Giving It A Go - How Aidan King qualified for GB Agegroup On Debut

Send us Fan MailWelcome back to AMP, on this episode we find out how Aidan King found himself racing for GB in his Agegroup over in Abu Dhabi in 2026.Aidan Says "Two wheels has always been my life from the age of 5 racing motocross till 17, this came with travelling the UK and pushing myself physically and mentally, and the emotional drain is what ended my MX career as I got to a point where I was putting too much pressure on myself for my own good. After this, I went to catering college where I trained to be a chef, which has been my career for the last 14 years. I spent a good few years not doing anything sporting, this led to weight gain (not helped by being a chef) and a new lifestyle of tv watching and not doing much. I took up road cycling with my head chef to get me into a bit of better shape, we were in a similar position and both wanted to better ourselves, this saw me complete my "firsts" as a cyclist (50 mile and 100mile) all for charity and supporting our local work community. 2018 I got knocked off the bike by a car and the road bike was retired as I had no confidence to be in the road. Covid 19 arrives and I was placed in furlough from work, I took up mountain biking which with some friends as we could do this around the rules in place, I went on to race enduro and some stage races before injury ended that, just as I was set to go back to work. 8 months followed where I wasn't cycling and I started to put weight back on, this came as I met someone online who ran a charity who wanted a rider to do LEJOG with them, so I decided to give the road cycling one last go, and this is where it all changed. From here my cycling became everything, even more so when I split up from my ex-girlfriend. Full focus was on me, and this led to sponsorships and racing road bike time trials nationally for Reflex Nopinz RT. Endurance cycling has always been my enjoyment side, with multiple ultra rides in the bag and charity events such as 24 hour rides and everestings. With a successful year on the bike, some health issues meant being off the bike from August 2025, this is where the running started. A client I coach wanted to enter Devon Duathlon, so I said to help train her I would enter it also, I had no expectations going into the event, but registered my indent for age group qualification to give me the extra focus to train. My debut duathlon after 8 weeks of running training, it was never going to be a smooth and perfect race but I gave my all - and here we are, planning on how to train and get set to represent GB Age Group in Abu Dhabi in 2026."congratulations on qualifying and thanks for sharing your journey.follow Aidan at AKCoachingfitness.co.ukInsta page is @akcoachingfitnessYou Can Follow us  onYouTube - AMP GBInstagram @amp_podcastFacebook : Richard Joseph Conwayfind all our episodes on our websiteWebsite is : https://agegroupmultisportpodcast.buzzsprout.com/email: [email protected] you are an agegroup athlete and would like to come on the pod, get in touch.Support the show