Hi, Carl here. Delighted to join what is clearly a like-minded group. Keen to get healthier and fitter to be there for my kids in ten years’ time. Two years post ACL surgery and apparently not very good at following physio regimes, so there’s Challenge no 1! Still hanging around on FTRS service with the Army - know Tom from school and also Matt T. (Is it too late to pretend he recruited me for the stash bonus?! 🤣)

Hi there team, thank you for this amazing opportunity! I’m a British Army veteran of 22 years & I had the honour of serving with Tom! I have various injuries from this career, but I do my best to stay active. Recently moved to Spain with my fiancée & our dogs, so the current task is wading through the bureaucracy involved with getting my visa. This weekend I’ve been in Estonia with the Invictus Games Foundation, as we entered 3 teams in the 70.3 relay event (I did the run in 1hr45 & 28degree heat), so very grateful to be part of this. Tomorrow I start my 2 day journey to return home. I’m looking forward to getting to know everyone, increase my knowledge & keep pushing forward 🙂

Really excited to be starting to train specifically for Birmingham HYROX in October... going to be a lot of lunges, burpees and wall balls over the next 8 weeks... Anyone else got any races planned?

So 168km down of the 300km Charity ride for Young Loves vs Cancer, legs are in the hurt locker most days but powering forward each day Striving to make the 24km ride per day x

There, I’ve said it. A week off work, and with that also the best part of a week out of the gym, off training. I’ve not even been for a run! I’m loving it, but also looking forward to getting back home and back to the gym. The sea has been refreshing 🥶, I even convinced my kids to come down at 08:01 this morning, and the pasties (I’m in Cornwall, back to my roots) have been nourishing 🤤. Hope everyone is well.