The 400 Mile Triathlon. Dublin to London

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Never been done before – carbon neutral 400 mile triathlon
On Thursday 1 July, I embarked on 400 mile adventure from Dublin to London.
The aim was to be the first person in history to complete a human powered 400 mile triathlon (running, rowing and cycling). Starting in Dublin’s fair city and finishing in London to raise funds for mental health and raise awareness for sustainability and zero carbon travel.
It was originally for myself but it grew to be something incredible. I am the kind of person who constantly needs a goal to work towards, be that in work or in my personal life. After I told people about the concept of a 400 mile human powered journey from Dublin to London, they thought I was insane but I wanted to show people that everyone has the ability to achieve big, crazy ambitious endeavours. It might sound cliché but I’m nothing special – but as proven you set a goal and put your mind to it and you can achieve amazing things.
As you can imagine, I spend a lot of time outdoors training and it scares when you witness environmental and climate change happen before your eyes. Nature is so central to our psychological and emotional health, that it’s almost impossible to realise good mental health for all, without a greater connection to the natural world.
I want to try and show that anything can be done with a bit of effort. So, if I can do a 400-mile triathlon from Dublin to London just to raise awareness of zero-carbon travel, then people can think about taking that 10 or 20-minute cycle to work instead of using a car, or walking where possible etc.
I started the run at midnight on Thursday 1 July at the Spire, Dublin. I ran throughout the night a double marathon (52 miles) via the Wicklow Way with an elevation gain of 6000ft arriving in Arklow harbour 14 hours later. I had a quick break, did some interviews for the Irish Independent and a photo shoot then began the row across the Irish sea on Thursday afternoon at 16:30 when the tides were favourable to get out of Arklow harbour with my misfit rowing crew who met for the first time that day (long story).

After battling tidal currents and harsh rowing conditions, I arrived into Aberystwyth, Wales in the early hours of Saturday morning at 4:00. Completing the row in 35.5 hours with additional 8 miles added to row due to strong tidal currents which brought the rowing total to 104 miles.

Unfortunately, the cycle leg was delayed. I started the cycle at 12 noon Saturday departing Aberystwyth harbour and heading into the Welsh hills with Stephen Murphy and stopped at 23:00 Saturday night after covering 110 miles and 8500ft of climbing through the Welsh mountains.
After some food and much needed sleep of four hours, we started the final leg of the epic challenge at 5:30 Sunday morning covering the remaining distance of 130 mile cycle, battling through head winds and rain showers arriving at the Shard on Sunday evening at 17:30. As I approached the Shard, I didn’t know how to feel between happiness, pride and sadness that the crazy journey was over. Throughout the challenge, I was in bubble and nothing else matter outside of task at hand throughout.
The 400 Mile Triathlon stats
• 64 hours moving time.
• 30,000 calories burned.
• 19,647 elevation gained.
• 3 countries
• 1 ocean

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