EPISODE · Nov 30, 2024 · 32 MIN
The ultimate relationship test
from Not by the Playbook · host BBC World Service
Hallucinations, crashes, and just 10 minutes sleep – Badlands ultra cycle race is not only a test of endurance but also the ultimate relationship test for the 2024 pairs winners. Danni Shrosbree and Bradley Shenton completed the gruelling 800km (497 miles) route, through the Andalusian mountains in Spain, in 53 hours and 30 minutes. The couple faced temperatures of up to 40C, bike damage, and they tell Sportshour’s Caroline Barker how they only stopped for two five-minute power naps.Earlier this week the Player of the Year awards for Rugby Union were announced South Africa's Pieter du Toit won the men's award, for the second time in his career, and the Women's award went to Ellie Kildunne. Ellie was top scorer as England won the Six Nations Grand slam earlier this year and at just 25 has been telling us about how her career on the pitch has developed, and also what she gets up to off the pitch!Here's a quiz question for you. Who is the youngest player to score in the top flight of English football? The record was achieved about 10 years before the formation of the Premier League by an Ipswich Town Player aged just 16 years and 57 days. If you said Jason Dozzell, you are correct! To say success came early and easy to Jason is an understatement, but as he reveals in his new book "Follow the Thunder" it came at a cost. Now in his fifties he's got a much better understanding of the effect of being a child star in a man's world had on him. Image: Danni Shrosbree and Bradley Shenton cycling on off-road mountainous terrain. (Credit: @benjam / @fred.j.photos / @precisionfandh)
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Hallucinations, crashes, and just 10 minutes sleep – Badlands ultra cycle race is not only a test of endurance but also the ultimate relationship test for the 2024 pairs winners. Danni Shrosbree and Bradley Shenton completed the gruelling 800km (497 miles) route, through the Andalusian mountains in Spain, in 53 hours and 30 minutes. The couple faced temperatures of up to 40C, bike damage, and they tell Sportshour’s Caroline Barker how they only stopped for two five-minute power naps.Earlier this week the Player of the Year awards for Rugby Union were announced South Africa's Pieter du Toit won the men's award, for the second time in his career, and the Women's award went to Ellie Kildunne. Ellie was top scorer as England won the Six Nations Grand slam earlier this year and at just 25 has been telling us about how her career on the pitch has developed, and also what she gets up to off the pitch!Here's a quiz question for you. Who is the youngest player to score in the top flight of English football? The record was achieved about 10 years before the formation of the Premier League by an Ipswich Town Player aged just 16 years and 57 days. If you said Jason Dozzell, you are correct! To say success came early and easy to Jason is an understatement, but as he reveals in his new book "Follow the Thunder" it came at a cost. Now in his fifties he's got a much better understanding of the effect of being a child star in a man's world had on him. Image: Danni Shrosbree and Bradley Shenton cycling on off-road mountainous terrain. (Credit: @benjam / @fred.j.photos / @precisionfandh)
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