{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Walking This Way","title":"From rock bottom to triathlon glory - with Clare Capper","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3515,"description":"Lise catches up with her dear friend from boarding school, Clare Capper, whose transformation story can't fail to leave you feeling inspired. \nIn 2018, at 41, Claire hit rock bottom - drinking too much, smoking, avoiding the life she knew she needed to face. Then, in early 2019, on a hungover morning in Queenstown, New Zealand, Lise planted a seed that would change her life: \"Do a triathlon.\"\nWhat happened next was extraordinary.\nSince then Clare's lost four stone, completed multiple triathlons, fallen in love with cycling and endurance adventures and pushed herself to extraordinary limits. She has:\nCycled Land's End to John O'Groats (930 miles in 9 days)\nBikepacked 400 miles through the Alps on a mountain bike\nCompleted the North Coast 500 in Scotland\nRaced gravel bikes across Europe\nAnd in May 2026, she's taking on a 500-mile ultra-distance cycling event\nBut here's what makes Clare's story so powerful for midlife women: she started all of this at 41. She couldn't swim. She was unfit. She was lost. And she transformed her entire life through movement, one step at a time.\nIn this episode, you'll discover:\nThe moment Clare made the promise that changed everything\nHow she learned to swim at 41\nSwimming on a bungee cord in a wild Dartmoor pool during lockdown (yes, really)\nThe dinner that was just peanuts and jelly babies after cycling 90 miles\nWhy Clare is motivated by fear\nHow cycling brings freedom, swimming brings meditation, and walking brings therapy\nFollow Clare:\nInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/clare_cycles/\nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/clare.capper/\nStrava: https://www.strava.com/athletes/3500234\n\nBe a part of the show: Here's how to get in touch...\nFollow the show and get all the links you need on LinkTree - https://linktr.ee/walking_this_way\nEmail us: walkingthisway@hotmail.com\nUse the get in touch form HERE - https://tr.ee/r-ePylKE8H\nSend us a voice message HERE- https://www.speakpipe.com/WalkingThisWay\n\nProduced by The Good Studio -...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/hFSwcVxMBT1ea_hy7S91l-WN2uC4RqNAcSpeeZiIQos/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS85MGMw/OTMyNWY2ODFmMzJi/YzMyNGQzNjM4ZTYw/ZGY0ZC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}