IRONMAN Wales 2022 in aid of KCH and GOSH
Event date: Sept. 11, 2022
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IRONMAN Wales 2022 in aid of KCH and GOSH
Event date: Sept. 11, 2022
2.4 miles of Swimming. 112 miles of cycling. 26.2 miles of running. 17 hours on the clock.
In September 2017, my wife Emma and I became parents. The birth of our daughter, Indie, was cause for great celebration and joy, but it also marked the beginning of an extremely fraught, stressful and emotionally demanding experience; our little girl was very, very sick, and was rushed to the neo-natal intensive care unit of King's College Hospital, before being transferred to the flamingo ward of Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children the next day.
Thanks to the incredibly skilled, diligent, and compassionate care of the medical professionals we encountered at both GOSH and King's, our daughter made a miraculous and complete recovery. For this, and for much else besides, we are forever indebted to them.
In November 2018, I decided that it was time I did something to try and chip away at that debt.
I was a very inefficient swimmer, my single-speed bike had a wonky wheel, and despite banging on about how much I'd like to from time to time, I'd never run a marathon. Nevertheless, I set my sights on taking part in IRONMAN Wales in Tenby on 15th September 2019.
Since then, an awful lot has happened. I had to defer my 2019 entry due to work commitments, and the COVID-19 Pandemic forced the cancellation of the 2020 and 2021 events.
However, I am delighted to confirm that I successfully completed IRONMAN Wales on 11th September 2022 in 15 hours, 32 minutes and 31 seconds.
There's still time if you’d like to make a donation. Thank you so much to all of you who have already contributed - I am thrilled by the funds we have managed to raise so far, all of which will be put to brilliant use by these two amazing charities.
B x
-- I would like to thank the following donors who have previous contributed via the now defunct Virgin Money Giving page: --
Ishia Bennison & Ian Henderson
Elizabeth Boag
Andy Daniel
Thomas, Valentina & Buster Eccleshare
Peter & Cheryl Foreman
Ian Hallard
Michal Hardy
Fay Lomas
Angela, Mike & Lily Siggs
Rick Webber & Laura Albrecht
Rob Weldon
Pearl Wheeler
Pamela Whitmore
£7370.00
+£1390.31 Gift Aid
raised of £4000 target
by 139 supporters
Ben Deery
Supporters
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Lloyd Wood
Amazing, Ben. An extraordinary achievement for a wonderful cause. I'm sure Indie is very proud of you. x
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Dan and Alice
Cannot comprehend your achievement. Simply phenomenal. Wonderful man x
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Nick Underwood
Well done Ben. I simply cannot conceive of conceiving of this as anything that remotely resembles a good idea. So impressive, though and for such a great cause, impelled by a very wonderful motive. I really enjoyed reading your account of it all. Better weather might have helped... but you didn't even need that! Amazing.
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Rob Heaps
Mate slow down you're making us look bad!! Fantastic achievement, well done. Rob x
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The Classey’s
Congratulation Ben. We are so immensely proud of you. You are nothing short of Amazing! Well done. Love Andy, Jodie, George & Ruby X
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Bruno & Lydia
Bloody great effort Ben. Great causes and as someone who used to exercise and kows people who've done one, a massive effort of an event. Well done!
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Niall
Amazing Iron Tasked Man! Hope it went well and you’re feeling ok this evening!? Best wishes to you and the family xx
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Charlotte
What an incredible thing to do. Emma - your stories today made me feel so emotional! Hope the toes aren’t too pruny from all that rain.
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Will, Nambo, Anna-boo and Ollie
We’ll all be with you in spirit Benj. You’ve done incredibly already, we believe in you! Lots of love xxxx
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Jacky Tidbury (Evans)
Good luck, Ben - such an important cause. When the going gets tough, just think of Emma and Indie x
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Mathew
With all the training done, it’s now time to go out there and slay the Dragon. Pwb luc
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Mandy Lawrence
Wonderful!! Good luck Ben. I’m so proud of our NHS. Every happiness to you all xxx
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Kerrie Farrell
Awesome Ben. Loved the video (nicking that idea for my London marathon efforts) Suddenly realise that running 26.2 miles is not all that bad… great effort. Amazing cause. Well done you. Photos of the finisher please!
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Emily Woodward
Wow Ben - what an incredible thing to do for two immensely important charities. We’ll be thinking of you! Emily, Gary, Woody and Barney xx
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Richard Durden
Ben, really proud of you for doing this. Obviously, if I wasn’t 96, I’d be doing it with you!
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None
The very best of luck and all strength to your endeavour. Much love Philip and Sally
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Richard Cordery
Ben I’m shattered at the prospect of what you are about to do. Sending you love and strength in equal measure. God speed xx
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Barbara & Neil Doherty
Good Luck Ben, what a wonderful charity GOSH is giving such care & hope
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Max Bennett
Incredible stuff mate, hope it goes brilliantly and look forward to hearing the war stories at the quiz! Huge love xx
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Chris Waplington
Absolute hero! You're literally twice the (iron) man I am!! Smash it mate x
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Becci Sheppard
What an amazing thing to do, good luck & welldone, on what will be quite the achievement!
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Esh Alladi
You got this Ben! Congratulations and thank you for raising money for such an important cause. X
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Jonny and Lindsay
We love you all from the bottom of our hearts. And we love GOSH too. Xxxx
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Carin Ahlenius
To this fantastic cause- even if I don’t live in the UK I can’t help being so appreciative in the whay they helped ur family!🙏❤️
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Marie Channer
Well done on your Live, look forward to watching more!! You've got this!!! To smash it for your beautiful little girl!!
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Sally Law
Good luck Ben, hopefully the North Downs will have prepared you well for this amazing challenge, best wishes from Sally & Trevor
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Lynne Bultitude
Best of luck Ben I’m sure you’ll cinch it (sorry, probably not the first person to say this lol) xx
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Crouch
Surely to god there must be some way you can cheat this? No one would think any the less of you.
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None
You are the second person I know doing this crazy thing this Sunday, whilst I'm doing the ever so easy in comparison London to Brighton cycle ride. Had to give something to this wonderful cause..... Best of luck!
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Jo Herbert
Go Go Ben! What an amazing thing to do!! Hats. Off. 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻 You’re amazing xxx
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Bailey Sarah
An amazing feat for an amazing cause! Well done Ben, you’re awesome! Smiffy xx
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Mary Doherty
Benji - You’re amazing for doing this. And Indie is incredible. Proud of you. May the wind be at your back. Mary xxxxx AKA Boozehound xxx
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The Kirby’s!
Well done Benji! We are all very proud of you! Come see me for a beer and burger after! Love you millions Your big sis! Xxx
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Richard & Peta Moffitt
You are awesome Ben, and Indie is such a lucky little girl to have you and Emma for her Mummy & Daddy. We'll be thinking of you! Peta, Richard & The Moffs xxx
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Suzy
What a goal to set yourself, but your determined, so you'll do it. Will be thinking of you, good luck.
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Ben Graney
Good luck mate. Great causes and a huge task which you will be more than Up to! Go well!
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Tricia K
All the very best of luck Ben in a very good cause. Love to you and all the family xxx
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Susan Kitchener
Indie and I will be tracking you all the way and cheering you on xx Mum xx
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