In 2002 I was set a challenge. That challenge was to complete an Ironman in 2003. At that point this seemed completely achievable. I hadn't been on a bike since my since I was ten, I couldn’t swim anything other than breast stroke and I certainly couldn’t run a marathon. However the challenge was set and I didn’t want to back out. To say I struggled was an understatement, it was hard and there were times when I thought I would never get there but I finished and from that moment on I was hooked.

Whilst I had completed triathlons I hadn’t took my training seriously, for years I got by on grit and determination to complete training and races. At that stage I was finishing in the top third of the field but I wanted to do better.

Long story short, In 2010 I suffered a bike accident which meant I was unable to train for months. This gave me time to reflect upon my previous methods and actually plan my training. I put in place a structure drawing upon all the principles and knowledge I have gathered over the years in the fitness industry.

My plan had an effect. That season I won five races and placed top three in most other races. I continued to have successful seasons in 2011 and 2012 rarely out of the top five. I then went on to compete all around Europe doing 70.3 and full ironman races.

I went from a fairly mediocre bike split to regularly setting one of the fastest bike splits, backing this up with one of the fastest run splits.