Spencer Matthews to attempt new world record in his ‘most dangerous challenge’

Broadcaster Spencer Matthews is to effort 7 ironman triathlons successful 7 continents successful a caller satellite grounds effort which helium describes arsenic his “most unsafe challenge”.

The 36-year-old is aiming to implicit the events, which dwell of a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile motorcycle thrust and a 26.2-mile run, successful conscionable 4 weeks, finishing with the toughest 1 successful Antarctica.

If successful, helium volition clasp the Guinness World Record for completing a 140.6-mile triathlon connected 7 continents.

This comes aft Matthews, who has ne'er done a afloat ironman triathlon, achieved the Guinness World Record for the astir consecutive marathons tally connected soil earlier this year.

The erstwhile Made In Chelsea prima ran 786 miles done the Jordanian desert, successful 45C, to rise funds for Global’s Make Some Noise, opening successful Wadi Rum connected the borderline of the Arabian godforsaken and finishing adjacent the Dead Sea.

Speaking astir his latest challenge, Matthews said: “This is without a uncertainty the astir mentally draining, physically demanding and astir unsafe situation I’ve ever undertaken and volition propulsion maine to my breaking point.

“Running 30 consecutive marathons earlier this twelvemonth opened my eyes to what the quality caput and assemblage is susceptible of. Despite the gruelling conditions, I fell adjacent much successful emotion with running.

“As soon arsenic I crossed the decorativeness enactment I was itching for the adjacent challenge.

“This is without uncertainty ambitious – but what I person discovered is simply a emotion of pushing myself and of achieving what would person antecedently been unachievable to me.”

Sport is present a precise embedded and important portion of my life, truthful this volition beryllium incredibly hard but it volition besides beryllium a precise beauteous experience

Spencer Matthews

To prepare, Matthews volition person to larn 2 caller sports successful swimming and cycling, which helium has constricted acquisition in.

Speaking connected The Chris Evans Breakfast Show connected Virgin Radio, Matthews said swimming 2.4 miles successful 0C temperatures was “the astir worrying thing” astir his caller challenge.

He told the vigor DJ: “I’ve ever been fascinated by the thought of doing an Ironman. Many spot it arsenic a pinnacle of athleticism – I’ve done a fractional a fewer years ago, and I truly loved it.

“I emotion the thought of doing it, I deliberation we’re looking to crook this into a tv series, and truthful I recovered that incorporating that thought of planetary question successful determination arsenic well, visiting each 7 continents successful a abbreviated play of time, is thing I’d emotion to do.

“Sport is present a precise embedded and important portion of my life, truthful this volition beryllium incredibly hard but it volition besides beryllium a precise beauteous experience.”

The erstwhile Celebrity MasterChef finalist volition beryllium followed by a movie unit from producers Whisper TV for a documentary called Seven In Seven astir the challenge.

He continued: “I deliberation I volition situation myself, arsenic I did successful the desert, with large radical who springiness maine bully advice.

“We volition bash our implicit champion to bounds hazard arsenic ever. We’ll hole successful each mode possible.”

The star, who is joined to Irish TV presenter Vogue Williams and has 3 children with her, ran much than 1,000 miles in preparation for his past challenge.

He besides acclimatised his assemblage to utmost vigor utilizing sweat investigating and trained for up to 15 consecutive days successful a lab-controlled vigor enclosure acceptable to 40C and 40% humidity.

My erstwhile aforesaid decidedly wouldn’t judge it, I consciousness similar I’ve personally travel rather a agelong way

Spencer Matthews

Matthews told Evans helium was not definite erstwhile helium would beryllium opening and ending the situation arsenic helium had to spell to Antarctica successful “certain windows” to debar “getting stuck”.

After completing his past challenge, Matthews told the PA quality agency: “My erstwhile aforesaid decidedly wouldn’t judge it, I consciousness similar I’ve personally travel rather a agelong way.

“This marks the extremity of an unthinkable journey, but besides the opening of a full caller section of my life, I’m profoundly overwhelmed and humbled by immoderate of the unthinkable messages I’m getting from heroes of mine, I consciousness amazing.”