Dean Johnston is a keen athlete and sportsman who has just completed the 2019 Welsh ‘Ironman’ challenge. He lives in Cwmafan, Port Talbot with his wife Victoria and two boys Ioan and Theo. Dean has always been a keen sportsman since a young child and was a regularly seen running or playing semi-professionally on the football field.
After being a firefighter for a number of years which was a life long dream, unfortunately, he was involved in a road traffic accident whilst on his bike. The accident, though not his fault, meant his life took a different term and he spent the next 3 years surviving and recovering.
He has overcome this, and just completed his first Iron man in 10 hours 47 and coming 9th in his age category, and 78th overall out of 2039 other competitors.
Jamie speaks to Dean about his training and the event itself…..
Dean Johnston is a keen athlete and sportsman who has just completed the 2019 Welsh ‘Ironman’ challenge. He lives in Cwmafan, Port Talbot with his wife Victoria and two boys Ioan and Theo. Dean has always been a keen sportsman since a young child and was a regularly seen running or playing semi-professionally on the football field.
After being a firefighter for a number of years which was a life long dream, unfortunately, he was involved in a road traffic accident whilst on his bike. The accident, though not his fault, meant his life took a different term and he spent the next 3 years surviving and recovering.
He has overcome this, and just completed his first Iron man in 10 hours 47 and coming 9th in his age category, and 78th overall out of 2039 other competitors.
Jamie speaks to Dean about his training and the event itself…..
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