| Current team | Team Likeys.com |  |
| Occupation | Chartered Civil Engineer |
| Home town | Cardiff |
| Country | Glamorgan UK |
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My background is rugby but I gave that up a few years ago after a knee injury. I started running and mountain biking to strengthen my knee and it worked. I didn't go back to playing rugger but took part in a local charity multisport race. I enjoyed that so much that I kept an eye out for longer, harder events and found the world of Adventure Racing.
My first Adventure Race was in April 2007 located in Llandogo, Monmouthshire. It was a DAR race and the course was set by the one and only Tom Gibbs! I've been addicted since.
I competed in my first AR World Series Expedition Race in July 2009 in the USA. The UntamedNE race was great and I subsequently competed in the Portugal ARWC 2009, Adidas Terrex 2010 and Alpine Expedition (APEX) Switzerland Race in 2011.
I joined forces with Paul Pickering and Natalie Taylor in the 'Adventure Sports UK Magazine' team and then with the same members in Team Likeys.com.
2012 promises to be a busy year!
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| Best AR discipline | Running/trekking |
| Worst AR discipline | Ropework |
| AR ambitions | Compete in a multiday international race |
| AR bugbear | None - I love it! |
| AR best moment | Winning |
| My AR best results | Adidas Terrex 2010 (AR World Series Event) - 9th |
| Untamed NE 2009 (AR World Series Event) - 16th overall |
| Questars & DAR: Several podium places as solo & male pair |
| My next AR events | Open 5 series - the 3 southern races |
| Open Adventure 2-day - April 2012 |
| Adidas Terrex Swift - June 2012 |
| Slovenia AR - June 2012 |
| Adidas Terrex Stirling - August 2012 |
| Favourite AR race | APEX Switzerland 2011 - lots of BIG mountains! |
| Favourite piece of kit | Inov8 22 pack - 3yrs old and still going strong |
| Advice(tip) for other racers | Get kayak training from trained personnel. |
