Born in Harare, Zimbabwe, Sean had an adventurous upbringing in the Mana Pools National Park with his conservationist game ranger father, Tony. He spent his early years climbing trees and chasing elephants out of his garden, and this unique childhood has been the fuel for his adventurous ambitions.

Well-known for his quirky take on endurance sports and adventures, Sean came to the UK in 2002 with just £100 in his wallet and started working in Cambridge cutting 12,000 cabbages a day and then as a freelance photographer in London, whilst living in a tiny room in London with 7 other people, spending any cash he earned on various travels and bonkers adventures.

Sean famously sold his photography business for just £1 to pursue his dream breaking the world record for cycling around the world, Sean gained sponsorship and set out on this epic adventure on 18th February 2012. After three weeks he was ahead of schedule averaging nearly 180 miles a day. His dreams were shattered in America when a driver hit him causing severe whip lash, concussion, torn ligaments and a compression fracture to the spine. Despite this, Sean continued on dropping to 140 miles per day, changing his goal to get back to London in time for the Olympics and raise money for charity. He made it back with a week to spare, having covered 16,000 miles - 12,000 of them with a fractured spine.

In 2013 he became the first person in history to swim the length of Great Britain, having previously cycled it in 2008. After battling the weather, currents and seemingly endless swarms of jellyfish, Sean and his legendary beard wrote history on November 11 2013, after 135 days at sea.

in 2015, after a failed first attempt at running Britain, he completed the Ultimate British Triathlon when he finished his run from John O’Groats to Land’s End, without undergoing any kind of training in advance.

In 2016 Sean raised the bar once more when he took on the greatest challenge of his life. Starting in April 2016, he completed a self-supported 4000+ mile, continuous Ultra Triathlon that circumnavigates the entire coast of mainland Britain and Discovery Channel followed Sean’s incredible and dangerous journey.

His most recent achievement was the world record for cycling unsupported across Europe. He completed the 4000 miles route in 24 days, 18 hours and 39 minutes. The documentary can be found on Amazon - Sean Conway's Europe or Bust.

Sean's books:
Hell and High water
Big mile cycling
Tempura's Treasure: 1 (The Chronicles of William Wilder
Lands end to John O'Groats: The ride that started it all
Cycling the earth

Renee is a leading Sports and Eating disorder specialist dietitian with 20 years experience working in clinical and performance nutrition, within Olympic (London, 2012), Paralympic (Rio, 2016) and Commonwealth (Queensland, 2018) teams.

She works with individuals, athletes of all levels and ages, coaches and sports science teams to provide nutritional strategies to enhance sport performance and manage eating disorders.

She is presently working with a number of national governing bodies, including Scottish Gymnastics, The GB 24 hour Running squad and The England Ballet company.

She is regularly asked to work directly with high performing and professional athletes that have developed a dysfunctional relationship with food that is impacting their performance, health and career.

She is the best-selling author of Training Food, Fast Fuel books. and Orthorexia, When Healthy Eating Goes Bad

She is the co- founder of #TRAINBRAVE a campaign raising the awareness of eating disorders in sport; providing resources and practical strategies to reduce the prevalence. 

She is on the REDS advisory board for BASES (The British Association of Sport and Exercise Science) whist also sitting on the International Task Force for Orthorexia.

Renee has been invited to speak at several high profile events including The European Eating Disorder Society Annual Conference as the UK expert in Orthorexia, Cheltenham Literature Festival, Cheltenham Science Festival, The Stylist Show and Google.

She writes for many national publications and is often asked to comment in the national press. She regularly contributes to radio and TV, including News night and BBC 5 Live.

Holly Rush is an ex GB Road marathon runner turned Mountain, Ultra and Trail Runner.

Holly has won several international marathons, represented her country at the Commonwealth games in Delhi and secured a team bronze (Silver) medal at the European championships in Barcelona. 

Holly is now an Asics studio coach and a coach for Rushbynature.com .

Non Stanford is a Welsh triathlete, an ex ITU World Champion, Captain of the welsh commonwealth team and represented team GB at the Rio Olympics in 2016. 

Non has battled with a series of injuries throughout her career but continues to deliver on the big stage, winning gold at the Hamburg World triathlon in 2019.

Non now resides in Australia training with an elite group of athletes under coach Joel Filliol.

Gary is an Ultra runner and Head Honcho at RUNSTRONG which has 200+ members from around the world. His aim is to try to make running easier to understand for people in an info-training way. In 2019, Gary completed The Dragons Back Race despite suffering from compartment syndrome on day 4 of the 5 day race and has PBs ranging from 35 min 10km to 135 miles in under 24 hours. 

Alex Staniforth is a record-breaking adventurer, endurance athlete, international motivational speaker, author and mental health activist. 

Alex knows a thing or two about overcoming adversity, having experienced the two biggest consecutive disasters in Mount Everest history, including the 2015 Nepal earthquake which trapped him on the mountain for two days. In July 2017 he became the fastest person ever to climb all 100 UK county tops to raise awareness of depression and eating disorders, and winning the Pride of Britain Granada Reports Fundraiser of the Year 2017.

Now he is committed to inspiring others to overcome life challenges. In 2019 he co-founded Mind Over Mountains to help others restore mental well-being through outdoor experiences.

You do not want to miss this episode. Find out how perceived failures lead to huge successes, world records and beyond.

www.alexstaniforth.com