My training story starts in Ericeira, Portugal. Before I moved here, I spent every year of my life in Manchester, England. I taught secondary maths and was, by any measure, unremarkable at sport. I married late (I’m 41) and lost my wife two summers ago to a sudden stroke. That autumn, my knee gave out.
One of the many things I learned, or was reminded of, is that none of us knows how much time we get on this coast. I started to