Luke Grenfell-Shaw: Control how you live today

This is a remarkable interview with a remarkable young man, Luke Grenfell-Shaw. Luke is a talented triathlete, cyclist and runner. He's currently cycling a tandem from Bristol to Beijing. But Luke is also living with Stage IV cancer. In this uplifting interview, Luke talks about his diagnosis, the words of advice his Dad gave him and what he hopes to achieve through the 23,000km ride. You'll hear: *How he found out he had cancer after he had recently come 2nd in his first ultra marathon *Why his parents took his turbo trainer into hospital for him *How he kept fit throughout his cancer treatment "because the alternative was far worse" *How he hopes to inspire people, whether living with cancer or not, to live rich and fulfilling lives Like what you heard? Find out more about Luke's Bristol to Beijing cycle and You can also follow his ride on twitter and instagram   Hamilton the Musical - this is the song Luke mentioned! If you liked this episode please share it with a friend and get involved on social media, by following Inside Tri Show on Twitter and Instagram and commenting on/sharing posts. Sponsor Luke! Sponsor Luke via his fundraising page! Luke is fundraising for 5K Your Way and Trekstock, charities which help empower CanLivers through exercise, alongside the Teenage Cancer Trust and ClicSargent, which both did so much to support him throughout treatment. SUPPORT THE SHOW BY LEAVING A REVIEW AND SHARING IT Please support the show by leaving a review and sharing it with a friend. INTERVIEW TIME LINE* (not the whole episode) 1.00 – How Bristol to Beijing ride came about – 23,000km across 24 countries on a tandem. 3.30 Talks about being diagnosed with cancer in June 2018, while he was teaching English in Siberia. Prior to his diagnosis, he was in the peak of his health, at peak fitness. 09.40 Describes what his treatment schedule has been like.  10.30 Talks about how he trained through his chemo.  12.00 Every time I went into hospital, I cycled my bike in. And I also set my turbo up. It wasn’t about the exercise, but it was about the attitude I was bringing to the situation. 15.00 Luke talks about winning a duathlon the day after finishing his radiotherapy.  20.00 The difficulty with all of this is that I feel great and I am having a fantastic adventure, and I am in remission, but it doesn’t really mean all that much. With the type of cancer I have, there are no guarantees but so far, I have done a lot better than the doctors thought I would.  20.51 The day I was diagnosed, I went for a run with my Dad and I remember chatting to him and he gave me some advice that meant a lot to me then and I have tried to take it to heart as much as possible. “We can’t control when we die, but we can control how we live today and hopefully how we live tomorrow and that’s what I try to aim to do on each and every day and that’s the most important thing. My personal ethos is not simply wait for opportunities to come along, but proactively go and create the opportunities you want to make your life as rich and fulfilling as possible. So go and create those unique opportunities for yourself, take a risk and do it. 24.30 Talks about the tragic death of his older brother John, who sadly died in an accident in 2018 and Luke explains about a phone call he got at 4am on the final day of his first cycle of chemotherapy and he found out that his brother had fallen to his death in the Lake District. 28.30 Talks about the money he is raising through the ride. “The most important thing is to change the way people live. Of course, I have no control over that, but this is what has worked for me and by having other young people and other Can Livers on the back, that is the clearest way I can think of sending a message saying “If time is short, live your life to the full, these people are doing it and you can too.”  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices