0:00:04 > 0:00:06What does it take to be the best?
0:00:13 > 0:00:15Around the world,
0:00:15 > 0:00:17sports steeped in tradition
0:00:17 > 0:00:19create their champions.
0:00:21 > 0:00:25Men who master speed,
0:00:25 > 0:00:28skill, endurance,
0:00:28 > 0:00:30and the will to win.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35Four modern sporting heroes
0:00:35 > 0:00:38are about to put themselves to the test.
0:00:38 > 0:00:39Argh!
0:00:39 > 0:00:43Gareth Thomas, Welsh rugby legend...
0:00:43 > 0:00:46You don't want to lose. Nobody wants to lose. It hurts.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49..Donovan Bailey, the Olympic gold medal sprinter...
0:00:49 > 0:00:52Every single day I get up and I have a goal.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55..James Toseland, two times World Superbike Champion...
0:00:55 > 0:00:57There's always a will to win. I hate losing.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00I've always hated losing. But I'm not planning on losing.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02..and Iwan Thomas,
0:01:02 > 0:01:05whose British 400 metre record has never been broken.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07I've always been a competitor.
0:01:07 > 0:01:11I think I always will have that natural need to win.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15They'll travel to the four corners of the earth...
0:01:17 > 0:01:19Wow, look at that!
0:01:19 > 0:01:22..to take on some of the world's great challenges.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24Whoa!
0:01:24 > 0:01:25Super dangerous.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27It's like being on death row.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30They're about to find out who's got what it takes...
0:01:30 > 0:01:32This is combat.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34..to triumph against the odds.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36SHOUTING
0:01:36 > 0:01:38They'll compete to be the best.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41I love it. I didn't realise how much I missed it.
0:01:41 > 0:01:42But who will crumble?
0:01:42 > 0:01:44Argh!
0:01:44 > 0:01:46I'm not in. You're not in? I'm not in.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49HE MOANS
0:01:49 > 0:01:50I just want to die.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53And who's got what it takes to win?
0:01:54 > 0:01:56That is the scariest thing I have ever done.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05Winning has defined their lives.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10Now four sportsmen are about to find out
0:02:10 > 0:02:12who is the ultimate competitor.
0:02:15 > 0:02:19In Turkey, they'll fight against the toughest opponents.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22We're going to be competing in a championship.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24It's not just playing at it.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27In India, they'll take each other on in combat.
0:02:31 > 0:02:32As soon as any competition starts,
0:02:32 > 0:02:35I will want to beat that person I'm facing.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37And they'll probably say exactly the same,
0:02:37 > 0:02:39and that's what makes a sportsman.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42And in Japan, they'll take part in a shoot out
0:02:42 > 0:02:45using horse and bow.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47I will always be an athlete.
0:02:47 > 0:02:48I will always challenge myself.
0:02:48 > 0:02:52It's a world tour to discover who has the winning edge...
0:02:52 > 0:02:57You've got to completely convince yourself that you will win.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59When you don't, it's devastating.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02..and it all starts with a gruelling test of endurance.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09The first leg of the contest will reveal
0:03:09 > 0:03:11how fit the sportsmen truly are...
0:03:14 > 0:03:16..as they find out who can go the distance.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19Deep in the Welsh hills,
0:03:19 > 0:03:23they face 21 miles of cross-country marathon...
0:03:23 > 0:03:24with a twist.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29The runners will be going head-to-head against horses.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33They're meeting up for the first time,
0:03:33 > 0:03:37but in just four weeks, Gareth, James, Iwan and Donovan
0:03:37 > 0:03:40will be lining up to race the riders and each other.
0:03:40 > 0:03:41Fitness levels -
0:03:41 > 0:03:44I think we've all got different strengths, different weaknesses.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46When was the last time you trained properly, though?
0:03:46 > 0:03:49I don't train much any more, if I'm honest with you,
0:03:49 > 0:03:51but I still would like to think I've got that in my locker.
0:03:51 > 0:03:55The course starts and finishes in the town of Llanwrtyd Wells,
0:03:55 > 0:03:59and runners race through hard and unforgiving country.
0:03:59 > 0:04:00Ah, you bugger!
0:04:00 > 0:04:03Straight out of town, they face sheer climbs
0:04:03 > 0:04:05and drops of hill after hill
0:04:05 > 0:04:08while racing on rocks and through mud.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11We don't know how hard this is going to be, right?
0:04:11 > 0:04:14But I'm going to mentally tell myself this is going to be hell.
0:04:14 > 0:04:18The course cuts through forest and exposed countryside.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21And throughout the 21 miles,
0:04:21 > 0:04:24the competitors will be trying to outrun
0:04:24 > 0:04:27some of the toughest endurance riders in the UK.
0:04:30 > 0:04:34We're going to be on the start line all wanting to beat each other.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37And, as always, every sportsman thinking it's going to be them.
0:04:37 > 0:04:41Like, my maximum - I hit the wall and I'm gone at five miles.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43Your body will go so far,
0:04:43 > 0:04:46and then I think all of a sudden your brain kicks in,
0:04:46 > 0:04:49and then your brain will take you the rest of the way.
0:04:56 > 0:05:00Is this it? Two houses in the whole village? This is it, bud.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03Bye, train. Goodbye, world!
0:05:04 > 0:05:06Goodbye!
0:05:06 > 0:05:08Nothing in their professional training
0:05:08 > 0:05:11will have prepared them for a race this tough.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13It's beautiful. Yeah, it is nice.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17Even though they've all been at the top of their game.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22I wasn't naturally good at rugby.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24I played all sports.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27When I was doing athletics I felt like I was on my own.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29When I was doing swimming I felt like I was on my own.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32But the one thing I loved about rugby
0:05:32 > 0:05:34was - even though I didn't excel at it at a young age -
0:05:34 > 0:05:37was the fact that I could be part of a team.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41I was a kid, as soon as the lunchtime bell would go,
0:05:41 > 0:05:44would run out, put my jumper down, set the game of football out.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47One school sports day I attempted five events.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50I broke all five school records, and a PE teacher
0:05:50 > 0:05:53physically clipped me round the head and took me to an athletics club.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55Three weeks after that, I'm on a plane to Korea
0:05:55 > 0:05:59to the World Junior Championships, and I'm like, "What is going on?"
0:06:00 > 0:06:03This is my very first set of leathers. I was 14 at the time.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06As you can see, we didn't have much money when we were younger.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09I had my careers interview at school, and they said,
0:06:09 > 0:06:10"So what do you want to be, then?"
0:06:10 > 0:06:12I went, "A motorcycle racer."
0:06:12 > 0:06:15And he said, "Well, that's a bit unrealistic, isn't it?"
0:06:15 > 0:06:17So I said, "Oh, I'll be a joiner like my brother, then,
0:06:17 > 0:06:18"if you need to put it down."
0:06:18 > 0:06:20And he said, "Willing to work weekends?"
0:06:20 > 0:06:22I said, "Well, I'm only planning on working weekends, mate,
0:06:22 > 0:06:26"cos you have to qualify on Saturday and then race on Sundays." HE LAUGHS
0:06:27 > 0:06:30The boys are in Gareth's homeland, Wales,
0:06:30 > 0:06:32for the first leg of their challenge.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34The eagle has landed.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36It's a chance to get to know each other
0:06:36 > 0:06:38as they kick-start their training...
0:06:38 > 0:06:40Keep up, fatty. Come on.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42HE LAUGHS Sorry.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44I'm checking out the sights.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46Hello. We're here for some pain.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52..and heading to join them after flying in from Canada
0:06:52 > 0:06:54is the fourth member of the team,
0:06:54 > 0:06:59Olympic gold medallist and former world record-holder Donovan Bailey.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02It's so peaceful and serene, quiet.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04I like it.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07I could definitely have a country home here.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09This would work.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20One of the most successful sprinters of his generation,
0:07:20 > 0:07:23Donovan held the Olympic record for 12 years.
0:07:25 > 0:07:29I was brought up in a house where failure wasn't discussed.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32I am number four of five boys in the house,
0:07:32 > 0:07:35so I don't ever remember not being in competition.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39We were taught and moulded to be successful
0:07:39 > 0:07:41in any single thing that we did,
0:07:41 > 0:07:45so the expectation was that you can't disappoint your mum and dad.
0:07:50 > 0:07:51What do you drink, mate? Cider.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54That's the first thing I got drunk on. That's, um...
0:07:54 > 0:07:56Lime and soda water. Vodka, lime and soda.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07This is...
0:08:07 > 0:08:08This is, er... Wow.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11This is so far removed from my life today.
0:08:11 > 0:08:15There's no shower. The TV's not a flatscreen.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18The mattress is a hammock. HE LAUGHS
0:08:18 > 0:08:20Well, well, well. Good afternoon. How are you, mate?
0:08:20 > 0:08:23I'm on Jamaica time. Haven't seen you in a while, man. How are you?
0:08:23 > 0:08:24Nice to see you. You well?
0:08:24 > 0:08:27As fellow sprinters, Iwan and Donovan's paths have crossed before.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29He's a big dude. He is a big dude.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32Donovan's someone who I've got a lot of respect for.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35When I was at the Atlanta Olympics, I came away with a silver medal,
0:08:35 > 0:08:36it was like, "Oh, my God."
0:08:36 > 0:08:39Donovan Bailey was the 100 metre blue ribbon event champion.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42So you're talking about someone who's the fastest man in the world.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45Do you know what this first challenge is? I have no clue.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47Oh, you don't know what you're doing? No, I don't.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49You don't know what we're doing? I don't, I don't.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51Let me tell him.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53Right, so we're doing...
0:08:53 > 0:08:55It's called Man versus Horse,
0:08:55 > 0:08:56and it's an off-road fell run.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59So, up the mountains. And it starts off here in the pub.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02And you run literally out around the mountains and back.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05Crazy! I'm like, "What?"
0:09:05 > 0:09:07I don't think he's fully thought it through,
0:09:07 > 0:09:10which is going to be entertaining. HE LAUGHS
0:09:10 > 0:09:11You're a 100 metre sprinter,
0:09:11 > 0:09:13so even a five-mile run is going to hurt, isn't it?
0:09:13 > 0:09:16100 metres - you know what's far? 200 metres.
0:09:16 > 0:09:17THEY LAUGH
0:09:17 > 0:09:21Usain Bolt is the number one sprinter in the world.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23I was that, Linford was that,
0:09:23 > 0:09:25and there's a hierarchy.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28Even in our sport, where, you know,
0:09:28 > 0:09:31it is the jet-setting,
0:09:31 > 0:09:35fast cars, nice house, pretty ladies.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37That's kind of what we do. That's, uh...
0:09:39 > 0:09:41Well, yeah, that is what we do. HE LAUGHS
0:09:43 > 0:09:46Man versus Horse started because of a bet
0:09:46 > 0:09:48over a drink in the bar of the Neuadd Arms.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50I probably could get better if I shut my eyes.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52We'll have a drink.
0:09:52 > 0:09:53Oh!
0:09:53 > 0:09:57Locals were arguing over whether a human could ever beat a horse.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00Get in! Get in!
0:10:00 > 0:10:02The event is now world famous
0:10:02 > 0:10:04and has been running for 35 years...
0:10:04 > 0:10:07and man has beaten horse twice.
0:10:07 > 0:10:08Dick! How's it going?
0:10:10 > 0:10:1468-year-old Dick Evans won the first race in 1980,
0:10:14 > 0:10:16and has come in first three times since,
0:10:16 > 0:10:19thought he's never beaten the horse.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21He's agreed to take the boys under his wing.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24The first mile and a half, two miles is on road.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27JAMES: OK, cool. How many hills will we face?
0:10:27 > 0:10:30There are some really long hills
0:10:30 > 0:10:31there are a few sharper hills,
0:10:31 > 0:10:35but you're going to be climbing for 10, 15 minutes at a time.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38Uh-huh. What's your fastest for this particular race?
0:10:38 > 0:10:391:56.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42So it's 21 miles and you're running 1:56?
0:10:42 > 0:10:44- Yeah. - And it's up and down dale?
0:10:44 > 0:10:45Yeah.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47That's well fast. You've done it on a proper watch
0:10:47 > 0:10:48and it legit is 21 miles?
0:10:48 > 0:10:50JAMES LAUGHS On a proper watch!
0:10:50 > 0:10:52- Well, the timekeeper... - Not like your one!
0:10:52 > 0:10:55JAMES: 'He runs every day. He runs 60 miles a week, still.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57'Most 68-year-olds are putting their feet up'
0:10:57 > 0:11:01and having a cup of tea and watching afternoon television.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04He's just told me what he does, and all of a sudden I've...
0:11:04 > 0:11:05I'm going to suck it in,
0:11:05 > 0:11:09stop being nervous, and he's been a bit of an inspiration.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11On their first evening,
0:11:11 > 0:11:15Dick suggested they get cracking with training.
0:11:15 > 0:11:16I'm just getting ready.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19And putting my wife's headband in,
0:11:19 > 0:11:20which is really embarrassing.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22HE LAUGHS
0:11:22 > 0:11:24But only James is up for it.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27James is, mentally, a machine.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29I think people will say, "Didn't he ride a motor bike?
0:11:29 > 0:11:32"Surely you don't have to be fit for that." You do.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35COMMENTATOR: James Toseland is king in Britain!
0:11:35 > 0:11:36What a race.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39James is the two times World Superbike Champion.
0:11:39 > 0:11:44To win races, he'd push his bike to 226mph.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47I always wanted to go faster and faster and faster.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49I don't know if there was ever going to be a limit,
0:11:49 > 0:11:50but I never found that limit.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56I loved how you crashed and you broke your leg,
0:11:56 > 0:12:00but you still dragged yourself back on a bike again to finish the race.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03I used to be the kid that smashed his tennis racket on the floor,
0:12:03 > 0:12:06if I wasn't good, and smashed that and walked off.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08Naturally you've got to be competitive.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10That drive and competitiveness to want to win -
0:12:10 > 0:12:14but then there's another level of needing to win,
0:12:14 > 0:12:17and I think that is what I had.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23The next morning's training is not optional.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27To get them used to the tough terrain,
0:12:27 > 0:12:32Dick's arranged a session at Tony Griffiths' hill farm.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35Well, they'll want to get a bit of belly off for us, won't they? LAUGHTER
0:12:35 > 0:12:38Typical farmer! Always sticking the knife in.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40Yeah, just because you're retired and you think,
0:12:40 > 0:12:42"Ah, I can put on a few more pounds now."
0:12:42 > 0:12:45LAUGHTER Yeah, yeah.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49IWAN: Make sure you're in front of me, JT, I've got bad wind.
0:12:49 > 0:12:50JAMES LAUGHS
0:12:53 > 0:12:55Oh, my goodness!
0:12:55 > 0:12:57JAMES LAUGHS That was really deep!
0:12:59 > 0:13:00Yes, bud!
0:13:00 > 0:13:03That's why they you won the 100 metres - you walk on water.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08Dick's giving the boys a baptism of fire.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11The boggy hill he's got them running up and down
0:13:11 > 0:13:15is one of the tough final sections of the Man versus Horse race.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18Today we're going to do six reps on the hill.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21When the race comes, you should have no problem.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24We can do this six times if we have to run for four hours.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27So it's going to be about two minutes recovery.
0:13:27 > 0:13:28Walk back and go.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31Like the old days, come on. What are you guys talking about, man?
0:13:31 > 0:13:34Take yourself back, man. Champion, come on. Let's go!
0:13:34 > 0:13:35Jeez.
0:13:39 > 0:13:40Iwan's getting the hang of it.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44'I always want to win in anything I do.'
0:13:44 > 0:13:46I play beat the sat nav, so wherever I'm going, any journey,
0:13:46 > 0:13:48my sat nav will say, "You will arrive at 4:14."
0:13:48 > 0:13:51I'm like, "Nah, I'll beat that." I'm just a competitor.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54I can just cut out crisps, chocolate and cola.
0:13:54 > 0:13:57That's 90% of your diet, though, pal. I know. I'll waste away.
0:13:57 > 0:13:58You're going to die.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01I think James is much lighter than any of the other boys.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03I think he's going to enjoy it.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06It's the course, I think, will suit him.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08Come on, JT.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10Iwan and James are in their element.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12I am tired.
0:14:12 > 0:14:16But it's a whole new world for the Olympic 100 metre champion,
0:14:16 > 0:14:19who's all about short bursts of energy, not stamina.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21OK. All right.
0:14:21 > 0:14:22Let's try this, baby.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25I just hate mud and dirt.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27Oh, I hate this.
0:14:27 > 0:14:28Oh, no, it's getting worse.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31Come on, Donovan. Keep going, mate!
0:14:33 > 0:14:34Man, this is crazy.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36What am I thinking?
0:14:36 > 0:14:40"Oh, marathon - no problem!
0:14:40 > 0:14:43"Marathon in Wales up the hill - no problem!"
0:14:44 > 0:14:45I'm screwed.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47'I think it's going to be toughest for Donovan.'
0:14:47 > 0:14:50He's never been in something like this before,
0:14:50 > 0:14:54so he's going to experience fatigue early on -
0:14:54 > 0:15:00and he's going to have to carry that fatigue for hours.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03Today is day one. And it's not race day, you know? It's practice.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05I've never been known for practice.
0:15:06 > 0:15:08Ah!
0:15:08 > 0:15:10Last two reps. Come on, guys.
0:15:10 > 0:15:14As my old training partner would say,
0:15:14 > 0:15:15when it hurts,
0:15:15 > 0:15:18they're the sessions that count, cos they're in the bank.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20Gareth is gone already?
0:15:20 > 0:15:22GARETH: I'm the pacemaker!
0:15:22 > 0:15:23DONOVAN: Team-mate!
0:15:23 > 0:15:26GARETH: Mate, I'm always on your team.
0:15:26 > 0:15:27One more, boys,
0:15:27 > 0:15:29and then Donovan's putting the kettle on.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31Come on, boys.
0:15:31 > 0:15:35Despite his size, Gareth is staying focused.
0:15:35 > 0:15:36He's a machine, you see.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39For a big fella, he's running well, isn't he?
0:15:39 > 0:15:43Gareth, he's got that mental toughness.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45That's your best of the day!
0:15:45 > 0:15:48'Each one we did, he was getting faster,'
0:15:48 > 0:15:51even though he would have been getting more tired, more fatigued.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53That's a man who won't quit. He'll run through walls.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55Well done, big G. Great stuff, mate.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57That's a great effort, mate.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59That's a great effort. Great effort.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01His bulk may work against him,
0:16:01 > 0:16:04but Gareth completes all six reps of the hill.
0:16:04 > 0:16:05Good lad!
0:16:05 > 0:16:10I believe Gareth will be mentally ready for anything,
0:16:10 > 0:16:13and I think pride will be a big part of his make-up.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16You know, if it hurts, he'll keep going.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19To be the best on the field,
0:16:19 > 0:16:21Gareth's rugby training regime
0:16:21 > 0:16:23was focused on strength and power.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28Rugby was very much a game
0:16:28 > 0:16:30where you'd have to run for short periods of time,
0:16:30 > 0:16:33and the fitness would come in how quickly you could recover.
0:16:33 > 0:16:37So the challenge is completely changing my mental attitude
0:16:37 > 0:16:40from short burst, stop, short burst, stop,
0:16:40 > 0:16:44to keep going for as long as you can without stopping.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46In his 17-year career,
0:16:46 > 0:16:50Gareth had a record 100 caps for Wales.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52When you represent your country,
0:16:52 > 0:16:54you have to have this strong inner belief.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56I trained every day, because on that Saturday,
0:16:56 > 0:16:58I wanted to be the best rugby player.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01And for me, if I could have played New Zealand every week,
0:17:01 > 0:17:04then I would have loved that, cos I want to play against the best -
0:17:04 > 0:17:06because if you play against the best constantly,
0:17:06 > 0:17:08you become as good as the best.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12Is this more exhausting than rugby?
0:17:12 > 0:17:13Oh, man.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15There are no hills on a rugby field.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17No, you're quite right. Oh, God.
0:17:17 > 0:17:18Correct.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24None of the boys have faced an endurance challenge
0:17:24 > 0:17:25like this before,
0:17:25 > 0:17:28but James and Iwan are looking like the frontrunners
0:17:28 > 0:17:30after their first taste of fell running.
0:17:30 > 0:17:34I'm quietly confident about the endurance side of it,
0:17:34 > 0:17:36because they're all big guys.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38I wouldn't have signed up for this
0:17:38 > 0:17:40if I didn't feel that I had a chance of winning.
0:17:40 > 0:17:45This first kind of leg of the journey
0:17:45 > 0:17:47is the scariest one, because it's something
0:17:47 > 0:17:49that I feel is going to really hurt me.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52But I'm actually really comforted by the fact
0:17:52 > 0:17:55that I'm doing it in the heart of Mid Wales.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58You know, it would push me to potentially go a little bit harder,
0:17:58 > 0:18:02go a little bit further than I would if it was in any other country.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06One thing I've learnt, I still have got that switch when I need it.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09I know I can still switch it on. I could have carried on going today
0:18:09 > 0:18:11for another five reps at that pace, easily.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14So I've got to just hold back a bit, because even today, I went,
0:18:14 > 0:18:16"Come on," and I looked round and thought, "Where is everyone?"
0:18:16 > 0:18:19Because they're sensible and I'm not.
0:18:19 > 0:18:23And it's been a wake-up call for the short distance hero Donovan.
0:18:23 > 0:18:24Where's your butler?
0:18:24 > 0:18:26'The next couple of weeks is going to be crazy.'
0:18:26 > 0:18:29I will get out and be as physically prepared as possible
0:18:29 > 0:18:33for this big challenge
0:18:33 > 0:18:36of Man versus Horse -
0:18:36 > 0:18:38but to me, in my head, I'm thinking,
0:18:38 > 0:18:4121 miles of marathon hills.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44Which will be crazy. Crazy.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49Au revoir. Thank you for everything.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51See you in a few weeks, yeah?
0:18:51 > 0:18:54'These boys were superstars a few years back,'
0:18:54 > 0:18:57but if you're not mentally prepared,
0:18:57 > 0:19:02it'd be so easy to pack it in and stop.
0:19:02 > 0:19:07They should be ready for it, and really prepared for the hills
0:19:07 > 0:19:09and what lies ahead, you know?
0:19:09 > 0:19:11Prepare yourself mentally, boys. Yeah. Right?
0:19:20 > 0:19:23Back home, the sportsmen have just three weeks
0:19:23 > 0:19:24to get ready for the big race.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26Does anyone ever beat the horse?
0:19:26 > 0:19:29Somebody has beaten the horse. I think they said...
0:19:29 > 0:19:31I think it's three times. There are people who take it seriously
0:19:31 > 0:19:34and there are people who do it just for a bit of fun
0:19:34 > 0:19:35to say they've completed it,
0:19:35 > 0:19:37and then there's Donovan.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39THEY LAUGH
0:19:39 > 0:19:43All his life, he's had everything arranged for him,
0:19:43 > 0:19:45everything done for him,
0:19:45 > 0:19:48and I can understand how a lot of these sportsmen,
0:19:48 > 0:19:51once that regiment is taken away from you
0:19:51 > 0:19:54and you have to see to it yourself,
0:19:54 > 0:19:56then it must be a big shock.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58When he goes on a train up to London,
0:19:58 > 0:20:00I always do a roll
0:20:00 > 0:20:02and some crisps and a bottle of water.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04SHE LAUGHS
0:20:04 > 0:20:07We got this guy called Dick, right, who was our, like, trainer,
0:20:07 > 0:20:10and a really nice guy. Dick said you have to constantly be concentrating.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12Yeah, you've got to watch your footing.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14The terrain, and 22 miles - think how far that is.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17Is it from here to Cardiff? Yeah, here to Cardiff, that is.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19This challenge that he's doing on this programme
0:20:19 > 0:20:22is nothing compared to the challenges
0:20:22 > 0:20:23that he's had in his life.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26Gareth came out seven years ago.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29I don't think me being gay is an issue.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31I'm very proud of what I've achieved,
0:20:31 > 0:20:36and I'm very proud of people who look at my story and...
0:20:36 > 0:20:40and take strength from it, and take courage from it.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43But actually, I think a lot more people take a lot more strength
0:20:43 > 0:20:45and courage from it not being an issue.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48I didn't have to have a discussion, for instance,
0:20:48 > 0:20:51with Donovan about being straight
0:20:51 > 0:20:53and, "What's it like to be a straight sprinter?"
0:20:53 > 0:20:55And Iwan, "What's it like to be a straight runner?"
0:20:55 > 0:20:58"What's it like to be a straight motorbike rider?"
0:20:58 > 0:21:01I think people would take a lot more strength in it not being a subject,
0:21:01 > 0:21:04and people knowing, and it just being in the back of their mind,
0:21:04 > 0:21:07cos if it's the back of the mind, then you know, it's like,
0:21:07 > 0:21:08"Whatever. We knew about it.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10"Wow, but this is interesting - look what else he can do.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12"Look what other talents he has."
0:21:12 > 0:21:15So that's what we want. You know, that's perfect.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26James is pounding the countryside around Sheffield.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29He's on the same hills where he learned to ride
0:21:29 > 0:21:30his first trials bike.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32The adrenaline buzz that I used to get
0:21:32 > 0:21:34from riding over 200mph most weekends
0:21:34 > 0:21:36is very, very hard to replicate.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41Walking out on stage now in the band
0:21:41 > 0:21:44is a really massive, massive buzz,
0:21:44 > 0:21:46and that fulfils my life now,
0:21:46 > 0:21:48but it still can't replicate the danger.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50But for now,
0:21:50 > 0:21:53James is putting everything he's got into Man versus Horse.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56For me, it's going to be really, really tough, don't get me wrong -
0:21:56 > 0:21:59but I did have to train for endurance with my sport.
0:21:59 > 0:22:00Iwan was a bit more long distance.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02Gareth with his short bursts, definitely not.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04And then Donovan, 100 metres - I mean,
0:22:04 > 0:22:07he never ran more than 200 metres at his height, kind of thing.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10So it's going to be interesting to see how he gets on.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12PHONE RINGS
0:22:15 > 0:22:18Hey, Donovan. How you doing, mate? James, how are you, man?
0:22:18 > 0:22:20What's up? I'm all right, my friend.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23Nice to see you again. Whereabouts are you?
0:22:23 > 0:22:24I'm in my Jamaica house.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27JAMES LAUGHS And you've got a lady bringing you tea!
0:22:27 > 0:22:30Yes, yes. That's amazing! I want one of those.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33Mind you, I must admit, I am at my mum's house at the moment,
0:22:33 > 0:22:36and the service is probably just as good. She's still got it, my mum.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38We're all momma's boys, that's just how it is. JAMES LAUGHS
0:22:38 > 0:22:41How's training going? Training is going great, actually.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44I did get a chance to go out
0:22:44 > 0:22:47and go for a few evenings of jogging,
0:22:47 > 0:22:49so, looking forward to raising my hand.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52Hopefully I have enough energy to do that when I cross the line.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54Well, it's great chatting, Donovan,
0:22:54 > 0:22:56and look forward to seeing you next week, mate.
0:22:56 > 0:22:57Cheers. Cheers, mate. Bye-bye.
0:23:03 > 0:23:07Iwan's pushing himself hard, with eight days to go.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09He's been running for miles every day
0:23:09 > 0:23:12at his old Southampton training ground.
0:23:12 > 0:23:13'When it goes well for you as an athlete,
0:23:13 > 0:23:16'I used to love coming back to Heathrow Airport and the security'
0:23:16 > 0:23:18guy's going, "I watched you last night.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20"Well done, beat the Americans. Awesome race."
0:23:20 > 0:23:23But then, on the flipside, you'd have a bad couple of races
0:23:23 > 0:23:25and you'd come back and you'd equally get,
0:23:25 > 0:23:28"What's happened to you? You've well gone off the rails."
0:23:33 > 0:23:36HE BREATHES HEAVILY
0:23:36 > 0:23:37Aw, man.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43PANTING: I wish I were still 24.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48Not 24 stone.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50Oh, God, I'm hurting. Aw, mate.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52OK, let's go.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55HE SHOUTS
0:23:55 > 0:23:57Oh, I've hurt my hamstring. Seriously.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00HE LAUGHS I've just hurt me hamstring!
0:24:00 > 0:24:03Aw, mate!
0:24:03 > 0:24:04I've hurt my hamstring.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10No, mate, I've done it. What, it actually went? Yeah.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13As soon as I hit that second stride on that hill.
0:24:15 > 0:24:19I'm not... It's not torn, but I've definitely tweaked it up.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22There'll be no Man versus Horse for me, 100%.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25This is an injury that's going to take three weeks, at least.
0:24:25 > 0:24:26I don't know what I'll do now,
0:24:26 > 0:24:29because obviously we go to Wales in a few days' time,
0:24:29 > 0:24:31so I don't even see the point in me coming.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33I don't know what I should do.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37HE SIGHS
0:24:37 > 0:24:39CROWD CHEERS 'Here's Thomas now, in the lead.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42'Thomas for Wales and Richardson, his great rival,
0:24:42 > 0:24:44'coming through... Here's Iwan!
0:24:44 > 0:24:46'Thomas is holding on through sheer strength...'
0:24:46 > 0:24:48I found it really tough when I stopped
0:24:48 > 0:24:51because I didn't get given that choice.
0:24:51 > 0:24:53I didn't say, "Right, I've won a championship
0:24:53 > 0:24:55"and I'm going to retire."
0:24:55 > 0:24:58It was taken out of my hands because I had loads of injuries
0:24:58 > 0:25:01and I kind of just fizzled away.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04I've never had that chance to say goodbye
0:25:04 > 0:25:06and finish where I wanted to.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09It's taken me a long time to realise I'm not Iwan Thomas
0:25:09 > 0:25:11the athlete any more.
0:25:18 > 0:25:19In just three days,
0:25:19 > 0:25:23the four sportsmen will compete in the first of their challenges,
0:25:23 > 0:25:26and they'll see what their rivals are made of.
0:25:26 > 0:25:30Gareth's the first back in town for a Man versus Horse.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33HE GROANS Hello, boys! How you doing?
0:25:33 > 0:25:36Hola, Gareth! How's it going?
0:25:36 > 0:25:39How many times can a Welshman sit outside a pub with his shorts on?
0:25:39 > 0:25:43Mate, this is how you sunbathe in Wales. This is how we do it.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45Where's the other amigo?
0:25:45 > 0:25:49We're a man down. Good to see you, bud. We're a man down.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52We're a man down. Where is he? He's...
0:25:52 > 0:25:57He went training and he's done his hamstring.
0:25:57 > 0:26:01He's going to make a decision, I think. There's no decision to make!
0:26:01 > 0:26:04Man up and do it! So we're not having any sympathy at all then? No!
0:26:04 > 0:26:06None! None!
0:26:07 > 0:26:11The middle of Wales is famed for its lush valleys.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13They're the perfect place for the boys to enjoy
0:26:13 > 0:26:17a night in a tent under the stars before the big race.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19Hurry up, man, we're freezing! Put this tent up!
0:26:19 > 0:26:22Here's the instructions. Aw, come on.
0:26:22 > 0:26:26"Instructions if you're a Canadian 100-metre Olympic champion.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28"Get the butler to put the tent up for you."
0:26:28 > 0:26:29THEY LAUGH
0:26:29 > 0:26:31Has anyone here ever put a tent up before? Never.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34We're going to need planning permission for this one.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36Here's the door, cos this is the groundsheet.
0:26:36 > 0:26:37Which one's the front door?
0:26:37 > 0:26:39LAUGHING: Which one's the front door!
0:26:39 > 0:26:41There's two doors here, right?
0:26:41 > 0:26:44This is all right. How about here?
0:26:44 > 0:26:47There's the dining room sorted out. Ooh, look at that!
0:26:47 > 0:26:50Where's Iwan? We need a paper cut-out of Iwan.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55Can you make yourself useful and go and get us some water, pal?
0:26:55 > 0:26:57Don't be too long. The sun's going down.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00Don't be standing in a cowpat in your Pradas, Don!
0:27:00 > 0:27:03He's fitting in a treat. You belong here!
0:27:03 > 0:27:07It doesn't look like a night under canvas is on Donovan's to-do list.
0:27:08 > 0:27:12If my goal is to compete on Saturday, then it's extremely
0:27:12 > 0:27:15important for me to prepare as best as possible for me,
0:27:15 > 0:27:19and I'm going to get a cab and sleep in a bed, a warm bed.
0:27:19 > 0:27:23When was the last time I camped? Erm... Hold on, let me check.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25Never. Never! Go get 'em, Don.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28OK, see you guys tomorrow. See you in the morning, bud.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30Donovan's lived the good life for too long.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32I don't think he was ever going to stay.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34He doesn't like slumming it at all.
0:27:36 > 0:27:40Goodnight, bud. Night, mate. Sleep well. And you, pal.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47I didn't sleep very well. HE LAUGHS
0:27:47 > 0:27:50I might struggle today.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52There's just two days to go before race day.
0:27:55 > 0:28:01My biggest worry is being able to finish it.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04Cos I've never run for such a long time.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07I've never done a fell run ever, and this is going to be really tough.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10It's just like the pain
0:28:10 > 0:28:13that I'll have to go through to be able to finish it.
0:28:13 > 0:28:14That's what's going to scare me.
0:28:17 > 0:28:2222 miles over terrain that you have no idea what it's going to be like.
0:28:24 > 0:28:26It just seems nuts. It really does.
0:28:26 > 0:28:32What I'm trying to convince myself is that I'll just dig in and do it.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34But I think I can only dig in and do it
0:28:34 > 0:28:39if I really believe that I can dig in and do it,
0:28:39 > 0:28:42and right now I don't really believe I can dig in and do it,
0:28:42 > 0:28:44so it's kind of scary.
0:28:53 > 0:28:56Man versus Horse isn't the only event
0:28:56 > 0:28:58in the Llanwrtyd Wells sporting calendar.
0:29:05 > 0:29:08Every year, the ancient peat bogs on the edge of town
0:29:08 > 0:29:12play host to the world championships of a unique sport.
0:29:12 > 0:29:14Bog snorkelling.
0:29:14 > 0:29:19Well, my forefathers have been here nearly 150 years
0:29:19 > 0:29:24and they used to cut peat on this bog which you see here.
0:29:25 > 0:29:28I was just wondering, if they came back, well...
0:29:28 > 0:29:32What on earth would they think? They'd be mystified.
0:29:32 > 0:29:34It's an odd sport, isn't it?
0:29:34 > 0:29:36It's not quite like the Olympics, is it?
0:29:36 > 0:29:40The locals have got a warm-up task for the boys.
0:29:40 > 0:29:43They've challenged them to go head-to-head in the bog,
0:29:43 > 0:29:46and if they can conquer the disorientating conditions
0:29:46 > 0:29:48of the trench swim,
0:29:48 > 0:29:52it will help set their attitude for the extremes of Man versus Horse.
0:29:52 > 0:29:57You can't see anything, so you are basically going as fast as you can
0:29:57 > 0:30:02into total blackness, and that's quite a hard thing to do, really.
0:30:02 > 0:30:06Taking tips from world champion bog snorkeller Jo Pitchforth,
0:30:06 > 0:30:09the athletes will compete to do two lengths
0:30:09 > 0:30:12of this three-foot deep bog - fastest.
0:30:12 > 0:30:15The best technique is to keep your hands in front of you.
0:30:15 > 0:30:17You're not allowed to lift your head up -
0:30:17 > 0:30:20and when you get to the other end, touch the pole,
0:30:20 > 0:30:22do a quick turn and head off back.
0:30:22 > 0:30:24It's the coming back that's the hard bit
0:30:24 > 0:30:27because the legs really start to burn.
0:30:27 > 0:30:30But before they take on the muddy trench challenge,
0:30:30 > 0:30:34Iwan's on the phone and he's facing a dilemma.
0:30:34 > 0:30:36IWAN: Hiya. Now then.
0:30:36 > 0:30:38Now then, soft lad, how are you? How's the invalid?
0:30:38 > 0:30:41All right, mate, I was literally just
0:30:41 > 0:30:43rushing around getting my bags packed, I'm on my way to you guys.
0:30:43 > 0:30:46So your hamstring's better if you're rushing around.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48Rushing around at a very leisurely pace.
0:30:48 > 0:30:51I've been all around the country getting injections, scans,
0:30:51 > 0:30:53doing what I can so I can be with you boys, but...
0:30:53 > 0:30:56Is the doctor coming to give you an injection on Saturday morning?
0:30:56 > 0:30:59There is a doctor available,
0:30:59 > 0:31:00so, the pros and cons are,
0:31:00 > 0:31:04if I have an injection it'll hide the pain, which is good,
0:31:04 > 0:31:07but the bad thing is I might go and rupture it
0:31:07 > 0:31:09and I'll be out of all of it.
0:31:09 > 0:31:12Yeah, I don't know how long it's going to hold out.
0:31:12 > 0:31:14Take it easy, pal. See you, boys. Goodbye, pal.
0:31:14 > 0:31:18Iwan's coming back to Wales but there's no guarantee he'll race.
0:31:18 > 0:31:21Meanwhile, there's still a bog to be conquered.
0:31:26 > 0:31:28Guys, it's like being on death row.
0:31:29 > 0:31:32Happily, they've got plenty of support.
0:31:36 > 0:31:38HE SNEEZES
0:31:38 > 0:31:39LAUGHTER
0:31:39 > 0:31:41A good start!
0:31:41 > 0:31:43That's before you get in.
0:31:43 > 0:31:45LAUGHTER
0:31:47 > 0:31:49What's everybody from the village doing in the field?
0:31:51 > 0:31:54Rachel? Hello. How are you doing? Fine.
0:31:54 > 0:31:55Hello. Pleased to meet you.
0:31:55 > 0:31:57You guys know the rules for this?
0:31:57 > 0:32:01No. You've got to keep your mask under, you can't use your arms.
0:32:01 > 0:32:03Right. So there's no overarm... You can't use your arms?! No.
0:32:03 > 0:32:06You can either have your arms by your side... Uh-huh.
0:32:06 > 0:32:08..or your arms out in front of you.
0:32:08 > 0:32:10What's the champ's technique?
0:32:10 > 0:32:13The champ's technique is to put your arms out in front of you.
0:32:13 > 0:32:14You are allowed, even within the rules,
0:32:14 > 0:32:16to keep popping your head above... Oh, right.
0:32:16 > 0:32:18..to see where the post is.
0:32:18 > 0:32:21You are allowed. Cos you can get a bit disorientated.
0:32:21 > 0:32:24Jo was the 2007 bog snorkelling champion
0:32:24 > 0:32:29and beat the 150 competitors to set a new world record.
0:32:29 > 0:32:31JAMES: Don't kill the tadpoles.
0:32:31 > 0:32:33GARETH: Oh, look at the mud. Oh, my God.
0:32:33 > 0:32:35I can't figure out how you can swim like that.
0:32:35 > 0:32:37I'm not a very good swimmer.
0:32:37 > 0:32:40Three, two, one, go!
0:32:45 > 0:32:48That's like an outboard. That is hard.
0:32:48 > 0:32:51This is going to take ages and ages.
0:32:51 > 0:32:53What do you think you're going to do?
0:32:53 > 0:32:55If you do that in less than three minutes, I think you're doing well.
0:32:55 > 0:32:59Mate, three minutes. That's going to take about ten minutes.
0:32:59 > 0:33:01I'm going to need a competitive spirit
0:33:01 > 0:33:03just to get my snorkel on and get in there.
0:33:03 > 0:33:06Come on, Jo!
0:33:06 > 0:33:08World record, world record, world record.
0:33:08 > 0:33:11Dirt, mud and weeds and tadpoles.
0:33:11 > 0:33:14Jo! Jo! Jo!
0:33:14 > 0:33:16Yeah!
0:33:16 > 0:33:17APPLAUSE
0:33:19 > 0:33:211:41:94
0:33:21 > 0:33:22CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:33:22 > 0:33:24It's harder coming back. Is it?
0:33:24 > 0:33:27Yeah. Because you've created the current to go that way?
0:33:27 > 0:33:29No, it's just your legs. They start burning.
0:33:29 > 0:33:32First into the bog is James.
0:33:32 > 0:33:34Are you ducking under? No, I don't want to, actually.
0:33:34 > 0:33:36LAUGHTER
0:33:36 > 0:33:38Are you sure? Actually, funnily enough, no, I don't.
0:33:38 > 0:33:41Hand on the post. Go!
0:33:41 > 0:33:42Go, go!
0:33:42 > 0:33:44Whoo!
0:33:44 > 0:33:46Go on, James!
0:33:46 > 0:33:48That's pretty awesome.
0:33:48 > 0:33:50That is good. He's just good at everything.
0:33:52 > 0:33:55We're watching for John's hand.
0:33:55 > 0:33:56Did he? Yeah.
0:33:56 > 0:34:00He hasn't put his head up. Good turn, very good.
0:34:00 > 0:34:01He's unbelievable.
0:34:01 > 0:34:03He's very good.
0:34:03 > 0:34:05Just doing it perfect, as well.
0:34:05 > 0:34:08Just a bob up, just to check his bearings.
0:34:08 > 0:34:09Come on, James!
0:34:09 > 0:34:11It's getting hard now. Come on.
0:34:11 > 0:34:13It's a comfortable swim for James,
0:34:13 > 0:34:16who finishes the job in under two minutes.
0:34:18 > 0:34:19Well done, well done!
0:34:19 > 0:34:22CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:34:22 > 0:34:231:49:88
0:34:23 > 0:34:25Perfect. Fantastic!
0:34:25 > 0:34:28I think I was that fast just to get out of the thing! LAUGHTER
0:34:28 > 0:34:32Come on, pull them knickers up, Gareth.
0:34:32 > 0:34:35HE SWEARS OK? Ready to start.
0:34:35 > 0:34:36LAUGHTER
0:34:38 > 0:34:40OK...
0:34:40 > 0:34:43Just check John's ready down at the bottom.
0:34:43 > 0:34:44HE GASPS BLEEP
0:34:44 > 0:34:46LAUGHTER
0:34:46 > 0:34:47Concentrate on breathing OUT.
0:34:50 > 0:34:53It was every fear that I've ever had to come across
0:34:53 > 0:34:56but there was no way in the world was I not going to do it.
0:34:56 > 0:34:58TAKES DEEP BREATHS
0:34:59 > 0:35:00That's better. Are you ready?
0:35:00 > 0:35:02James didn't want to do it
0:35:02 > 0:35:04but he did it because he knew I was going to go in after.
0:35:04 > 0:35:08So it's like this relay motion of I have to get in there
0:35:08 > 0:35:10because James has done it.
0:35:10 > 0:35:12No, long breaths out.
0:35:12 > 0:35:14LAUGHTER
0:35:16 > 0:35:18All right. OK!
0:35:18 > 0:35:20Give us a nod when you're ready for a countdown.
0:35:20 > 0:35:23Go on, Gareth, pull your knickers up. I'm ready.
0:35:23 > 0:35:25I'll keep your head warm for a minute.
0:35:25 > 0:35:27BREATHES DEEPLY
0:35:27 > 0:35:29Oh, man.
0:35:29 > 0:35:30LAUGHTER
0:35:31 > 0:35:34He's got to go. He's got to go. He wants to go.
0:35:34 > 0:35:36Three, two, one, go!
0:35:40 > 0:35:41LAUGHTER
0:35:43 > 0:35:46Oh, man!
0:35:46 > 0:35:47You're disqualified.
0:35:47 > 0:35:50No, no! Come on.
0:35:50 > 0:35:51GARETH SWEARS
0:35:51 > 0:35:53I swallowed!
0:35:53 > 0:35:54LAUGHTER
0:35:54 > 0:35:56The biggest man I've ever met.
0:35:56 > 0:35:59No! Get your mask back on.
0:35:59 > 0:36:02You're in Wales. How can a Welshman perform like this in Wales?
0:36:02 > 0:36:04Uh-oh... Oh, he knows the fighting words.
0:36:07 > 0:36:09My flipper's come off.
0:36:09 > 0:36:11DONOVAN: Go without the flipper.
0:36:11 > 0:36:14I have a BLEEP flipper!
0:36:14 > 0:36:16Oh, what an absolute pussy!
0:36:19 > 0:36:20Yeah, he's turning round.
0:36:20 > 0:36:23Yay! APPLAUSE
0:36:23 > 0:36:24Come on, dude.
0:36:24 > 0:36:26Come on, the sun's going down!
0:36:27 > 0:36:29Come on, dude.
0:36:29 > 0:36:31Imagine you're leading your team out at Twickenham.
0:36:31 > 0:36:32Come on!
0:36:32 > 0:36:35SHOUTS OF ENCOURAGEMENT
0:36:35 > 0:36:37Come on, Gareth, ten metres.
0:36:37 > 0:36:39Come on, son.
0:36:39 > 0:36:41Come on! Yeah!
0:36:41 > 0:36:43Come on.
0:36:47 > 0:36:49Good job, good job, good job.
0:36:49 > 0:36:53If he's the best specimen we've got. He's not very good, is he?
0:36:53 > 0:36:55He's too big, you see.
0:36:55 > 0:36:57He was like an elephant in there.
0:36:57 > 0:36:59Wasn't he?
0:37:00 > 0:37:02GARETH GASPS
0:37:02 > 0:37:04As Gareth tries to recover...
0:37:04 > 0:37:06GURGLING SOUNDS
0:37:06 > 0:37:09It's Donovan's turn.
0:37:09 > 0:37:11Right, come on, then! No, no, no.
0:37:11 > 0:37:14You can't let the side down. Oh, yes, I can!
0:37:14 > 0:37:16And very proud of it, too. He's exaggerating it a bit.
0:37:16 > 0:37:19I'm sure he is. He's quite happy about the situation.
0:37:19 > 0:37:22If that defines happiness, then I don't want to be happy at all.
0:37:22 > 0:37:25He's that excited. That's just excitement, that is. Is it?
0:37:25 > 0:37:28It's like Christmas morning. LAUGHTER
0:37:29 > 0:37:31Yes, that's great.
0:37:31 > 0:37:34Why didn't the other big star go in, then?
0:37:35 > 0:37:36Cold feet, is it, then?
0:37:36 > 0:37:40COMMENTATOR: Gold medallist, representing Canada,
0:37:40 > 0:37:42Donovan Bailey!
0:37:42 > 0:37:44CHEERING
0:37:46 > 0:37:49Donovan was 28 when he won Olympic gold.
0:37:52 > 0:37:55I have absolutely nothing to prove to a soul.
0:37:56 > 0:37:59To hear the national anthem of your country
0:37:59 > 0:38:01is really THE most special thing
0:38:01 > 0:38:05that a human being can actually go through.
0:38:05 > 0:38:07It's one medal...
0:38:07 > 0:38:09The anthem doesn't get played for any others.
0:38:09 > 0:38:10It's only the gold medal.
0:38:16 > 0:38:20Would you have got in if he'd have gone last?
0:38:20 > 0:38:22No, no, because it's not something I thought about.
0:38:22 > 0:38:25It's not something I would do
0:38:25 > 0:38:29and it would probably compromise all of me and what I am.
0:38:29 > 0:38:30No. But I respect it, but not for me.
0:38:31 > 0:38:33HE LAUGHS
0:38:46 > 0:38:48The next morning, Iwan's back.
0:38:48 > 0:38:50But he's been advised not to run.
0:38:52 > 0:38:56I now find myself here in Wales, injured.
0:38:56 > 0:38:59I'm trying to, on one hand, say, "Let me run," because I want to run,
0:38:59 > 0:39:02"It will be OK," but inside I'm a little bit, "Will it be OK?"
0:39:02 > 0:39:03I just don't know.
0:39:03 > 0:39:07So I'm coming up against all sorts of resistance
0:39:07 > 0:39:09to make the start line.
0:39:09 > 0:39:12Half of me thinks, "Just let it go, you're not a sportsman any more."
0:39:12 > 0:39:16But I can't. Because inside I still am sportsman.
0:39:16 > 0:39:17I will be like this when I'm 60.
0:39:17 > 0:39:20I'll still want to race my mates round the block or something,
0:39:20 > 0:39:21it's just the way I am.
0:39:21 > 0:39:23Iwan's future in the race is still in question
0:39:23 > 0:39:26as he joins the boys for breakfast.
0:39:26 > 0:39:28I'll tell you what, do you know what I'm looking forward to?
0:39:28 > 0:39:31Because it's been like a build-up till now. Just doing it.
0:39:31 > 0:39:34While Donovan's up in his room.
0:39:34 > 0:39:37It takes a long time to get out that four-poster bed, mate.
0:39:37 > 0:39:40I want the four of us to sort of be there for each other.
0:39:40 > 0:39:42At the moment, look, there's an empty chair.
0:39:42 > 0:39:45There's going to come a time when we're all going to get closer
0:39:45 > 0:39:47and if he decides to alienate himself,
0:39:47 > 0:39:48he's going to get further away.
0:39:48 > 0:39:50He's not an Olympic champion any more
0:39:50 > 0:39:52and he's not running the 100 metres any more
0:39:52 > 0:39:55yet he wants to live like the 100-metre champion,
0:39:55 > 0:39:57which he no longer is.
0:39:57 > 0:39:59It will be us and him and I don't want that.
0:39:59 > 0:40:00There will come a time
0:40:00 > 0:40:03when he will look around and realise,
0:40:03 > 0:40:06"There is nobody else around here who's going to help me
0:40:06 > 0:40:08"apart from Gareth, Iwan or James."
0:40:09 > 0:40:11For the rest of the day,
0:40:11 > 0:40:15everyone in Llanwrtyd Wells is getting ready for the off
0:40:15 > 0:40:18and over 400 racers have arrived.
0:40:18 > 0:40:20There's going to be more runners here tomorrow
0:40:20 > 0:40:24than the whole population of the smallest town in Britain.
0:40:28 > 0:40:30This is very bizarre.
0:40:30 > 0:40:32I'm sitting in my room eating pistachio nuts
0:40:32 > 0:40:35with my top off while Donovan Bailey's being clicked and clacked.
0:40:35 > 0:40:37I do think professional sportsmen have to have something
0:40:37 > 0:40:40slightly different. It's not just talent that gets you there,
0:40:40 > 0:40:43it's the willingness to go through the pain barrier,
0:40:43 > 0:40:45to never accept defeat.
0:40:47 > 0:40:49It's not just playing at it.
0:40:49 > 0:40:54We're doing it for an end result - to judge yourself.
0:40:54 > 0:40:56We just want to finish it. Well, if you do finish it,
0:40:56 > 0:41:00I'll buy you a pint. Oh, mate! Shake on it, son.
0:41:00 > 0:41:02I know, at the end of it, I will look back and say,
0:41:02 > 0:41:05"Why was I so scared of that?" So you have to challenge it.
0:41:05 > 0:41:08Fear, to me, is something that has to be challenged.
0:41:09 > 0:41:11Beat the fear, that's the best way.
0:41:11 > 0:41:13DONOVAN: Well, I'm not racing horses.
0:41:13 > 0:41:16It's just me and the fellas and the clock.
0:41:16 > 0:41:19You'd better hope that clock's got a lot of batteries in it.
0:41:19 > 0:41:20Yes, I know.
0:41:20 > 0:41:23It's something I've never experienced before.
0:41:23 > 0:41:25So, I'm... I will, I will...
0:41:25 > 0:41:28This is the before, so I will definitely...
0:41:28 > 0:41:31You will definitely get to see the after.
0:41:35 > 0:41:37HORSES CLOP
0:41:37 > 0:41:41It's race day on a damp and cold morning.
0:41:41 > 0:41:45The 21-mile course will be slippery and wet from a whole night of rain.
0:41:51 > 0:41:55A very interesting week but it's all come down to this.
0:41:55 > 0:41:58Everybody's finally ready for this.
0:41:58 > 0:42:02Iwan's woken up determined to compete, whatever the consequences.
0:42:02 > 0:42:05The one thing I am is a fighter,
0:42:05 > 0:42:08I won't quit and, as hard as it will be after mile two,
0:42:08 > 0:42:11after mile five, be it after mile ten, I don't know,
0:42:11 > 0:42:16but at some point I will have to go to a horrible place just to finish.
0:42:16 > 0:42:17I wish I was 100%.
0:42:18 > 0:42:21HE EXHALES
0:42:21 > 0:42:24But I won't show my weakness to the others, I won't show them that.
0:42:24 > 0:42:27I'm going in there and I'm going to be giving it everything.
0:42:29 > 0:42:31After nearly a month of endurance training,
0:42:31 > 0:42:35it's time to find out which athlete wants it most.
0:42:35 > 0:42:37HE GROANS
0:42:37 > 0:42:39Right, darling. Uh-huh. There you go.
0:42:39 > 0:42:42Give you nice stability, but won't restrict. Yeah.
0:42:47 > 0:42:49Here's the deal, dude, we're all going to BLEEP.
0:42:49 > 0:42:53Course we are. We have to. You two might have to carry me.
0:42:53 > 0:42:55No, dude, if we have to come back on the course,
0:42:55 > 0:42:57and drag your ass in there, we're doing that.
0:42:57 > 0:42:59- Yes, D! - Yes, yes.
0:43:02 > 0:43:04Sorry, guys, we're the pacemakers.
0:43:04 > 0:43:06We're the pacemakers.
0:43:22 > 0:43:24Have a good one, JT.
0:43:24 > 0:43:26JT?
0:43:26 > 0:43:29Seconds before the start, James head to the front.
0:43:29 > 0:43:31ALL: ..three, two, one...
0:43:31 > 0:43:33He's gone to the front. I know he has.
0:43:35 > 0:43:37Toseland's gone to the front.
0:43:37 > 0:43:38Right, let's go.
0:43:38 > 0:43:40He went to the front. He went to the front? Yeah.
0:43:40 > 0:43:43Have a good one, boys, yeah? Have a good one, fellas.
0:43:46 > 0:43:49As soon as the ten, nine, eight, seven, six, that was it,
0:43:49 > 0:43:51game face on, race face on.
0:43:51 > 0:43:52Get to the front, I'm in the race.
0:43:54 > 0:43:56GARETH: As I tried to keep up with Donovan,
0:43:56 > 0:43:57I kind of found a pace.
0:44:00 > 0:44:03And after turning around, I realised that Donovan was nowhere near me.
0:44:07 > 0:44:10The runners have had their 15-minute head start.
0:44:10 > 0:44:12It's now time to unleash the horses.
0:44:14 > 0:44:17It's dangerous to ride at speed on the road,
0:44:17 > 0:44:20so through town the 54 riders are forced to hold their horses back.
0:44:26 > 0:44:29But as soon as the course goes off-road...
0:44:31 > 0:44:34The riders are flying past the slowest runners...
0:44:34 > 0:44:36Out the way!
0:44:38 > 0:44:40..and even the slower walkers.
0:44:40 > 0:44:41Good luck, mate. Sorry.
0:44:41 > 0:44:43I didn't have a plan.
0:44:43 > 0:44:47I thought I'd be able to kind of jog, run, walk.
0:44:47 > 0:44:50He's only a mile-and-a-half in and Donovan is walking.
0:44:53 > 0:44:55While James is up at the front as they reach
0:44:55 > 0:44:57the top of the first hill.
0:44:59 > 0:45:00And Iwan's close behind.
0:45:04 > 0:45:06It was relatively flat to start with
0:45:06 > 0:45:09and I thought the hamstring's OK, will it hold out?
0:45:09 > 0:45:12Then it went to a rocky part, which seriously was a bit of a test.
0:45:12 > 0:45:14For me, that was probably one of the most nerve-racking times
0:45:14 > 0:45:17because I honestly thought, if it's going to go, it could go early.
0:45:18 > 0:45:21If I'd have thought about how hard it was going to be,
0:45:21 > 0:45:23I definitely, definitely would have stopped.
0:45:24 > 0:45:27When the horses come, there's a rule, they'll call they're coming,
0:45:27 > 0:45:29they have to pass on the left.
0:45:29 > 0:45:32At the start it's kind of like, whoa,
0:45:32 > 0:45:35because you feel the horses coming, you hear them go past you,
0:45:35 > 0:45:38they come at a pace, the horses are tired, they're heavy-breathing.
0:45:38 > 0:45:39It's really, really scary.
0:45:41 > 0:45:42But I was that tired
0:45:42 > 0:45:45and that focused that I just didn't care in the end.
0:45:45 > 0:45:49Water stop? Halfway?
0:45:49 > 0:45:51No, you're halfway to the next water station.
0:45:51 > 0:45:54As Donovan reaches the first water stop,
0:45:54 > 0:45:58James is making impressive time as he hits the six-mile point.
0:45:58 > 0:46:00I'm used to kind of battling through pain.
0:46:00 > 0:46:03I think that was the ultimate challenge I've ever had.
0:46:03 > 0:46:06My brain's going, "What the hell's going on, pal?
0:46:06 > 0:46:08You retired four years ago, let it go, mate, let it go."
0:46:08 > 0:46:09Looking good!
0:46:10 > 0:46:12And, despite his leg,
0:46:12 > 0:46:15Iwan's a close second, with just nine minutes between them.
0:46:20 > 0:46:23Are you all right? Ankles are killing.
0:46:23 > 0:46:25It was so muddy, cos it was raining,
0:46:25 > 0:46:27that my ankles were twisting and slipping
0:46:27 > 0:46:30and it was uneven surfaces, as well, so it twisted your feet
0:46:30 > 0:46:32and because I've got two screws in each ankle,
0:46:32 > 0:46:34God, it was really, really hurting.
0:46:34 > 0:46:3711 miles in, just over halfway
0:46:37 > 0:46:40and the punishing terrain is taking its toll.
0:46:40 > 0:46:43The conditions aren't ideal, you know.
0:46:43 > 0:46:45It's cool, it's lovely and cool.
0:46:45 > 0:46:47But it's quite slippery out there.
0:46:47 > 0:46:50Some of the rock faces are extremely slippy. Like ice, actually.
0:46:50 > 0:46:52Oh, the hamstrings.
0:46:52 > 0:46:55The hamstrings are burning.
0:46:55 > 0:46:57I had a big slip there, me hamstring.
0:46:58 > 0:47:00Are you all right? I slid all the way down. Yeah.
0:47:00 > 0:47:03Just... I pulled my weight through that leg, slipping down the rock.
0:47:03 > 0:47:05All right. BLEEP. Hold on.
0:47:05 > 0:47:07I slipped on a rock but I was like,
0:47:07 > 0:47:10"Oh, my God, it's gone, it's gone." I had to stop
0:47:10 > 0:47:13and I stretched it out and I said, "Do you know, I think it's OK."
0:47:13 > 0:47:16But I'd say that mile 11, at that point was the worst time ever
0:47:16 > 0:47:19because I was just really fearful that I wouldn't finish.
0:47:19 > 0:47:21All right, I've got to forget about it.
0:47:21 > 0:47:23Get back into a rhythm.
0:47:25 > 0:47:28A few miles further back, Gareth's in trouble.
0:47:29 > 0:47:32I genuinely felt like I was dying.
0:47:32 > 0:47:33I was afraid to stop
0:47:33 > 0:47:37because I couldn't feel from my waist down, I just couldn't feel it.
0:47:37 > 0:47:39All right, James?
0:47:39 > 0:47:41James is doing very well.
0:47:41 > 0:47:44Extremely well. He was saying his ankles were hurting him,
0:47:44 > 0:47:46that he was in some pain but carrying on and doing very well.
0:47:47 > 0:47:49I haven't seen Donovan yet, no.
0:47:50 > 0:47:53At the finish line they're about to find out
0:47:53 > 0:47:55whether man can beat horse.
0:47:55 > 0:47:57For this year, anyway.
0:48:01 > 0:48:03COMMENTATOR: Put your hands together.
0:48:03 > 0:48:04CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:48:04 > 0:48:08Two hours and 20 minutes after starting,
0:48:08 > 0:48:10the horse gallops home to glory.
0:48:12 > 0:48:16The horses have now won 33 times out of 35.
0:48:16 > 0:48:20But this year, the winning runner comes in a close second,
0:48:20 > 0:48:22just ten minutes after the horse.
0:48:22 > 0:48:24APPLAUSE
0:48:26 > 0:48:28The race is still on between the four sportsmen.
0:48:31 > 0:48:33Well done, you're halfway.
0:48:33 > 0:48:36I'll have to jog a bit now.
0:48:36 > 0:48:37It's downhill.
0:48:37 > 0:48:40BREATHES HEAVILY
0:48:44 > 0:48:48I slipped at mile 11 and right onto my hamstring.
0:48:48 > 0:48:49BREATHES DEEPLY
0:48:49 > 0:48:50Are you all right? No.
0:48:52 > 0:48:53Yeah, I'm fine.
0:48:54 > 0:48:56Yes, no.
0:48:56 > 0:48:57Love it.
0:49:00 > 0:49:05In the last mile, James digs deep to produce a final surge.
0:49:08 > 0:49:11CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:49:14 > 0:49:15COMMENTATOR: 773...
0:49:18 > 0:49:23To cross the finish line first in just under three-and-a-half hours.
0:49:24 > 0:49:27One of the worst things is the horses coming past
0:49:27 > 0:49:30and the riders looking as fresh as anything, going,
0:49:30 > 0:49:32"You're doing well, you're doing well."
0:49:32 > 0:49:35I wanted to clothes line a few of them when they were coming by.
0:49:35 > 0:49:36Doing well...
0:49:36 > 0:49:38With just two miles to go,
0:49:38 > 0:49:41Iwan's struggling to hold on to his second place.
0:49:43 > 0:49:44I'm dizzy...
0:49:46 > 0:49:47I'm seeing dots.
0:49:47 > 0:49:49Come on, you, BLEEP.
0:49:54 > 0:49:58I think all of us have got it within us to have that determination
0:49:58 > 0:50:01to stand up again and keep pushing but only some of us can channel it.
0:50:01 > 0:50:05I honestly think sportspeople have got a switch where, "Never say die."
0:50:10 > 0:50:11Only days ago,
0:50:11 > 0:50:15medical experts told Iwan he'd never complete Man versus Horse.
0:50:25 > 0:50:29But despite a damaged hamstring, he's still running over the line
0:50:29 > 0:50:32to finish second in three hours and 47 minutes.
0:50:32 > 0:50:34CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:50:34 > 0:50:35I feel like crying.
0:50:35 > 0:50:37I feel so emotional, like.
0:50:40 > 0:50:41I had to really dig deep, like.
0:50:43 > 0:50:46The whole way, I was just my leg, thinking when's it going to go.
0:50:46 > 0:50:48It's like so psychologically hard.
0:50:54 > 0:50:56I feel that soft, nearly crying.
0:50:56 > 0:50:58That was one of the toughest things I've done.
0:50:58 > 0:51:00Steady, steady, steady.
0:51:00 > 0:51:02Good girl.
0:51:04 > 0:51:07The finishing line is still a long way off for Gareth.
0:51:07 > 0:51:11For some crazy, forsaken reason, they decide we have to run
0:51:11 > 0:51:14through a stream, up to your waist, in freezing cold water.
0:51:14 > 0:51:16Cos you have to balance as well because the pebbles
0:51:16 > 0:51:18and everything under it were...
0:51:18 > 0:51:20I just thought to myself, "My God, I just can't."
0:51:20 > 0:51:22I literally felt like I was going to die.
0:51:31 > 0:51:33He's pushed through the pain barrier
0:51:33 > 0:51:36and he's determined to end the race as he started.
0:51:38 > 0:51:39Running.
0:51:40 > 0:51:42Then I had to get back into the motion,
0:51:42 > 0:51:44to go up another little hill.
0:51:44 > 0:51:47Then try and finish with all these people looking at me
0:51:47 > 0:51:50and try and finish like it's OK, I'm all right, I'm not actually dying.
0:51:50 > 0:51:52I feel all right, which is impossible.
0:51:52 > 0:51:54COMMENTATOR: 774.
0:51:54 > 0:51:57CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:52:00 > 0:52:03But finishing the course in four hours
0:52:03 > 0:52:06and 22 minutes has come at a price.
0:52:06 > 0:52:08Argh!
0:52:14 > 0:52:18Ah, Dick. Good lad.
0:52:18 > 0:52:20Jolly good. BLEEP.
0:52:20 > 0:52:22Good lad.
0:52:25 > 0:52:28That's the hardest thing I've ever done in my life.
0:52:28 > 0:52:30It's...
0:52:30 > 0:52:31I don't know.
0:52:32 > 0:52:35Oh, my God, at times you want it to stop.
0:52:35 > 0:52:36And give up.
0:52:38 > 0:52:39A hard race.
0:52:41 > 0:52:43I swear to God.
0:52:43 > 0:52:45GARETH GROANS
0:52:47 > 0:52:49Argh!
0:52:49 > 0:52:51He needs some warmth.
0:52:51 > 0:52:53Argh!
0:52:53 > 0:52:55BLEEP
0:52:55 > 0:52:56We've got you now.
0:52:58 > 0:52:59Argh. BLEEP.
0:52:59 > 0:53:01Argh...
0:53:01 > 0:53:03How long does this last for?
0:53:03 > 0:53:05I want to die.
0:53:08 > 0:53:10With the last runners coming in,
0:53:10 > 0:53:12there's still no sign of Donovan.
0:53:15 > 0:53:17He's now been out on the course for over five hours
0:53:17 > 0:53:20and Dick's concerned.
0:53:20 > 0:53:24I'm going to go and look for Donovan
0:53:24 > 0:53:25and help to bring him home.
0:53:25 > 0:53:27He needs the help.
0:53:27 > 0:53:30Anybody who's been out there for a long time
0:53:30 > 0:53:32deserves it more than anybody else.
0:53:32 > 0:53:34Dick's getting a lift to a high point.
0:53:36 > 0:53:39Where he hopes he'll be able to spot Donovan.
0:53:41 > 0:53:44Iwan and James are back at the hotel already.
0:53:44 > 0:53:46Let's compare blisters.
0:53:46 > 0:53:48Here you go, I've got that.
0:53:48 > 0:53:50Is that from this? Yeah.
0:53:50 > 0:53:53It's quite nice. Then this one, look at this bad boy.
0:53:53 > 0:53:54Look at that black toe.
0:53:54 > 0:53:58I found that, psychologically, I just felt so emotional
0:53:58 > 0:54:00when I came through the line.
0:54:00 > 0:54:02Because I've had such a horrible week leading up to this,
0:54:02 > 0:54:04I was like, "Will I be here? Blah, blah, blah."
0:54:04 > 0:54:07It's some achievement. I finished and I was just like,
0:54:07 > 0:54:09nearly starting crying. I just thought, "Get a grip, man!"
0:54:09 > 0:54:12It's an achievement, that is. It's amazing, isn't it?
0:54:12 > 0:54:14Well, we did it, mate. Come here. Come on.
0:54:14 > 0:54:16We done it, mate.
0:54:16 > 0:54:18One challenge down.
0:54:18 > 0:54:20James and Iwan are heading off...
0:54:22 > 0:54:24..leaving Gareth to see Donovan home.
0:54:28 > 0:54:32The fact that at least one of us is here to greet him,
0:54:32 > 0:54:35I think, for me, it's really important.
0:54:37 > 0:54:39And then, nearly eight hours after he started.
0:54:39 > 0:54:41Donovan appears.
0:54:43 > 0:54:46One mile to go.
0:54:46 > 0:54:48And he's found himself an entourage.
0:54:51 > 0:54:52Oh, oh...
0:54:52 > 0:54:55Oh, this is so good.
0:54:55 > 0:54:59Olympic gold medallist, Donovan, has managed to set a new record.
0:55:00 > 0:55:02Eight hours and 15 minutes.
0:55:02 > 0:55:04Yes, Donovan Bailey.
0:55:04 > 0:55:07The slowest ever recorded time for Man versus Horse.
0:55:09 > 0:55:10The line...
0:55:10 > 0:55:12Hold on, dip, dip.
0:55:12 > 0:55:13Well done.
0:55:13 > 0:55:15We were all in our own lane -
0:55:15 > 0:55:17because we were focused on our own.
0:55:17 > 0:55:22So, he's used his own motivation to finish.
0:55:22 > 0:55:24Three of us, at the moment, will be looking in the mirror
0:55:24 > 0:55:26and thinking, "Yeah, well done.
0:55:26 > 0:55:28"You've given it everything."
0:55:28 > 0:55:30One of us better hope that mirror's broke.
0:55:30 > 0:55:32Mate, could you believe how high some of them mountains were?
0:55:32 > 0:55:34It was ridiculous.
0:55:34 > 0:55:36The race has pushed the sportsmen to breaking point
0:55:36 > 0:55:40and the favourite for the endurance challenge came out on top.
0:55:40 > 0:55:42One down, one win, I'm pretty happy with that.
0:55:42 > 0:55:44So we'll see how it goes in the next ones.
0:55:49 > 0:55:51Next time...
0:55:51 > 0:55:53The boys travel to Turkey...
0:55:54 > 0:55:59..to tackle one of the world's oldest fighting sports.
0:55:59 > 0:56:01Oil wrestling.
0:56:01 > 0:56:05This is the one I fear for all of our safety.
0:56:11 > 0:56:13James may have claimed the first win,
0:56:13 > 0:56:16but this physically gruelling challenge
0:56:16 > 0:56:19demands a killer combination of speed and power.
0:56:19 > 0:56:20When it comes down to strength,
0:56:20 > 0:56:23I know, they're all over six foot two, all three of them,
0:56:23 > 0:56:25and I'm like a jockey compared to them.
0:56:25 > 0:56:28That will put the big men in pole position.
0:56:28 > 0:56:31It gets really claustrophobic and you're just trapped.
0:56:31 > 0:56:32Oh!
0:56:32 > 0:56:35As they prepare to take on professional wrestlers...
0:56:35 > 0:56:37..in a real competition.
0:56:37 > 0:56:40It looks a bit different to training. Look at that!
0:56:40 > 0:56:42It's packed!
0:56:42 > 0:56:43Oh!
0:56:43 > 0:56:46Who'll put up the biggest fight...
0:56:46 > 0:56:48This is combat.
0:56:49 > 0:56:52..and claim the wrestling crown?
0:57:26 > 0:57:28What's new on BBC Two?
0:57:28 > 0:57:31A proper divorce is built on a solid foundation of hate.
0:57:31 > 0:57:33Get...!
0:57:33 > 0:57:34Mum!
0:57:34 > 0:57:36I can see you.
0:57:36 > 0:57:38If it was men doing the feeding,
0:57:38 > 0:57:40there'd be blokes all over this cafe with their breasts out.
0:57:40 > 0:57:42This is a semidetached house.