I grew up playing team sports, but in 2018, my dad handed me his old road bike and after plenty of encouragement, I entered the Slateman triathlon in North Wales – even though I couldn’t swim a length in a pool!
Celtman has always had this enormous pull for me. I've watched, read and listened to everything I could about the race and thought the people who did it were incredible, humble athletes who enjoyed an awesome day out! Arriving in Torridon was incredible. They say never meet your heroes, but none of it was disappointing!
The prep for Celtman was delayed a year as I suffered a stroke two months before the 2022 race. I was as fit as I'd ever been and just won a local trail half-marathon the week before. This was a bit of a setback! The physical recovery wasn't too bad; my balance wasn't great and I had to rebuild fitness, but restarting the long build was a little tough mentally.
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