00:00First of all we saw some of the preparations there. Can you tell us how
00:04it felt to cross the finish line after 500 kilometres across the Arctic?
00:09A relief. The race was touted as a 500 kilometres but it was actually 511 in
00:17the end and the last 11 kilometres were definitely the longest 11 of the whole
00:21event. We've definitely had some hotter weather here but I know you were there
00:27in the freezing cold, minus 35 degrees. What does that feel like?
00:34Pretty chilly. Obviously you're wearing the correct kit and when you get
00:38going you warm up but it was very chilly, especially on the
00:45fingers. I've lost the feeling in the tips of my fingers and I've got a bit of
00:49frost nip on the end of my nose. So you have to make sure that you're well covered
00:54up and as soon as you stop the the big jackets go on and the big gloves so
00:58that's a you stay warm. And how does training with that tyre along the beach
01:04compare to the real thing then? It was it was good training. It was probably the
01:11best that that I could simulate but it's it's it's nothing like it in reality.
01:19Yeah it was yeah it's difficult to say really it was a good simulation but it's
01:25nothing like the real thing. And where's the money that you raised through this
01:30challenge actually going? So it's going to be split 50-50 between Kent Search and
01:36Rescue and Fallen Fields Special Educational Needs School. Amazing and what kind of
01:42things do they do? So Kent Search and Rescue they they are the the helping the
01:50emergency services the front line when people go missing in in the area. I
01:54wanted to support a local charity local to Kent and they do an amazing job and I
01:59thought it was quite apt for what I was doing and also Fallen Fields supporting
02:06children with complex special educational needs down in in Broadstairs in Kent.
02:12And I can imagine when it was getting really tough during that challenge you
02:16were thinking about the money that was going to charity. How did that feel knowing
02:19that you were doing a good thing? It's I'd be lying if I if I was to say that it
02:25wasn't a few tears throughout the challenge. It's it does it does get quite
02:31quite testing and and you just you just really got to push through and and that's
02:36that's kind of the reason why I do it. So so making yourself accountable not not
02:39only to the charities but to the people that are supporting you along the way it's
02:43it does give you that that that boost and and that that morale kick when you
02:48really need it.
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