Well, I have only been in the sport for 15 months (a fact Q reminds me of on a weekly basis) and some of the competition have been doing this for 10 years, so there is a long way to go. On the immediate horizon in the 2012/13 season there are three overall Irish records that I have firmly in my sights: the 30 minutes, 10k and 60 minutes.

I had my eye on the 100k record but hopped on the erg in April 2012 and set an Irish Record in a time of 6 hours 46 minutes 7.7 seconds. I need to finish the 2011/12 Concept 2 Challenge Series where my Q-Power team mate Andy and I are fighting over gold and silver. Later on in the season I am hoping to break the magical 6 minute barrier for my 2k. I am now down to 114kg (18st 0lbs)…

 … and all thanks to Concept2, a gym challenge two years ago and Q."