GERAINT THOMAS/CELTIC MANOR

THE GANG BEFORE THE OFF

TUESDAY I MET UP WITH GERAINT THOMAS ALONG WITH MY FELLOW IRONMAN TEAM MATES TRIGG, ALEX & NATHAN. THANKS TO GAYLE FROM SEREN PR THAT THIS DAY ACTUALLY HAPPENED. SHE GOT IN TOUCH WITH ME A FEW WEEKS AGO TO LET ME KNOW THAT OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST GERAINT THOMAS WANTED TO HELP ME WITH THE CYCLING PART OF MY IRONMAN TRAINING.

EVER SINCE WE ARRANGED THE DATE IVE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. IT’S NOT EVERY DAY YOU GET TO CYCLE WITH AN OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST THROUGH THE LANES OF NEWPORT AND THE GLAMOUROUS CELTIC MANOR HOTEL GROUNDS.

TEAM SWYD-IRONMAN ME, ALEX, TRIGG, NATHAN

I HAD TO MEET GERAINT AT THE BBC STUDIOS FOR A RADIO INTERVIEW THEN WE HEADED OFF TO MEET THE REST OF THE GANG AT THE CELTIC MANOR. TODAYS CYCLIST, MAXGEAR WHO KINDLY SPONSORED US WERE THERE TO JOIN US IN OUR 2 HOUR CYCLE. THE BBC’S SPORT WALES PROGRAM PRESENTED BY LISA ROGERS WERE HERE TO FILM THE RIDE SO AS WE HEADED OFF, GERAINTS BIKE HAD CAMERAS ALL OVER THE THING TO GRAB US ALL CRUISING ALONG. WELL, I WAS CRUISING QUITE WELL UNTILL I LOOKED BEHIND ME AND LOST CONCENTRATION HITTING MY FRONT WHEEL ON GERAINTS BACK WHEEL AND ENDING UP IN THE BUSHES BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHICH WAS FULL OF STINGING NETTLES (BROUGHT BACK SOME MEMORIES) HAHA. THEY ALL THOUGHT I’D DONE IT ON PURPOSE BUT I GUARANTEE YOU ALL IT WAS TOTALLY GENUINE. THE RIDE FINISHED WITH A LONG STEEP HILL WHICH WAS A PERFECT END TO A GREAT RIDE.

INTERVIEWS, PHOTO’S ETC WERE FINISHED OFF AND OFF I WENT BACK HOME.

MYSELF AND GERAINT

THANKS TO GAYLE, GERAINT, TODAYS CYCLIST, MAXGEAR, BBC, LISA ROGERS AND EVERYONE INVOLVED FOR A GREAT DAY.

SPORT WALES IS ON BBC WALES TONIGHT AT 9PM

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