Why we need meaningful athlete representation in sport
Why we need meaningful athlete representation in sport “Caradh O’Donovan is a former Kickboxer and is also a member of the Irish Karate Team. After a successful career in kickboxing winning multiple World, European and National Titles she recently made the switch to Karate where she has since won numerous National Championships” Recently I wrote […]
31st January 2020 read full articleInterview: Adventure Athlete Ben Turner
Ben Turner is an adventure athlete and coach, speaker and brand ambassador; pursuing his dream of winning the Iron-man World Championship, Kona in 2022. Ben is currently training to break the Fastest Known Time of the Cape Wrath Trail (CWT) in Scotland. Regarded as the UK’s toughest trail, the CWT is 230 miles through the […]
15th January 2020 read full articleAthletes First – There will never be a safe space to tell the truth
Intro Caradh O’Donovan is a former Kickboxer and is also a member of the Irish Karate Team. After a successful career in kickboxing winning multiple World, European and National Titles she recently made the switch to Karate where she has since won numerous National Championships. Caradh’s lifelong passion for sport motivated her to attain a […]
6th January 2020 read full articleMeet athlete and runner Samantha Harrison
Samantha Harrison has a rare and pretty inspirational story for anyone looking to take up a sport, this 24 year old from Nottinghamshire only took up running a year ago and has already won a load of 10k’s and half marathons! Samantha only started taking running seriously in September 2018 when she entered her first […]
11th December 2019 read full articleWingsuit flyer Fraser Corsan – the world’s fastest man
We caught up with Fraser Corsan, he’s a very experienced wingsuit flyer – the world’s fastest non motorised sport. Fraser Fraser Corsan holds the world record, which clocks in at 400 kph (249mph)! How many jumps/flights have you done? I have just over 2,500 jumps of which 1500 are wingsuit skydives. Highest jump and are […]
25th November 2019 read full articleInterview with sailor Timothy Long
Timothy Long is a 14 year old sailor who is aiming to be the youngest person to ever sail around Britain solo. He’ll set off on this voyage in the summer of 2020, in a 19ft British Hunter 19, departing from Southampton and circumnavigating Britain anti-clockwise. The total distance is about 1800 nautical miles, and […]
1st May 2019 read full articleMy experience of Climbing Everest – Anish Luitel
Anish Luitel is mountaineer and scout leader and volunteer, he has summited Everest twice and once unsuccessfully. Anish is currently fundraising on PledgeSports to complete the 7 Summits Challenge – Climbing the 7 highest mountain in 7 continents. Below is his experience of climbing Mount Everest: 2015 Earthquake My first attempt at climbing Everest was on […]
22nd March 2019 read full articleInterview with the man who ran across America
If you don’t already know the story, Eric Keeler has recently finished a 4,000 + mile run across America which took 7 months! We caught up with Eric for no holes barred interview on his adventure. What gave you the crazy idea to run across America? It was part boredom with my current life […]
22nd December 2018 read full articleAdventure Runner – Life On the Road
In Feb 2016 Eric decided to challenge himself to something a little out of the ordinary and run 4,200 miles across America, it took nearly 2 years of logistics, planning and training and in December he finished the run. It’s been a fascinating journey for us and anyone else who has been following it. We are […]
17th December 2018 read full articleCrowdfunding – The lifeline of sport
This is a blog extract from Irish Skeleton athlete Brendan Doyle After a challenging Olympic season, battling with injury and doing what I could to try to make the games, I took a month to decompress. I had a choice, walk away from the sport and pursue my professional aspirations or use what I went through […]
5th December 2018 read full article