:36:14,916
Halfway.

636
00:36:14,916 --> 00:36:17,041
Mother*******

637
00:36:18,083 --> 00:36:19,041
How are you feeling, Sam?

638
00:36:19,041 --> 00:36:21,666
How you feeling, Hannah?

639
00:36:21,666 --> 00:36:23,208
Good. Sam?

640
00:36:23,208 --> 00:36:23,458
Right.

641
00:36:23,458 --> 00:36:26,250
We're nearly 60 miles in,
and my sister's there.

642
00:36:26,250 --> 00:36:28,625
She said her fanny’s sore

643
00:36:28,625 --> 00:36:30,291
the, chest pains gone.

644
00:36:30,291 --> 00:36:32,333
I said I got a couple of tampons
in the bag for her.

645
00:36:32,333 --> 00:36:35,625
She’s manned up, but, yeah, she's doing well.

646
00:36:36,625 --> 00:36:38,750
She should have put some Vaseline on the flaps.

647
00:36:38,750 --> 00:36:41,291
Coming up to mile 70.

648
00:36:41,291 --> 00:36:44,291
With the bro Sam.

649
00:36:44,333 --> 00:36:47,166
An absolute beast.

650
00:36:47,166 --> 00:36:49,000
Hannah’s back there somewhere.

651
00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:50,333
With a sore fanny.

652
00:36:50,333 --> 00:36:52,208
All done! Medal!

653
00:36:53,458 --> 00:36:55,666
Medal!

654
00:36:55,666 --> 00:36:57,291
Medal!

655
00:36:57,291 --> 00:36:59,875
Check for overfan at the finish!

656
00:36:59,875 --> 00:37:01,750
Jesus. Me and Sam

657
00:37:01,750 --> 00:37:04,750
had a 90 minute massage waiting for her!

658
00:37:05,250 --> 00:37:06,250
Four course dinner.

659
00:37:06,250 --> 00:37:09,250
Four course!

660
00:37:13,833 --> 00:37:22,791
(Moans and yelps)

661
00:37:22,791 --> 00:37:24,541
That is f*****g evil.

662
00:37:25,833 --> 00:37:27,291
Come here, boy.

663
00:37:27,291 --> 00:37:28,875
Yeah.

664
00:37:29,250 --> 00:37:30,583
Phew!

665
00:37:30,583 --> 00:37:32,875
Souvenir mate!

666
00:37:32,875 --> 00:37:40,416
(Music Playing)

667
00:37:46,416 --> 00:37:48,750
My strength will be swimming.

668
00:37:48,750 --> 00:37:50,125
Yeah, I'm a good swimmer.

669
00:37:50,125 --> 00:37:51,083
I've always been a good swimmer.

670
00:37:51,083 --> 00:37:52,041
I'm just lucky

671
00:37:52,041 --> 00:37:56,125
when it comes to swimming, which I know that
the swim is what puts most people off.

672
00:37:56,416 --> 00:37:59,416
Even signing up to triathlon.

673
00:37:59,458 --> 00:38:01,833
If I was to do a competition,
which I did do a lot

674
00:38:01,833 --> 00:38:04,166
when I was younger,
it would be in the pool.

675
00:38:04,166 --> 00:38:06,666
So my weakness is the bike.

676
00:38:06,666 --> 00:38:09,041
I tend to come off the bike
a lot and fall off the bike a lot.

677
00:38:09,041 --> 00:38:11,083
So unfortunately

678
00:38:11,083 --> 00:38:14,083
my bike's damaged at the moment,
so it's in the shop being repaired,

679
00:38:14,458 --> 00:38:17,958
so that's going to cost £85,
which is fantastic.

680
00:38:18,500 --> 00:38:21,000
Can't wait to go in and pick that up.

681
00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:21,458
So yeah.

682
00:38:21,458 --> 00:38:23,708
So the bike
I want to concentrate more on the bike,

683
00:38:23,708 --> 00:38:26,708
but I can't at the moment
because it's in the shop being repaired.

684
00:38:27,083 --> 00:38:28,916
And that's what I wanted to do.

685
00:38:28,916 --> 00:38:31,916
And I will as soon as I get it back
leading up to,

686
00:38:32,333 --> 00:38:35,083
an event,
I'm going to concentrate on the bike.

687
00:38:35,083 --> 00:38:35,750
Bike to run.

688
00:38:36,958 --> 00:38:38,458
Well, what spurs me on sometimes

689
00:38:38,458 --> 00:38:41,458
is normally when my brother's training,
he'll be banging on the door.

690
00:38:41,541 --> 00:38:43,375
Come on, let's go for a run.

691
00:38:43,375 --> 00:38:45,250
So that helps.

692
00:38:45,250 --> 00:38:47,083
Another thing that helps is the group.

693
00:38:47,083 --> 00:38:50,083
So being in the
the Iron Man group with with them,

694
00:38:50,291 --> 00:38:53,458
they're always uploading what they've
done, which is normally quite a lot.

695
00:38:53,958 --> 00:38:57,291
So if you look at that
when you're lying in your bed,

696
00:38:57,291 --> 00:39:00,291
when you know that you should have got up
already and done your training

697
00:39:00,500 --> 00:39:05,166
kind of makes you motivated to get up
and then upload what you've done.

698
00:39:05,458 --> 00:39:07,916
God forbid
you don't wear your watch and upload it,

699
00:39:07,916 --> 00:39:09,208
then it doesn't count, apparently.

700
00:39:09,208 --> 00:39:09,833
So yeah.

701
00:39:09,833 --> 00:39:12,500
Lee always calls you out on that
if you don't wear your watch

702
00:39:12,500 --> 00:39:14,458
and it's not been uploaded to Strava,
doesn't matter.

703
00:39:14,458 --> 00:39:16,625
You could have done half a marathon run,

704
00:39:16,625 --> 00:39:18,708
but if it's not been uploaded, it's
not in Strava.

705
00:39:18,708 --> 00:39:20,750
It's not. You didn't do it. So.

706
00:39:22,916 --> 00:39:24,500
Yeah it's the 1st of June.

707
00:39:24,500 --> 00:39:27,375
So we have Blenheim Palace. It’s 1-1 at the minute.

708
00:39:27,375 --> 00:39:29,916
He done me at Reading. I done him at Bracknell.

709
00:39:29,916 --> 00:39:33,375
So today’s the decider. The decider before getting up for the ironman.

710
00:39:33,375 --> 00:39:35,250
It's lovely. She's excited.

711
00:39:35,250 --> 00:39:36,750
Come and introduce yourself.

712
00:39:36,750 --> 00:39:38,833
Guys, this is the crazy Irish guy, Mike.

713
00:39:38,833 --> 00:39:41,250
Hi, guys. I'm Mike,
it's my first time doing triathlon

714
00:39:41,250 --> 00:39:43,166
These guys were really excited for us.

715
00:39:43,166 --> 00:39:45,416
And good luck to Susie Jennings out there
today.

716
00:39:45,416 --> 00:39:46,583
Having a lovely time.

717
00:39:46,583 --> 00:39:48,750
Susie, Lee here he is, you know.

718
00:39:48,750 --> 00:39:49,916
How are you feeling?

719
00:39:52,375 --> 00:39:53,250
My background story
is actually quite short.

720
00:39:53,250 --> 00:39:54,208
About 18 months ago,

721
00:39:54,208 --> 00:39:57,750
I did a Tough Mudder with some mates
for birthday, a bit of a last minute thing

722
00:39:58,041 --> 00:39:58,625
we jumped on.

723
00:39:59,750 --> 00:40:00,541
Enjoyed it.

724
00:40:00,541 --> 00:40:03,833
Came back here, had a few drinks
and, next thing.

725
00:40:03,833 --> 00:40:06,833
But the next morning
I realised I'd signed up to do

726
00:40:06,916 --> 00:40:09,750
Ironman Staffordshire, which was 70.3.

727
00:40:09,750 --> 00:40:10,916
Thank God at the time.

728
00:40:10,916 --> 00:40:14,375
And then rolling on from that,
I spent 20 weeks training,

729
00:40:14,750 --> 00:40:16,375
which I really, really enjoyed.

730
00:40:16,375 --> 00:40:17,375
I went to Staffordshire,

731
00:40:17,375 --> 00:40:21,250
had a really good time and enjoyed it,
and then I got wind afterwards.

732
00:40:21,250 --> 00:40:24,791
That there was a group from Bracknell
going doing Ironman in Swansea,

733
00:40:25,083 --> 00:40:28,375
and I heard it was headed by Ray Mouzon, who’s a highly motivated individual,

734
00:40:28,583 --> 00:40:31,166
and I decided to jump onto that.

735
00:40:32,666 --> 00:40:34,791
(Cheering)

736
00:40:34,791 --> 00:40:35,166
Enjoy it.

737
00:40:35,166 --> 00:40:37,333
Do you know about the initiation of Iron Man?

738
00:40:41,291 --> 00:40:44,500
Is the first time

739
00:40:45,208 --> 00:40:47,541
You did not look good in front of me
on the bike.

740
00:40:47,958 --> 00:40:48,500
What do you say?

741
00:40:48,500 --> 00:40:50,250
You did that on Ride-100 on the bike?

742
00:40:50,250 --> 00:40:52,000
People were like, disgusted

743
00:40:53,041 --> 00:40:55,000
and sweaty. D

744
00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:57,750
To be honest, I
actually didn't get a phone call from Ray.

745
00:40:57,750 --> 00:41:00,916
My initial contact with Ray was
I was added to the group

746
00:41:00,916 --> 00:41:03,916
by a mate of mine who was also doing this,
which is Lee Curtis,

747
00:41:04,041 --> 00:41:07,708
and I think Ray might have thought that
I wasn't actually fully signed up for it.

748
00:41:07,708 --> 00:41:11,791
So Ray got in contact
and asked me why I was doing it.

749
00:41:11,791 --> 00:41:14,041
Had I done one before,
I was definitely signing up,

750
00:41:14,041 --> 00:41:17,125
which actually motivated me
more to actually sign up at that time.

751
00:41:17,416 --> 00:41:19,250
Otherwise I would have pushed it all out.

752
00:41:19,250 --> 00:41:20,791
Maybe pushed a bit forward.

753
00:41:20,791 --> 00:41:21,833
But yeah, pretty much from there.

754
00:41:21,833 --> 00:41:25,750
Ray pushed me on, got me into and then
signed up and I never looked back.

755
00:41:27,291 --> 00:41:30,291
In triathlon in
particular, not as much as I would like.

756
00:41:30,666 --> 00:41:33,208
As I said about 18 months ago
is when I started this journey.

757
00:41:33,208 --> 00:41:35,500
Before that, absolutely nothing.

758
00:41:35,500 --> 00:41:41,041
Since then I've done two
super sprints or, sorry, two sprints.

759
00:41:41,041 --> 00:41:44,375
Based in Fleet
and one sprint placed at Blenheim Palace.

760
00:41:45,750 --> 00:41:47,208
It's a roller coaster of emotions.

761
00:41:47,208 --> 00:41:48,291
That's probably one of the best things.

762
00:41:48,291 --> 00:41:53,458
It's nervous, apprehensive, excited,
wanting to get started,

763
00:41:53,833 --> 00:41:56,750
almost wanting time to speed up
but slow down at the same time.

764
00:41:56,750 --> 00:41:58,583
It's a complete opposite.

765
00:41:58,583 --> 00:42:00,791
Emotions. One day, brilliant, next day.

766
00:42:00,791 --> 00:42:03,541
Why am I doing this?

767
00:42:07,500 --> 00:42:10,500
My weakest
discipline is definitely running.

768
00:42:10,875 --> 00:42:11,833
I do train hard.

769
00:42:11,833 --> 00:42:14,833
I do find it quite tough to train hard.

770
00:42:14,875 --> 00:42:17,875
Just with work
commitments, family commitments.

771
00:42:18,083 --> 00:42:22,041
And also, I do have a commitment
to, the pint drinking in life.

772
00:42:25,291 --> 00:42:28,166
That makes it even harder, but I'm overall
looking forward to it.

773
00:42:28,375 --> 00:42:30,250
Really excited.

774
00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:34,791
The biggest weakness

775
00:42:34,791 --> 00:42:38,375
would be the swim, but Swansea's in a

776
00:42:39,333 --> 00:42:41,833
locked in bay so it's nice.

777
00:42:41,833 --> 00:42:42,625
It's nice.

778
00:42:42,625 --> 00:42:44,625
There's no currents, there's no waves.

779
00:42:44,625 --> 00:42:46,791
There was a small jellyfish last time.

780
00:42:46,791 --> 00:42:47,625
Then my strength,

781
00:42:47,625 --> 00:42:49,333
my biggest strength would be the cycling.

782
00:42:49,333 --> 00:42:52,375
I love hills,
I love chewing up the hills

783
00:42:52,750 --> 00:42:56,041
and then I’m
comfortable with the run at the end.

784
00:42:56,833 --> 00:42:59,291
The run is along the beach front
so it's nice and flat.

785
00:42:59,291 --> 00:43:01,541
There's nothing to fear for the run.

786
00:43:01,541 --> 00:43:02,750
It's the bike.

787
00:43:02,750 --> 00:43:05,541
The bike's got some gnarly hills in it
that's going to

788
00:43:05,541 --> 00:43:07,791
require some mental resilience.

789
00:43:07,791 --> 00:43:09,625
So I've got a wide range.

790
00:43:09,625 --> 00:43:12,416
I like challenging myself for challenge
events.

791
00:43:12,416 --> 00:43:17,666
I've done mountain marathons,
lots of different marathons

792
00:43:17,666 --> 00:43:20,833
around the world, and then I just wanted
to challenge myself to next level.

793
00:43:20,833 --> 00:43:24,750
After completing the marathon distances
and setting personal bests

794
00:43:24,750 --> 00:43:27,916
at that distance,
I moved on to triathlon as I felt

795
00:43:27,958 --> 00:43:31,375
was like the next challenge
and then ultimately doing a full Ironman.

796
00:43:31,791 --> 00:43:35,250
I've done all the distances from Super
Sprint all the way up to the full

797
00:43:35,291 --> 00:43:38,833
Ironman distance
and lots of different locations.

798
00:43:39,000 --> 00:43:44,833
Lots of different from sea swims,
lake swims, river swims and it's

799
00:43:45,166 --> 00:43:48,208
yeah, each has got their own strengths,
always got their own weaknesses.

800
00:43:49,625 --> 00:43:51,625
So Stuart, explain what happened?

801
00:43:51,625 --> 00:43:54,375
Well, you beat me on the swim easily.

802
00:43:54,375 --> 00:43:58,000
I closed it in on the transition
and then on the bike, I hunted you down.

803
00:43:58,250 --> 00:43:59,166
Got ya.

804
00:43:59,166 --> 00:44:01,666
Surprised
you hung on to me.

805
00:44:01,666 --> 00:44:04,000
I stuck with him.

806
00:44:04,000 --> 00:44:04,958
But then.

807
00:44:04,958 --> 00:44:06,875
And then I died at the end of last lap.

808
00:44:06,875 --> 00:44:09,291
Last lap, he left me and I couldn't
find him on the run. So well done mate. 2-1.

809
00:44:10,500 --> 00:44:12,750
2-1.

810
00:44:14,875 --> 00:44:16,916
Go Joyce.

811
00:44:16,916 --> 00:44:18,583
I'm riddled with worries

812
00:44:18,583 --> 00:44:22,541
and anxieties
and I have no choice but to train hard.

813
00:44:22,541 --> 00:44:25,166
I don't really have a strength.

814
00:44:25,166 --> 00:44:29,416
I mean, like I said, I did a 10k before,
but running is definitely

815
00:44:29,458 --> 00:44:32,250
not my favorite thing.
I find it really hard.

816
00:44:32,250 --> 00:44:34,583
I really enjoy swimming,

817
00:44:34,583 --> 00:44:38,458
but I haven't done much open
water swimming, so that's going

818
00:44:38,458 --> 00:44:39,666
to be a bit of a challenge.

819
00:44:39,666 --> 00:44:43,125
And then cycling again,
like I really enjoy cycling,

820
00:44:43,750 --> 00:44:46,208
but what we're about to do
is very different to,

821
00:44:46,208 --> 00:44:48,750
you know, poodling around
when you've hired bikes on holiday.

822
00:44:48,750 --> 00:44:51,750
So it's all, all the challenge.

823
00:44:52,916 --> 00:44:56,250
I think
one of the big things in motivation

824
00:44:56,250 --> 00:45:00,041
is not trying to bite off
more than you can chew.

825
00:45:00,041 --> 00:45:03,958
And I like to view it
as all of these small little steps

826
00:45:03,958 --> 00:45:05,291
will get you there in the end.

827
00:45:05,291 --> 00:45:09,500
So if I'm trying to go out and train
and thinking of the event at the end,

828
00:45:09,500 --> 00:45:11,458
I would get overwhelmed.

829
00:45:11,458 --> 00:45:14,458
So just try and take each, part

830
00:45:14,458 --> 00:45:17,458
as a small step towards the end goal.

831
00:45:17,958 --> 00:45:23,083
I have, an eight year old daughter

832
00:45:23,125 --> 00:45:27,250
who I, you know, really want to be
a good role model for naturally.

833
00:45:27,458 --> 00:45:30,708
And recently she said to me, well, mummy,
I'm really impressed with your commitment

834
00:45:31,208 --> 00:45:31,875
to this.

835
00:45:31,875 --> 00:45:35,750
And so things like that
do really, keep me going

836
00:45:35,750 --> 00:45:39,583
and being able to demonstrate to her
that something you think

837
00:45:39,583 --> 00:45:42,750
you might not ever be able to do that
if you put your mind to it

838
00:45:42,916 --> 00:45:45,208
Hopefully I can prove
to her that it is possible

839
00:45:46,500 --> 00:45:47,291
Smashing it.

840
00:45:47,291 --> 00:45:49,291
The Irish are taking over!

841
00:45:49,291 --> 00:45:52,291
You made it.

842
00:45:53,083 --> 00:45:54,625
Yeah.

843
00:45:54,625 --> 00:45:57,458
I thought I’d done better in the swim to be honest.

844
00:45:57,458 --> 00:45:59,833
Bike was good, until my chain came off.

845
00:45:59,833 --> 00:46:02,833
Nice venue, super nice venue.

846
00:46:02,833 --> 00:46:08,208
Enjoyed it. Cheers boys, thank you.

847
00:46:08,458 --> 00:46:11,125
Yeah, I do have quite a lot of worries
and anxieties and

848
00:46:11,125 --> 00:46:15,375
and something that rises to me as
well is that I struggle with self-belief.

849
00:46:15,375 --> 00:46:18,166
But I am going to train
really, really hard.

850
00:46:18,166 --> 00:46:20,291
I've got a training plan
I'm going to be training with,

851
00:46:20,291 --> 00:46:23,541
with Ray and the crew,
which I'm quite excited about.

852
00:46:23,833 --> 00:46:29,875
The thing with triathlon as well is
you'll never master any particular thing

853
00:46:29,875 --> 00:46:32,916
because you're trained
in three disciplines.

854
00:46:32,916 --> 00:46:36,791
So you, you tend to find
that your strengths are balanced

855
00:46:36,791 --> 00:46:37,708
across the whole three.

856
00:46:37,708 --> 00:46:39,875
So it's quite hard
and sometimes frustrating

857
00:46:39,875 --> 00:46:41,875
when you want to be better at something
because you can't

858
00:46:41,875 --> 00:46:43,250
because you got to do all three.

859
00:46:43,250 --> 00:46:46,375
But one thing that does really worry
me a lot is the sea swim.

860
00:46:46,375 --> 00:46:48,250
You know, I've never sea swam.

861
00:46:48,250 --> 00:46:50,541
It does freak me out a little bit.

862
00:46:50,541 --> 00:46:55,875
You can't control what's going to happen
on the day as regards to the sea.

863
00:46:55,875 --> 00:46:57,000
It could be an awful day.

864
00:46:57,000 --> 00:46:59,250
Massive waves,
you know, you can't control that.

865
00:46:59,250 --> 00:47:01,291
So that does worry me quite a lot.

866
00:47:01,291 --> 00:47:05,416
But, yeah, I'm going to give it a go.

867
00:47:05,416 --> 00:47:10,583
(Sound of seagulls)

868
00:47:10,875 --> 00:47:14,041
Here we are at Salty Sea Dog. We've got Chelsea.

869
00:47:14,041 --> 00:47:16,125
Chelsea, give us a wave.

870
00:47:16,125 --> 00:47:20,000
Lee, give us a wave. There’s Suzanne, the great supporter.

871
00:47:20,000 --> 00:47:21,666
Cindy, give us a wave.

872
00:47:21,666 --> 00:47:23,875
Mike. Stuart. Give us a wave, guys.

873
00:47:23,875 --> 00:47:25,958
How are you feeling? So,
everyone. Chelsea, we start with you.

874
00:47:25,958 --> 00:47:26,833
How are you feeling?

875
00:47:26,833 --> 00:47:28,291
Yeah. Pretty good actually.

876
00:47:28,291 --> 00:47:29,791
Excited to be at the beach.

877
00:47:29,791 --> 00:47:33,791
Swam in the choppy ocean before?
No? -
No, not choppy!

878
00:47:33,958 --> 00:47:34,750
Excited for it.

879
00:47:34,750 --> 00:47:37,041
Get it done. Good training for Swansea.

880
00:47:37,041 --> 00:47:38,416
Well done mate.

881
00:47:38,416 --> 00:47:39,416
How are you feeling?

882
00:47:39,416 --> 00:47:41,125
Good. Ready to swim through a tsunami.

883
00:47:41,125 --> 00:47:43,708
My belly's going woo.

884
00:47:45,541 --> 00:47:48,916
Go on Chelsea.

885
00:47:49,708 --> 00:47:51,500
One hundrfed percent, I'll be training hard for ironman.

886
00:47:51,500 --> 00:47:54,625
We've got plenty of time to train hard.

887
00:47:55,041 --> 00:47:57,000
My anxieties,

888
00:47:57,000 --> 00:47:58,958
I think our worries would be the swimming.

889
00:47:58,958 --> 00:48:02,375
And for me,
that is the hardest discipline.

890
00:48:02,375 --> 00:48:04,791
Purely because, you know, if you

891
00:48:06,083 --> 00:48:06,750
don't breathe

892
00:48:06,750 --> 00:48:09,875
properly whilst you're out,
you know, you've got a 1.9km swim.

893
00:48:09,875 --> 00:48:12,750
And if you don't breathe properly,
you could ultimately die.

894
00:48:12,750 --> 00:48:15,833
So that is something that always sticks

895
00:48:16,166 --> 00:48:19,166
in the back of my mind
and something that I need to overcome

896
00:48:19,333 --> 00:48:23,000
as my worries and my anxieties,
which I'm taking swimming lessons for.

897
00:48:23,791 --> 00:48:28,375
At the moment, my strength,
I would say 100% is my running.

898
00:48:28,708 --> 00:48:30,416
I do like running.

899
00:48:30,416 --> 00:48:34,708
It's, I like to get out in the mornings,
before anyone's pretty much away.

900
00:48:34,708 --> 00:48:36,500
You come up at 5 a.m., out at six.

901
00:48:36,500 --> 00:48:39,208
Being enrolled in events helps me keep.

902
00:48:39,208 --> 00:48:40,125
Keep focused.

903
00:48:40,125 --> 00:48:43,708
You know, when you wake up
in the morning, it's cold, wet,

904
00:48:43,833 --> 00:48:46,375
dark grey, miserable.

905
00:48:46,375 --> 00:48:48,625
You know, you've got an event coming up,
you know,

906
00:48:48,625 --> 00:48:51,625
that you've got to train,
you know, you have to get on with it.

907
00:48:51,708 --> 00:48:57,583
And for me, being sort of hyper focused
once I've got an event or something

908
00:48:57,583 --> 00:49:00,833
coming up, I think it's important

909
00:49:00,833 --> 00:49:04,083
that for me, when I do that event,

910
00:49:04,500 --> 00:49:08,958
I've got no excuses at the end
that I didn't get up and train.

911
00:49:10,333 --> 00:49:23,125
(The sound of waves)

912
00:49:23,125 --> 00:49:26,041
So I actually come from a motocross
background.

913
00:49:26,041 --> 00:49:30,666
That is my main hobby,
and I've been doing that for 19 years.

914
00:49:31,416 --> 00:49:35,125
I decided
I wanted to try something a bit different.

915
00:49:35,250 --> 00:49:38,250
I love a challenge, so

916
00:49:38,458 --> 00:49:41,708
I usually always have a challenge on the
go at the same time as racing.

917
00:49:42,000 --> 00:49:43,125
Things I've done in the past.

918
00:49:43,125 --> 00:49:45,750
So climb Mount Kilimanjaro.

919
00:49:45,750 --> 00:49:49,291
I ran London Marathon
even though I do not really like running.

920
00:49:49,625 --> 00:49:52,291
And then I needed a new challenge,

921
00:49:52,291 --> 00:49:55,500
and I saw the half Ironman.

922
00:49:56,208 --> 00:50:00,750
I did my first one last year,
which wasn't the official half Ironman.

923
00:50:01,083 --> 00:50:06,208
But it was the same distance, and
I did it because I couldn't really swim.

924
00:50:06,416 --> 00:50:09,125
Never even put my head in the water
before.

925
00:50:09,125 --> 00:50:10,875
I always used to swim with it out.

926
00:50:10,875 --> 00:50:14,666
I had never even been on a road pushbike
before.

927
00:50:14,666 --> 00:50:18,416
I just have my mountain bike and I wasn't.

928
00:50:18,416 --> 00:50:20,875
and still not that great at running.

929
00:50:20,875 --> 00:50:24,083
So I thought, yeah, sounds
great challenge.

930
00:50:24,083 --> 00:50:25,458
Can't do it. I'm going to do it.

931
00:50:26,541 --> 00:50:29,166
So when I first heard from Ray,

932
00:50:29,166 --> 00:50:33,333
I thought it was an amazing idea
to do such a big challenge.

933
00:50:33,333 --> 00:50:37,916
But as a group, the thing I found
really hard last year was training alone.

934
00:50:38,125 --> 00:50:41,875
So I thought in a group environment
where people can encourage each other,

935
00:50:41,875 --> 00:50:44,875
it was it was excellent. Genius.

936
00:50:45,291 --> 00:50:47,250
And I was in!

937
00:50:47,250 --> 00:51:03,541
(Sound of the waves and lots of cheers and whoops)

938
00:51:03,541 --> 00:51:04,875
First excitement

939
00:51:04,875 --> 00:51:07,958
and then started shitting it basically,

940
00:51:08,666 --> 00:51:12,083
especially when I saw how many hills
are involved in the cycling route.

941
00:51:12,500 --> 00:51:16,500
And then it's been constant
fear slash excitement throughout

942
00:51:17,791 --> 00:51:18,833
It’s Sunday.

943
00:51:24,541 --> 00:51:26,333
But no, actually I really enjoyed it.

944
00:51:26,333 --> 00:51:28,208
It was a good I really enjoyed it.

945
00:51:28,208 --> 00:51:32,041
But the current, it was just
pushing us back and pushing us back.

946
00:51:32,333 --> 00:51:36,791
It was, mad. Trying to breathwith the waves was crazy, first sea-swim; done!

947
00:51:36,833 --> 00:51:38,458
We did it, smashed it.

948
00:51:46,333 --> 00:51:48,666
I was wondering
where the boat was going!

949
00:51:48,666 --> 00:51:50,333
We didn’t know

950
00:51:51,916 --> 00:51:55,750
So set off and got into the water - pretty cold and choppy.

951
00:51:55,750 --> 00:51:58,750
I was swimming with Mike for a bit, actually
we were breaststroking in

952
00:51:58,750 --> 00:52:01,750
because it was a bit
tough to get to the first buoy

953
00:52:02,208 --> 00:52:05,208
I realised
it was actually a bit bit too tough.

954
00:52:05,291 --> 00:52:07,125
Started to look around me.

955
00:52:07,125 --> 00:52:10,125
I thought it’s hard work and

956
00:52:10,708 --> 00:52:14,000
you know, a bit slow here,
but I'll just keep persevering.

957
00:52:14,125 --> 00:52:16,166
This is taking a long time.

958
00:52:16,166 --> 00:52:17,916
It's choppy.

959
00:52:17,916 --> 00:52:19,416
It's hard work.

960
00:52:19,416 --> 00:52:23,166
I could see the buoy
just about in the distance,

961
00:52:23,166 --> 00:52:25,208
but it just keeps disappearing.

962
00:52:25,208 --> 00:52:26,333
And I just thought, what the hell?

963
00:52:26,333 --> 00:52:27,958
I kept looking at my watch.

964
00:52:27,958 --> 00:52:30,291
And a half an hour went by.

965
00:52:30,291 --> 00:52:34,875
I still was no where near the buoy
that I needed to get to.

966
00:52:35,208 --> 00:52:37,291
Absolutely nowwhere near. Kept battling through.

967
00:52:37,291 --> 00:52:38,291
Felt really sick.

968
00:52:38,291 --> 00:52:43,458
Really, disorientated, kept looking up,
didn't know what I was doing.

969
00:52:44,500 --> 00:52:48,916
Powered on through for an hour; an hour!

970
00:52:48,916 --> 00:52:52,958
Went by
and I was still not getting to that bhoy.

971
00:52:52,958 --> 00:52:56,833
And it was just getting further away,
hoping that someone would see me

972
00:52:57,041 --> 00:52:57,916
and come rescue me.

973
00:52:57,916 --> 00:53:00,000
But, you know, no one did.

974
00:53:00,000 --> 00:53:02,416
I'm a hand up for what felt like ages.

975
00:53:02,416 --> 00:53:06,500
Looking around, I couldn't even see a boat,
couldn't see anyone.

976
00:53:07,541 --> 00:53:09,958
Had a little cry. Dug deep.

977
00:53:09,958 --> 00:53:11,541
Thought, okay, I just need to get to that buoy

978
00:53:11,541 --> 00:53:13,750
I need to get to that buoy
so that the current can take me.

979
00:53:13,750 --> 00:53:17,375
Someone saw me
and that boat came whizzing over and hauled me in.

980
00:53:17,375 --> 00:53:19,166
And then got me back to shore.
But you know what?

981
00:53:19,166 --> 00:53:22,708
I really feared for my life that day,
I really did.

982
00:53:22,708 --> 00:53:25,916
I dug deep and yeah,
I can't believe I actually covered.

983
00:53:26,333 --> 00:53:28,958
I watched that I covered 3000m

984
00:53:28,958 --> 00:53:32,333
in that swim for an hour,
was battling against those waves.

985
00:53:32,333 --> 00:53:34,833
So yeah, really challenging.

986
00:53:35,083 --> 00:53:36,291
In hot water again

987
00:53:36,291 --> 00:53:40,708
I was hoping to to come maybe second -
Where did you come in the end?

988
00:53:40,708 --> 00:53:42,750
I think third.

989
00:53:42,750 --> 00:53:45,958
Third, I think that’s what the women were saying, we’ll see.

990
00:53:45,958 --> 00:53:46,708
As long as a I beat Ray.

991
00:53:46,708 --> 00:53:48,000
That's all I care about.

992
00:53:56,250 --> 00:53:58,833
Well done Faye.

993
00:53:58,833 --> 00:54:00,000
That was evil!

994
00:54:03,375 --> 00:54:06,375
That was evil! -
- I recognised that front crawl.

995
00:54:23,250 --> 00:54:24,250
You did really well.

996
00:54:26,125 --> 00:54:28,958
Yeah. We did it though.

997
00:54:28,958 --> 00:54:30,958
Well done Ray.

998
00:54:34,833 --> 00:54:36,500
It's probably the hardest thing
I've ever done.

999
00:54:36,500 --> 00:54:37,875
Genuinely. Really?

1000
00:54:37,875 --> 00:54:39,750
Not really fitness wise, but mentally.

1001
00:54:39,750 --> 00:54:41,666
Definitely felt like we were going
nowhere.

1002
00:54:41,666 --> 00:54:42,875
Think I was in there for an hour
and a half

1003
00:54:42,875 --> 00:54:45,333
Got cold near the end.

1004
00:54:45,333 --> 00:54:46,250
Yeah. Just.

1005
00:54:46,250 --> 00:54:48,000
Yeah. Well, done to the guys out in the kayaks.

1006
00:54:48,000 --> 00:54:49,958
No, I saw off them coming at me
at one stage and he was up here,

1007
00:54:51,083 --> 00:54:51,875
and that's where kinda

1008
00:54:51,875 --> 00:54:53,833
maybe this sea swimming isn't for me.

1009
00:54:53,833 --> 00:54:55,666
How do you find that, mate?
It was disgusting.

1010
00:54:55,666 --> 00:54:57,208
There's one point
when I thought I was in a riptide

1011
00:54:57,208 --> 00:54:59,750
because you being the buoy
wasn't getting any bigger.

1012
00:54:59,750 --> 00:55:02,666
And then the kayak had to come over
and guide me onto the buoy

1013
00:55:02,666 --> 00:55:05,666
because I was swimming off
into the channel.

1014
00:55:05,750 --> 00:55:06,208
Lee?

1015
00:55:06,208 --> 00:55:09,000
I found it quite easy

1016
00:55:09,000 --> 00:55:11,708
to be honest.

1017
00:55:11,708 --> 00:55:14,000
But, you know, I just took it in my stride

1018
00:55:14,000 --> 00:55:15,916
I was in the water for about

1019
00:55:15,916 --> 00:55:19,625
I don’t know, about eight minutes there or there abouts. First out and won the race.

1020
00:55:20,000 --> 00:55:21,958
And fair play mate
for making that decision.

1021
00:55:21,958 --> 00:55:23,458
It was not an easy swim.

1022
00:55:23,458 --> 00:55:24,583
Hardest thing I've ever done.

1023
00:55:24,583 --> 00:55:26,541
Joyce how did you find it?

1024
00:55:26,541 --> 00:55:27,958
Well, I also got out of there.

1025
00:55:27,958 --> 00:55:30,916
The current was against me basically.

1026
00:55:30,916 --> 00:55:36,166
And like I said, I was very pleased
that I got in.

1027
00:55:36,416 --> 00:55:37,791
Well done, Joyce.

1028
00:55:37,791 --> 00:55:38,666
Bye guys.

1029
00:55:38,666 --> 00:55:40,791
How did you find that mate?

1030
00:55:40,791 --> 00:55:42,000
Really hard.

1031
00:55:42,000 --> 00:55:44,666
But in a weird way, loved it.

1032
00:55:45,625 --> 00:55:47,333
In a sick way.

1033
00:55:47,333 --> 00:55:48,083
Well done, Faye

1034
00:55:48,083 --> 00:55:50,375
Hannah, did you win?

1035
00:55:50,375 --> 00:55:53,250
I came fifth.

1036
00:55:53,250 --> 00:55:53,583
Fifth? Bloody hell.

1037
00:55:57,000 --> 00:56:00,125
I think and hour and six minutes.

1038
00:56:00,125 --> 00:56:03,125
I hated it.

1039
00:56:03,125 --> 00:56:07,208
So this year, I am training a lot harder
than for my last triathlon.

1040
00:56:07,666 --> 00:56:11,125
Been really pushing it in my running,
in my cycling.

1041
00:56:11,125 --> 00:56:12,625
And also my swimming.

1042
00:56:12,625 --> 00:56:15,375
Just a lot more hours dedicated.

1043
00:56:15,375 --> 00:56:18,166
I feel most confidence with the swimming.

1044
00:56:18,166 --> 00:56:21,791
I had to learn how to swim last year,
and from there

1045
00:56:21,833 --> 00:56:24,750
it seems to have gone from strength
to strength. And I'm feeling good.

1046
00:56:24,750 --> 00:56:29,708
I'm feeling really good about the swim.
My worries, and my fear of the cycling

1047
00:56:29,708 --> 00:56:33,416
and running, which annoyingly, are a lot
longer than the swimming on the day.

1048
00:56:33,958 --> 00:56:36,750
But I know that I'm
just going to keep pushing through

1049
00:56:36,750 --> 00:56:39,375
and I'll be able to do it,
but that’s definitely my fear.

1050
00:56:40,458 --> 00:56:42,750
So the motivation for me

1051
00:56:42,750 --> 00:56:47,541
to carry on doing all my training,
especially more so

1052
00:56:47,791 --> 00:56:50,750
when I've managed to get out the door
and what gets me out the door.

1053
00:56:50,750 --> 00:56:54,708
And when I'm doing a run
and I feel like I just want to stop

1054
00:56:54,708 --> 00:56:58,083
and it's horrible, but,
you know, you've got hours more to do.

1055
00:56:58,083 --> 00:57:03,083
I think about, my two friends
who are very poorly at the moment.

1056
00:57:03,791 --> 00:57:07,416
Both of them have terminal cancer.

1057
00:57:07,750 --> 00:57:10,916
And I just know that whatever hard,

1058
00:57:10,958 --> 00:57:16,250
however hard it is, this run
and however I'm feeling, I know

1059
00:57:16,250 --> 00:57:20,875
that it will never be as hard as what
they have to go through to keep going.

1060
00:57:20,958 --> 00:57:24,916
So that motivation pushes me
through to know

1061
00:57:24,916 --> 00:57:29,083
that if they can do what they do,
I can carry on and finish what I'm doing.

1062
00:57:37,916 --> 00:57:51,083
(Rock Music Playing)

1063
00:57:51,083 --> 00:57:52,166
Ray?

1064
00:57:52,166 --> 00:57:53,791
How many laps?

1065
00:57:55,708 --> 00:57:57,833
Go on Cindy.

1066
00:57:57,833 --> 00:57:59,791
How’s it going?

1067
00:57:59,791 --> 00:58:01,416
It's tough.

1068
00:58:01,416 --> 00:58:02,791
I'm getting there.

1069
00:58:02,791 --> 00:58:05,416
Walk up the hills and then run.

1070
00:58:05,416 --> 00:58:08,416
That's my, thing for today -
- Tremendous.

1071
00:58:08,500 --> 00:58:10,500
I’m getting there

1072
00:58:10,500 --> 00:58:13,041
Just on my second lap.

1073
00:58:13,041 --> 00:58:15,708
So, for my third,
I make sure I ‘ll look really super cool.

1074
00:58:16,041 --> 00:58:19,083
Brilliant. Cheers. See you in a bit.

1075
00:58:19,083 --> 00:58:29,666
(Rock Music Playing)

1076
00:58:42,875 --> 00:58:44,541
Two more laps. This one and one more.

1077
00:58:44,541 --> 00:58:45,500
Stuart’s up ahead

1078
00:58:45,500 --> 00:58:47,583
Don’t think I’m going to catch him.

1079
00:58:47,583 --> 00:59:21,250
(Rock Music Playing)

1080
00:59:21,250 --> 00:59:28,041
(Noise of the airplane engines)

1081
00:59:28,750 --> 00:59:31,041
Thank you so much.

1082
00:59:31,041 --> 00:59:32,583
Cindy has finished it

1083
00:59:32,583 --> 00:59:37,708
And Chelsea. They skipped
the swim today because it's a bit dirty, the Thames.

1084
00:59:37,708 --> 00:59:39,250
So a du-athlon!

1085
00:59:39,750 --> 00:59:41,000
They made it a du-athlon.

1086
00:59:41,000 --> 00:59:42,416
How did you girls find it?

1087
00:59:42,416 --> 00:59:43,916
Yeah. It's good, I enjoyed it.

1088
00:59:43,916 --> 00:59:45,250
I enjoyed it, too.

1089
00:59:45,250 --> 00:59:47,833
I enjoyed the cycling.

1090
00:59:47,833 --> 00:59:49,916
Get a bit closer

1091
00:59:49,916 --> 00:59:52,916
But the run was very hard with the hill,
going up that hill three times.

1092
00:59:52,958 --> 00:59:55,833
I had to walk a couple of times
up the hill.

1093
00:59:55,833 --> 00:59:58,250
Then we did
the Salty Sea Dog yesterday as well.

1094
00:59:58,250 --> 00:59:59,291
That was really tough.

1095
00:59:59,291 --> 01:00:02,000
And so the score with me and Stuart.

1096
01:00:02,000 --> 01:00:03,333
It was one nil, to him

1097
01:00:03,333 --> 01:00:05,625
cos he done me at Reading and then I pulled it back at Bracknell.

1098
01:00:05,625 --> 01:00:07,833
Then he took the lead on Blenheim, 2-1

1099
01:00:07,833 --> 01:00:09,958
And then I got him yesterday, made it 2-2

1100
01:00:09,958 --> 01:00:13,083
Now he's taken the lead, so 3-2

1101
01:00:13,083 --> 01:00:14,375
But how did you find it?

1102
01:00:14,375 --> 01:00:16,875
It was great. I was fearful for the cycle.

1103
01:00:16,875 --> 01:00:19,375
There was nowhere near as bad
as I expected - I expected it it to be this bad.

1104
01:00:19,375 --> 01:00:21,583
And it was just bad! But it was fun.

1105
01:00:21,583 --> 01:00:24,166
Yeah, it got some good speed down the hills
and the run’s fun.

1106
01:00:24,166 --> 01:00:25,583
The runs pretty iconic.

1107
01:00:25,583 --> 01:00:28,500
Stuart get some extra praise today as well
because his dog

1108
01:00:28,500 --> 01:00:30,500
unfortunately died yesterday.

1109
01:00:32,750 --> 01:00:35,000
So somewhere up south we'll celebrate, have a beer.

1110
01:00:35,000 --> 01:00:37,250
Celebrate the Salty Sea Dog

1111
01:00:39,166 --> 01:00:42,166
Fair play to you mate for doing it

1112
01:00:42,333 --> 01:00:45,333
That’s hard -
- I was going to pull out, but

1113
01:00:45,333 --> 01:00:47,291
You knew not to!

1114
01:00:51,625 --> 01:00:54,625
It was tough

1115
01:00:54,750 --> 01:00:57,958
The swim obviously for me
it was really hard

1116
01:00:59,000 --> 01:01:02,000
and definitely left
a few demons in that river.

1117
01:01:04,583 --> 01:01:06,125
How did you find the bike ride?

1118
01:01:06,125 --> 01:01:09,125
I enjoyed the bike.

1119
01:01:09,250 --> 01:01:12,250
But then the run was, tricky at the end.

1120
01:01:14,083 --> 01:01:15,583
Not too bad, actually.

1121
01:01:15,583 --> 01:01:18,000
Yeah, and,

1122
01:01:18,000 --> 01:01:20,291
to be honest, I ride around there a lot

1123
01:01:20,291 --> 01:01:23,291
anyway, so I was kind of used to it.

1124
01:01:24,208 --> 01:01:26,083
Yeah, yeah, I gave everything.

1125
01:01:28,583 --> 01:01:31,958
Anyway -
- Well done!

1126
01:01:31,958 --> 01:01:33,958
I just got back from the orthopedic
surgeon,

1127
01:01:33,958 --> 01:01:35,541
Princess Margaret Hospital, Windsor.

1128
01:01:35,541 --> 01:01:38,875
I had a scan on my left knee on Monday,

1129
01:01:38,875 --> 01:01:41,875
and the news is, you know, less than ideal.

1130
01:01:42,166 --> 01:01:45,500
I've got a double tear of the meniscus,
which needs imminent surgery,

1131
01:01:46,041 --> 01:01:48,500
four to six weeks on crutches,

1132
01:01:48,500 --> 01:01:51,500
and then about three month, recovery
period.

1133
01:01:52,166 --> 01:01:54,833
That's what they say. We'll see about that.

1134
01:01:54,833 --> 01:01:57,333
That's going to put me off the start
line in Swansea.

1135
01:01:57,333 --> 01:02:02,250
But we'll be cheering the guys and girls
on, from wherever I am hobbling about,

1136
01:02:02,541 --> 01:02:04,458
because they put some serious effort in,

1137
01:02:04,458 --> 01:02:06,833
some serious training,
and I wish them all the best.

1138
01:02:06,833 --> 01:02:08,708
Pembrokeshire, full distance ironman

1139
01:02:08,708 --> 01:02:10,583
in September, that's my sole focus now.

1140
01:02:10,583 --> 01:02:12,291
The little bit of training

1141
01:02:12,291 --> 01:02:16,250
I can do, in the lead
up to that in recovery, swimming.

1142
01:02:16,583 --> 01:02:18,291
So that's my weakest discipline.

1143
01:02:18,291 --> 01:02:19,666
And that's what I'll be focusing on.

1144
01:02:19,666 --> 01:02:24,416
Hopefully I can
then identify in 2024 as a fish.

1145
01:02:45,291 --> 01:02:47,541
So, yeah, first time ever, today

1146
01:02:47,541 --> 01:02:50,541
Three years, I've done events,

1147
01:02:51,083 --> 01:02:53,541
multiple ironmans and, multiple

1148
01:02:53,541 --> 01:02:56,541
triathlons, like tens of dozens.

1149
01:02:56,541 --> 01:02:58,000
And I've never not done an event.

1150
01:02:58,000 --> 01:03:01,416
And I'm here today to spectate,
Lee, Chelsea, and Faye.

1151
01:03:01,458 --> 01:03:02,958
And it's just bizarre
that I'm not doing it.

1152
01:03:02,958 --> 01:03:05,333
First time ever. So.

1153
01:03:07,416 --> 01:03:10,166
I'm actually glad.

1154
01:03:10,166 --> 01:03:12,625
I'm actually glad I'm not doing it.

1155
01:03:14,375 --> 01:03:16,041
Yes!

1156
01:03:16,041 --> 01:03:19,833
I’m happy I’m not doing it. Take back what I said and cut all that out of the film.

1157
01:03:19,833 --> 01:03:22,625
I'm glad tI’m not doing it, that medal is s***

1158
01:03:22,625 --> 01:03:28,250
Can I just say that,
medal is s***. Have you seen it?

1159
01:03:28,250 --> 01:03:30,833
We've just filmed it.

1160
01:03:30,833 --> 01:03:34,291
It’s not wooden is it?

1161
01:03:34,791 --> 01:03:37,625
For those that don't know,
Lee hates wooden medals.

1162
01:03:37,625 --> 01:03:39,708
Absolutely hate them.

1163
01:03:39,708 --> 01:03:41,166
They're just a nightmare

1164
01:03:41,166 --> 01:03:43,791
to do all that hard work
and get a piece of wood at the end of it.

1165
01:03:43,791 --> 01:03:44,916
Pointless.

1166
01:03:44,916 --> 01:03:47,833
Cindy, what do you think of
wooden medals? -
- I don't mind them!

1167
01:03:47,833 --> 01:03:50,708
But yeah, it's not bloody hard work for a bit of wood.

1168
01:03:50,708 --> 01:03:51,916
Faye, what do you think of wooden medals?

1169
01:03:51,916 --> 01:03:53,875
Yeah, I like them. Save the turtles!

1170
01:03:55,666 --> 01:03:56,666
Chelsea, wooden medals?

1171
01:03:56,666 --> 01:03:59,666
You’re talking to a banana?

1172
01:04:07,458 --> 01:04:09,000
How are you feeling? Nervous.

1173
01:04:09,000 --> 01:04:12,000
Yeah, I excited.

1174
01:04:12,916 --> 01:04:16,541
What are you most nervous about at the moment?

1175
01:04:17,000 --> 01:04:21,416
Run. Yeah, yeah, I had a bit of a cold
this week, but feeling better than I was.

1176
01:04:21,416 --> 01:04:24,416
Get it finished.

1177
01:04:25,750 --> 01:04:28,458
Eight laps
before you come back in transition,

1178
01:04:28,458 --> 01:04:31,375
you'll be dismounting at the line
where the marshall will be.

1179
01:04:31,375 --> 01:04:57,833
(Dramatic and suspensful music playing)

1180
01:04:57,833 --> 01:04:58,791
The athletes have just set off

1181
01:04:58,791 --> 01:05:02,125
We’ve got Chelsea, Cindy, Lee, and Faye.

1182
01:05:02,125 --> 01:05:03,958
They’ve got to come round and go again.

1183
01:05:03,958 --> 01:05:06,375
Have a look.

1184
01:05:06,375 --> 01:06:49,583
(Dramatic Music Playing)

1185
01:06:49,916 --> 01:06:51,791
Well done -
- Yeah

1186
01:06:51,791 --> 01:06:55,875
How was it? -
- It was tough, man.

1187
01:06:56,125 --> 01:06:59,833
Overall, I quite enjoyed it.

1188
01:07:00,916 --> 01:07:03,083
That last...

1189
01:07:03,083 --> 01:07:06,916
last lap
for the second half of the last lap.

1190
01:07:08,125 --> 01:07:08,750
It's quite tough.

1191
01:07:08,750 --> 01:07:10,375
But then

1192
01:07:10,375 --> 01:07:11,875
I think I was just getting to the end.

1193
01:07:11,875 --> 01:07:14,750
I started seeing people
that were overtaking me,

1194
01:07:14,750 --> 01:07:18,416
and then I was overtaking them,
and it gave me a bit of... a bit of energy

1195
01:07:18,416 --> 01:07:19,750
to smash through.

1196
01:07:20,750 --> 01:07:21,875
So what did you do?

1197
01:07:21,875 --> 01:07:24,666
You showed a lot today mate -
- No, not today.

1198
01:07:24,666 --> 01:07:25,958
We were together the whole time. Yeah.

1199
01:07:25,958 --> 01:07:27,125
Pretty much. Yeah.

1200
01:07:27,125 --> 01:07:29,458
So funny!

1201
01:07:29,458 --> 01:07:32,708
(Laughter)

1202
01:07:32,708 --> 01:07:34,166
Well done, mate.

1203
01:07:34,166 --> 01:07:35,416
I liked it weirdly.

1204
01:07:35,416 --> 01:07:38,000
I quite liked the laps, actually.

1205
01:07:38,000 --> 01:07:40,291
No, I’m pleased with that.

1206
01:07:40,291 --> 01:07:41,750
You looked strong, mate. You looked strong.

1207
01:07:41,750 --> 01:07:43,291
You looked good on the bike.

1208
01:07:43,291 --> 01:07:44,625
You looked good on the swim

1209
01:07:44,625 --> 01:07:46,208
And you’re run was good.

1210
01:07:46,208 --> 01:07:47,333
I thought you were consistent.

1211
01:07:47,333 --> 01:07:50,125
I was faster than I thought I was going to do.

1212
01:07:52,375 --> 01:07:56,125
It was mentally challenging with the laps
and no support.

1213
01:07:56,125 --> 01:07:59,333
Very good
training around all our hard work.

1214
01:07:59,958 --> 01:08:02,166
What was your most favourite bit?

1215
01:08:02,166 --> 01:08:04,041
Oh, the bike.

1216
01:08:04,041 --> 01:08:05,416
The first bit of the bike.

1217
01:08:05,416 --> 01:08:06,416
The first 20k

1218
01:08:06,416 --> 01:08:09,416
Least favourite? -
-The run

1219
01:08:10,750 --> 01:08:13,875
Hanging in there. It's brutally hard going up an down.

1220
01:08:14,416 --> 01:08:17,833
I got a bit freaked out in the swim
initially because all the people kicking

1221
01:08:17,833 --> 01:08:19,666
and stuff like that. And it reminded me.

1222
01:08:21,000 --> 01:08:23,333
It just reminded me of last week.

1223
01:08:23,750 --> 01:08:27,416
It weren’t too bad. The swim was okay.

1224
01:08:27,416 --> 01:08:28,083
It was all right.

1225
01:08:29,208 --> 01:08:30,708
Not too bad at all, actually.

1226
01:08:30,708 --> 01:08:31,708
Then the cycle

1227
01:08:31,708 --> 01:08:35,625
which was a bit on and on on. Off the count,
I think I did eight laps and then the run

1228
01:08:36,333 --> 01:08:37,708
my legs are absolutely fine.

1229
01:08:37,708 --> 01:08:40,708
Just a little bit of up here,

1230
01:08:41,375 --> 01:08:43,916
which made it
just sort of feel longer. Wow.

1231
01:08:43,916 --> 01:08:46,791
I'm bloody Olympic triathlon.
I've done it.

1232
01:08:46,791 --> 01:08:49,791
I've done it.

1233
01:08:49,833 --> 01:08:52,416
Oh. Massively, massively.

1234
01:08:52,416 --> 01:08:54,125
I could do a couple actually

1235
01:08:54,125 --> 01:08:56,083
It's so big

1236
01:08:56,083 --> 01:08:58,291
Yeah, absolutely.

1237
01:08:58,291 --> 01:09:00,625
I need to make sure I rest properly.

1238
01:09:00,625 --> 01:09:02,333
That's the key for me.

1239
01:09:02,333 --> 01:09:21,750
(The sound of bike engines)

1240
01:09:21,750 --> 01:09:24,750
Woah!

1241
01:09:35,416 --> 01:09:37,958
Hello.

1242
01:09:37,958 --> 01:09:42,458
So this is day
two of being in the hospital.

1243
01:09:44,041 --> 01:09:48,666
I had a crash racing motocross on Sunday.

1244
01:09:50,583 --> 01:09:53,583
Three weeks out from the main event.

1245
01:09:56,750 --> 01:09:59,541
Sadly, it was a big crash.

1246
01:09:59,541 --> 01:10:00,750
From what I can remember.

1247
01:10:00,750 --> 01:10:03,750
we hit a bump

1248
01:10:04,166 --> 01:10:06,750
really fast,

1249
01:10:06,750 --> 01:10:09,291
and the wheel got stuck in it.

1250
01:10:09,291 --> 01:10:12,250
It was a really rough track as well.

1251
01:10:12,250 --> 01:10:13,625
I say bump, it was more of a ditch

1252
01:10:13,625 --> 01:10:17,541
which put us into the posts.

1253
01:10:19,666 --> 01:10:21,708
I think

1254
01:10:21,708 --> 01:10:24,291
the posts put the bike to a dead stop,

1255
01:10:24,291 --> 01:10:27,291
which flipped us both off.

1256
01:10:27,791 --> 01:10:32,541
I landed, I think, I don't know,
because I don't know.

1257
01:10:32,583 --> 01:10:34,708
I've got this on my head.

1258
01:10:34,708 --> 01:10:38,500
Maybe head, but ended somehow on my knees.

1259
01:10:39,958 --> 01:10:42,208
I'm not sure if it was the impact of this.

1260
01:10:42,208 --> 01:10:44,250
That was my injury.

1261
01:10:44,250 --> 01:10:47,208
I believe that the bike then bounced
in the air twice

1262
01:10:47,208 --> 01:10:50,208
and hit my back pelvis.

1263
01:10:51,083 --> 01:10:52,625
I don't remember much.

1264
01:10:54,208 --> 01:10:57,833
Just being in excruciating pain where,

1265
01:10:58,166 --> 01:11:02,666
the ambulance people rushed down to me
and I couldn't move.

1266
01:11:04,208 --> 01:11:05,666
They administered morphine straight

1267
01:11:05,666 --> 01:11:08,666
away, and,

1268
01:11:10,791 --> 01:11:12,083
took the edge off a little bit,

1269
01:11:12,083 --> 01:11:15,041
but I had quite a lot,

1270
01:11:15,041 --> 01:11:18,041
they called the air ambulance,

1271
01:11:19,416 --> 01:11:22,583
pretty immediately to check me out.

1272
01:11:23,916 --> 01:11:26,041
So I had my surgery today.

1273
01:11:26,041 --> 01:11:28,625
The next morning.

1274
01:11:28,625 --> 01:11:31,625
I think it took about six hours.

1275
01:11:32,916 --> 01:11:35,583
What's happened
is I have multiple fractures

1276
01:11:35,583 --> 01:11:38,625
that they've had to piece put together,
but the worst bit

1277
01:11:38,625 --> 01:11:41,625
was that,

1278
01:11:41,750 --> 01:11:44,750
it was completely snapped in half.

1279
01:11:44,875 --> 01:11:47,708
So the front of the pelvis was separated

1280
01:11:47,708 --> 01:11:50,708
and the back of the pelvis
was overlapping.

1281
01:11:50,916 --> 01:11:52,583
That was the worst pain.

1282
01:11:52,583 --> 01:11:54,958
So I had to lie on that.

1283
01:11:54,958 --> 01:11:57,500
I can't believe I'm

1284
01:11:57,500 --> 01:12:00,291
lying flat.

1285
01:12:00,291 --> 01:12:07,625
Now, and obviously it was loose,

1286
01:12:07,791 --> 01:12:10,791
so, I couldn't move very much.

1287
01:12:11,625 --> 01:12:14,291
They have now
screwed it all back together.

1288
01:12:15,708 --> 01:12:17,583
In the surgery, realigned it.

1289
01:12:17,583 --> 01:12:19,458
They had to realign it all.

1290
01:12:19,458 --> 01:12:23,875
They said it was,
very significant damage, but luckily

1291
01:12:24,166 --> 01:12:28,958
they believe they could fix it easily
as it wasn't too, out of line.

1292
01:12:30,291 --> 01:12:32,666
But they think it'll really help,
and they're positive

1293
01:12:32,666 --> 01:12:35,666
that I will be able to compete,

1294
01:12:35,708 --> 01:12:37,541
in triathlons again.

1295
01:12:37,541 --> 01:12:39,791
I'm really happy.

1296
01:12:39,791 --> 01:12:43,583
And yeah,
my plan is to take my time to recover,

1297
01:12:44,875 --> 01:12:47,875
and, next year, I want to.

1298
01:12:48,500 --> 01:12:50,750
I will, get signed off

1299
01:12:50,750 --> 01:12:54,041
and to start my training for an ironman.

1300
01:12:54,583 --> 01:12:57,583
Yeah. Oh, is that the wrong way?

1301
01:12:57,583 --> 01:13:02,708
(Laughs)

1302
01:13:02,708 --> 01:13:16,958
(Sad Music Playing)

1303
01:13:16,958 --> 01:13:24,541
(Dance Music Playing)

1304
01:13:24,541 --> 01:13:27,541
So, training bike requires

1305
01:13:28,333 --> 01:13:31,000
even a raw bike is not stopping me.

1306
01:13:31,000 --> 01:13:50,208
(Dance Music Playing)

1307
01:13:50,208 --> 01:13:52,208
Three weeks out

1308
01:13:52,208 --> 01:13:54,166
Ironman, Swansea

1309
01:13:54,166 --> 01:13:55,750
Three weeks today.

1310
01:13:56,041 --> 01:13:58,208
Feeling good

1311
01:13:58,208 --> 01:13:59,750
Body is feeling strong

1312
01:14:00,291 --> 01:14:02,541
Confidence is high

1313
01:14:02,541 --> 01:14:04,375
Absolutely buzzing.

1314
01:14:04,375 --> 01:14:09,041
(Sound of retching)

1315
01:14:09,041 --> 01:14:28,250
(Dance Music Playing)

1316
01:14:30,583 --> 01:14:31,875
So we're here.

1317
01:14:31,875 --> 01:14:33,250
We've arrived in Swansea.

1318
01:14:33,250 --> 01:14:36,250
Got us moany baby. Look!

1319
01:14:36,666 --> 01:14:39,916
(Sound of baby crying)

1320
01:14:39,916 --> 01:14:41,125
IHe was good on the way up in the car.

1321
01:14:41,125 --> 01:14:43,125
Hannah, how was your drive?

1322
01:14:43,250 --> 01:14:47,125
Fantastic! Yeah, mostly. Had to go for a wee.

1323
01:14:47,208 --> 01:14:47,250
How was your sleep on the way up?

1324
01:14:47,250 --> 01:14:51,875
Lovely, lovely.

1325
01:14:53,458 --> 01:14:54,541
It's a really good question.

1326
01:14:54,541 --> 01:14:59,000
I had to look a lot
to try and find the perfect word,

1327
01:14:59,000 --> 01:15:02,458
to explain why
I am particularly in this stage of life, really

1328
01:15:02,458 --> 01:15:05,333
And the word that I chose was ignite.

1329
01:15:05,333 --> 01:15:09,125
And what I mean by ignite was to
it was to ignite the fire in my belly,

1330
01:15:09,291 --> 01:15:13,791
ignite the self-belief,
ignite the self-motivation as well.

1331
01:15:14,000 --> 01:15:16,375
You know, at my age,
life can be a bit boring.

1332
01:15:16,375 --> 01:15:19,041
So I need, you know,
we need that fire in our belly.

1333
01:15:19,041 --> 01:15:21,458
So ignite, is a perfect word.

1334
01:15:22,666 --> 01:15:23,708
So I have two words.

1335
01:15:23,708 --> 01:15:25,916
The first one is belief.

1336
01:15:25,916 --> 01:15:28,916
And that is because I truly believe that,

1337
01:15:29,625 --> 01:15:33,000
if I put the training in,
then I can achieve amazing things.

1338
01:15:33,000 --> 01:15:36,458
I've proven that to myself in the past,
so I truly believe

1339
01:15:36,458 --> 01:15:39,458
now that that is what can happen.

1340
01:15:39,750 --> 01:15:41,125
The other word is trust.

1341
01:15:41,125 --> 01:15:42,291
So I trust myself.

1342
01:15:42,291 --> 01:15:44,125
I trust that I will do the training,

1343
01:15:44,125 --> 01:15:47,458
and I trust that I will show up the best
that I can on the day.

1344
01:15:48,375 --> 01:15:50,458
And that's ultimately what I've chosen,
that word.

1345
01:15:50,458 --> 01:15:52,708
My word would be focussed

1346
01:15:52,791 --> 01:15:59,083
The reason being is anything that I put
my mind to, I have to focus on it.

1347
01:15:59,083 --> 01:16:02,083
And when I focus on it, I focus hard

1348
01:16:02,125 --> 01:16:05,000
and without focus, there is no purpose.

1349
01:16:05,000 --> 01:16:07,500
My word
I would choose would be cheerfulness.

1350
01:16:07,916 --> 01:16:09,958
I think it's,

1351
01:16:09,958 --> 01:16:12,416
in any event, if you can,
if you're when you're suffering

1352
01:16:12,416 --> 01:16:17,125
and despairs of what pain and suffering
you can think back to your funny moment.

1353
01:16:17,125 --> 01:16:20,208
It can carry you through any,
any difficult moment.

1354
01:16:20,208 --> 01:16:23,125
And it carries on to any moment
in life.

1355
01:16:23,125 --> 01:16:25,583
Consistency. You need to be consistent.

1356
01:16:25,583 --> 01:16:31,000
You have to be. This is a hard, hard,
hard game like triathlons are difficult.

1357
01:16:31,208 --> 01:16:32,625
It's three disciplines.

1358
01:16:32,625 --> 01:16:35,250
So I have to be consistent
because if I'm not consistent,

1359
01:16:35,250 --> 01:16:39,500
I won't get through with diet,
with training, especially with training,

1360
01:16:39,500 --> 01:16:43,000
especially with the discipline that you’re the weakest at.

1361
01:16:43,250 --> 01:16:46,250
So consistency would be the word
I would use.

1362
01:16:46,833 --> 01:16:49,416
It's definitely team. I do
I truly think even though

1363
01:16:49,416 --> 01:16:53,500
triathlon is a very individual sport,
in the group that we're in, it's

1364
01:16:53,500 --> 01:16:55,750
always nice to have someone
with you, someone behind you,

1365
01:16:55,750 --> 01:16:56,833
someone in front of you,

1366
01:16:56,833 --> 01:16:59,833
someone to keep you driving forward,
someone to make you enter events,

1367
01:17:00,000 --> 01:17:03,708
someone to make you better than the person
that I was last year.

1368
01:17:04,250 --> 01:17:05,875
So yeah, one word is team.

1369
01:17:05,875 --> 01:17:09,958
The one word that I would
choose would be privilege.

1370
01:17:11,250 --> 01:17:12,416
Because

1371
01:17:12,416 --> 01:17:15,125
I think, you know, I am very privileged
to be able to do this.

1372
01:17:15,125 --> 01:17:18,500
There are lots of people
in different positions,

1373
01:17:18,500 --> 01:17:21,500
around the world
who would love to have the opportunity.

1374
01:17:21,958 --> 01:17:23,125
And I get to do it.

1375
01:17:23,125 --> 01:17:26,125
And I have to remind myself
that that is a privilege.

1376
01:17:28,166 --> 01:17:31,041
So we're just in a fancy, family owned
Italian restaurant.

1377
01:17:31,041 --> 01:17:32,541
It's got garlic bread. Margarita.

1378
01:17:32,541 --> 01:17:36,750
There's RJ. Let’s have a little munch -
-Hello!

1379
01:17:55,791 --> 01:17:58,708
I am going to order spaghetti carbonara
and I'm not going to have a beer

1380
01:17:58,708 --> 01:17:59,958
I've decided

1381
01:17:59,958 --> 01:18:02,375
What have you ordered? -
- Carbonara

1382
01:18:06,791 --> 01:18:10,041
What food you got? What food you ordered?

1383
01:18:10,041 --> 01:18:13,916
Erm. I don’t know.

1384
01:18:19,916 --> 01:18:30,208
(Dramatic Music Playing)

1385
01:18:30,208 --> 01:18:32,166
It's 4:18 a.m..

1386
01:18:32,166 --> 01:18:35,458
It is July 14th.

1387
01:18:37,500 --> 01:18:40,500
Game day for Ironman, so...

1388
01:18:41,791 --> 01:18:43,958
See how today goes!

1389
01:18:43,958 --> 01:19:35,000
(Gentle Music Playing)

1390
01:19:35,000 --> 01:19:36,416
I think I will finish.

1391
01:19:36,416 --> 01:19:39,416
I think I will have to drag myself
over that finish line.

1392
01:19:39,500 --> 01:19:41,583
I can't really give you a time,
I really can't.

1393
01:19:41,583 --> 01:19:44,583
I know there is a cutoff time,
but all I can say is that

1394
01:19:44,791 --> 01:19:47,125
I want that person
that's blowing the whistle saying,

1395
01:19:47,125 --> 01:19:49,166
you need to speed up because
we're going to have to pull you out.

1396
01:19:49,166 --> 01:19:52,166
I want that person to be
as far away from me as possible.

1397
01:19:52,375 --> 01:19:54,750
I will drag myself over that finish line.

1398
01:19:54,750 --> 01:19:59,125
I've learned that training
and the right training makes it easier.

1399
01:19:59,666 --> 01:20:03,833
Not that I'm easy at all,
but I really do hope so.

1400
01:20:04,000 --> 01:20:06,166
I really want to achieve this.

1401
01:20:06,166 --> 01:20:08,250
I know I'll finish the Ironman.

1402
01:20:08,250 --> 01:20:09,500
I believe in it.

1403
01:20:09,500 --> 01:20:11,500
I trust myself to achieve it

1404
01:20:12,833 --> 01:20:13,958
if I get inside the cut off time

1405
01:20:13,958 --> 01:20:16,666
Amazing.

1406
01:20:16,666 --> 01:20:17,250
One hundred percent

1407
01:20:17,250 --> 01:20:21,291
I'll cross it. Whether I'm crawling
across it or I'm running across it.

1408
01:20:21,291 --> 01:20:26,250
Either way, I'm going to be crossing it.
In terms of time, I would like to think

1409
01:20:26,250 --> 01:20:29,250
that I'm going to be sub seven

1410
01:20:29,583 --> 01:20:32,583
or sub six hours there or thereabouts.

1411
01:20:32,625 --> 01:20:37,916
But for me I'd just be happy for
finishing it as the first half Ironman.

1412
01:20:38,666 --> 01:20:39,791
Come on Lee

1413
01:20:39,791 --> 01:20:41,583
Come on my Mike

1414
01:20:41,583 --> 01:20:44,041
The first Iron Man together. It was.

1415
01:20:44,041 --> 01:20:47,458
There was lots of fear, excitement,
apprehension.

1416
01:20:47,791 --> 01:20:48,500
It was.

1417
01:20:48,500 --> 01:20:50,333
That was the first time
we were covered that distance.

1418
01:20:50,333 --> 01:20:52,750
So we were like unknown
if we were going to reach it

1419
01:20:52,750 --> 01:20:53,708
or achieve it

1420
01:20:53,708 --> 01:20:57,750
Ray had doubts and he reached out this
message that you're going to send me sent.

1421
01:20:57,750 --> 01:20:59,000
He's going to quit.

1422
01:20:59,000 --> 01:21:02,833
And yeah, we were really unsure
if we were going to be able to achieve it.

1423
01:21:03,625 --> 01:21:05,875
So part of me was glad

1424
01:21:05,875 --> 01:21:08,875
that we both made it to the finish line
and achieved it.

1425
01:21:09,000 --> 01:21:13,166
And then another part of me was like, damn, he’s really smashed me and put me in my place.

1426
01:21:14,166 --> 01:21:15,083
It

1427
01:21:15,083 --> 01:21:18,333
did contribute
to me wanting to catch up with him

1428
01:21:18,333 --> 01:21:22,250
and close that gap and try and beat him
next year.

1429
01:21:22,250 --> 01:21:24,083
I'm going to finish it.

1430
01:21:24,083 --> 01:21:27,541
I’m going to make sure that I get to the end
and I run through that finish line.

1431
01:21:28,250 --> 01:21:29,750
I'm going to hopefully do it in

1432
01:21:29,750 --> 01:21:33,625
seven hours, maybe 7.5 hours.

1433
01:21:33,958 --> 01:21:37,166
I've just given myself a bit extra
for the bike because I'm a little bit

1434
01:21:37,541 --> 01:21:39,750
slower on the bike,
especially when there's lots of hills,

1435
01:21:39,750 --> 01:21:42,500
which I know there's going to be,
but I'm going to absolutely smash it.

1436
01:21:42,500 --> 01:21:44,375
I'm just going to do what I always do.

1437
01:21:44,375 --> 01:21:45,958
I'm just going to think of my kids,

1438
01:21:45,958 --> 01:21:48,958
and I'm going to think of the beer
at the pub at the end.

1439
01:21:49,083 --> 01:21:51,416
Also, I feel like that

1440
01:21:51,416 --> 01:21:55,375
this to me is going to be an Ironman
because it got taken for me.

1441
01:21:55,375 --> 01:21:56,833
It was robbed for me the year before

1442
01:21:56,833 --> 01:21:59,000
because they cancelled the swim
because of some lightning.

1443
01:21:59,000 --> 01:22:00,708
So we weren't able to do the swim.

1444
01:22:00,708 --> 01:22:05,166
So unfortunately, we weren't able to do it.

1445
01:22:05,166 --> 01:22:07,708
So I'm going to smash this ironman for sure.

1446
01:22:07,916 --> 01:22:10,708
I really hope
I finish with the amount of training

1447
01:22:10,708 --> 01:22:13,458
that we're all going to put in between now
and July.

1448
01:22:13,458 --> 01:22:16,500
I hope for sure that it pays off.

1449
01:22:16,583 --> 01:22:21,875
And I hope that on the day I will give it
everything I can to make it pay off.

1450
01:22:22,291 --> 01:22:23,541
But I'm

1451
01:22:23,541 --> 01:22:27,750
also very aware of the fact that it's
the first time I've done anything like it.

1452
01:22:27,750 --> 01:22:32,041
So honestly, if I came in in eight hours,
29 minutes, 59 seconds

1453
01:22:32,416 --> 01:22:35,416
and just make it,
I would be very happy with that.

1454
01:22:35,791 --> 01:22:38,291
I did hear that it was
one of the toughest in the ironman calendar.

1455
01:22:38,291 --> 01:22:41,291
That's why
I chose this really as my second one

1456
01:22:41,791 --> 01:22:43,250
particularly the sea swim.

1457
01:22:43,250 --> 01:22:46,750
It's going to be hilly because we’re in Wales
and Wales is simply hilly.

1458
01:22:47,166 --> 01:22:51,000
I think my time hopefully 6.5 hours,

1459
01:22:51,000 --> 01:22:54,000
but I'd be happy to win anything
within six and a half and seven hours.

1460
01:22:54,125 --> 01:22:55,875
Cheers to that.

1461
01:22:55,875 --> 01:23:37,583
(Dramatic Classical Music Playing)

1462
01:23:41,875 --> 01:25:53,166
(Slow Music Playing)

1463
01:25:59,125 --> 01:26:00,208
The legs are sore

1464
01:26:00,208 --> 01:26:01,958
Yeah, my legs are sore.

1465
01:26:01,958 --> 01:26:04,958
We finished. Well done on the filming

1466
01:26:04,958 --> 01:26:07,375
How does it feel? -
- Yeah, I feel good, I feel good.

1467
01:26:07,375 --> 01:26:08,708
Stuart. Stuart.

1468
01:26:11,958 --> 01:26:13,750
Well done today -
- Thank you, thank you.

1469
01:26:13,833 --> 01:26:14,666
So, me and Stuart

1470
01:26:14,666 --> 01:26:18,625
So on the swim I was in front of Stu,
I started a little bit before him.

1471
01:26:18,625 --> 01:26:24,333
You good? On the bike I was near the end
and then Stuart caught up with me

1472
01:26:24,416 --> 01:26:26,458
and then we decided to stick together
on the run.

1473
01:26:26,458 --> 01:26:28,625
We called it a truce on our back and forth

1474
01:26:28,625 --> 01:26:30,500
who wins
and we just stuck together on the run.

1475
01:26:30,500 --> 01:26:32,708
So a nice way to end on.

1476
01:26:32,708 --> 01:26:37,125
(Cheers and whoops)

1477
01:26:40,250 --> 01:26:43,916
So let's just break down
what happened on your event.

1478
01:26:44,333 --> 01:26:45,916
Let's talk about it.

1479
01:26:48,208 --> 01:26:49,625
So basically

1480
01:26:49,625 --> 01:26:52,500
she's a bit emotional.
She was one mile in on the bike.

1481
01:26:52,500 --> 01:26:54,958
Got a f****** puncture
which is a nightmare.

1482
01:26:54,958 --> 01:26:56,333
I'm gonna have to change this film now

1483
01:26:56,333 --> 01:26:58,708
with me swearing.

1484
01:26:58,708 --> 01:27:02,500
And then she had to wait for 20 minutes
for someone to come fix her

1485
01:27:02,500 --> 01:27:03,500
Three lads asked if she was alright

1486
01:27:03,500 --> 01:27:05,958
And they stopped. Done her inner tube, fixed her.

1487
01:27:05,958 --> 01:27:07,458
And she actually finished the bike

1488
01:27:07,458 --> 01:27:11,000
but was nine minutes short on the run
because she had to wait 20 minutes

1489
01:27:11,000 --> 01:27:12,166
for someone to come fix her.

1490
01:27:12,166 --> 01:27:14,125
So she just got unlucky -
- Yeah.

1491
01:27:14,125 --> 01:27:16,041
So we've decided

1492
01:27:16,041 --> 01:27:19,041
well, she's decided,
but Cindy more so,

1493
01:27:19,041 --> 01:27:20,541
and she’s going to come and chat now.

1494
01:27:20,541 --> 01:27:22,375
They're going to do Iron Man
Weymouth in September.

1495
01:27:22,375 --> 01:27:24,416
So it's another six weeks now.

1496
01:27:24,416 --> 01:27:26,166
No more filming for you.

1497
01:27:26,166 --> 01:27:27,875
It just be a picture of them finishing it

1498
01:27:27,875 --> 01:27:29,833
It's a kind of redemption.

1499
01:27:29,833 --> 01:27:31,916
You know what? I loved every minute of it.

1500
01:27:31,916 --> 01:27:32,833
I loved the swim

1501
01:27:32,833 --> 01:27:35,125
it's actually amazing how the bike.

1502
01:27:35,125 --> 01:27:38,000
Yeah,
didn’t really want the hills, but I did the hills.

1503
01:27:38,000 --> 01:27:41,000
But I just missed
the run cut off by about a minute.

1504
01:27:41,208 --> 01:27:44,583
But I’d already decided that I wasn't going to do the run anyway, because I knew

1505
01:27:44,958 --> 01:27:46,416
I could just feel the effects of Covid.

1506
01:27:46,416 --> 01:27:48,791
So I just thought,
I'm not going to do the run, that’s fine

1507
01:27:48,791 --> 01:27:50,291
Here’s Chelsi

1508
01:27:50,291 --> 01:27:54,291
(Cheers)

1509
01:27:58,291 --> 01:28:02,041
Are you alright? -
- Yeah

1510
01:28:02,041 --> 01:28:06,291
The swim I loved actually, I loved the swim,
although I got kicked it a few times.

1511
01:28:12,833 --> 01:28:15,833
Bike was very, very hilly

1512
01:28:17,750 --> 01:28:19,541
I hated the run.

1513
01:28:19,541 --> 01:28:20,625
I enjoyed the swim

1514
01:28:20,625 --> 01:28:22,916
I felt good in the swim

1515
01:28:22,916 --> 01:28:27,666
He smashed it, he’s super fit and
we got it towards the end of the season.

1516
01:28:27,666 --> 01:28:31,458
A bit like competitive
but all jokes aside, he is an animal.

1517
01:28:31,791 --> 01:28:33,000
It proper went for it.

1518
01:28:33,000 --> 01:28:34,916
and he was coming for me
when he saw me on the run.

1519
01:28:34,916 --> 01:28:37,666
He was like excited.
I was like f***! And he was like f****** hell

1520
01:28:37,666 --> 01:28:38,250
it was good.

1521
01:28:38,250 --> 01:28:41,000
54 seconds I lost

1522
01:28:41,000 --> 01:28:44,250
But a win’s a win -
- It is a win. A win is a win.

1523
01:28:47,541 --> 01:28:48,916
But we shook hands.

1524
01:28:48,916 --> 01:28:49,666
He's a beast.

1525
01:28:49,666 --> 01:28:52,875
It was a good event I enjoyed it.

1526
01:28:53,125 --> 01:28:56,125
The bike was hilly as hell.

1527
01:28:56,416 --> 01:28:59,125
It was a tough bike ride. To be fair.

1528
01:28:59,125 --> 01:29:00,208
I was cursing Cindy.

1529
01:29:00,208 --> 01:29:02,125
She told me it was five percent gradient

1530
01:29:02,125 --> 01:29:04,708
Can I just say he beat me on the bike
as well

1531
01:29:04,708 --> 01:29:06,083
He is a monster.

1532
01:29:06,083 --> 01:29:07,416
They were tough hills

1533
01:29:07,416 --> 01:29:09,375
They were really hard

1534
01:29:09,375 --> 01:29:12,416
I, I found it really difficult,
especially with the hills.

1535
01:29:12,875 --> 01:29:14,833
Oh, yeah, Swansea's really hard.

1536
01:29:14,833 --> 01:29:17,166
There's lots of hills.
The bike was really, really hard.

1537
01:29:17,166 --> 01:29:18,250
And then there was like a loop.

1538
01:29:18,250 --> 01:29:23,708
So you had to do, like two lots of hills,
the same ones which were evil. So.

1539
01:29:24,000 --> 01:29:25,833
But I'm glad I'm done.

1540
01:29:25,833 --> 01:29:26,958
I did find it really, really hard.

1541
01:29:26,958 --> 01:29:29,458
I found the run
quite difficult as well.

1542
01:29:29,458 --> 01:29:32,291
But I can get my tattoo now.

1543
01:29:32,291 --> 01:29:35,458
I've done a half ironman, I'm happy, I can retire.

1544
01:29:37,666 --> 01:29:38,458
I enjoyed it.

1545
01:29:38,458 --> 01:29:41,250
I did enjoy it.
Definitely need to improve my running.

1546
01:29:41,250 --> 01:29:43,583
I've said this from the very start, I need to improve my running

1547
01:29:43,583 --> 01:29:45,583
I need to start training a bit more for running and stuff

1548
01:29:45,583 --> 01:29:47,666
But yeah, definitely it.
Thank you for the support and all that

1549
01:29:47,666 --> 01:29:48,666
Thank you for videoing as well.

1550
01:29:48,666 --> 01:29:50,333
We appreciate it. But no it's been good.

1551
01:29:50,333 --> 01:29:52,916
And now, back to the beers -
- I loved the swimming

1552
01:29:52,916 --> 01:29:55,541
Enjoy the bike?
What do you find the hardest

1553
01:29:55,541 --> 01:29:58,000
Just the run.
The last ten kilometers

1554
01:29:58,000 --> 01:29:59,541
I had it last year,
this is not my first time.

1555
01:29:59,541 --> 01:30:03,166
I did Staffordshire last year and the last
ten kilometers of the run just

1556
01:30:03,750 --> 01:30:06,500
I got a pain down here

1557
01:30:06,500 --> 01:30:08,708
and it's not an excuse
but you can’t fight through it

1558
01:30:08,708 --> 01:30:10,625
I was literally like this, I was like jumping over.

1559
01:30:13,416 --> 01:30:15,041
Mike's a secret beast.

1560
01:30:15,041 --> 01:30:17,666
Cheers.

1561
01:30:17,666 --> 01:30:18,666
Cheers, guys.

1562
01:30:18,666 --> 01:30:19,375
Oh, man.

1563
01:30:19,375 --> 01:30:22,250
football's coming home

1564
01:30:22,250 --> 01:30:23,541
England!

1565
01:30:23,541 --> 01:30:26,250
England