So I'm doing an Ironman; a long distance triathlon 2.4 mile open water swim followed by a 112 mile bike ride (with 8500ft of acending) followed by a 26.2 marathon run. All of which must be completed by the cut off time of 17 hours or you don't get a medal.

I would be most grateful if you could sponsor me. I'm really passionate about supporting young people. They are amazing people with such a lot of energy and drive that if steered in the right direction are capable of great things. But are so often misunderstood and misguided.

I found adolescence challenging and have in the past suffered with poor mental health. I sometimes still have days where I find myself feeling like my teenage self, 'I'm not good enough,' 'everyone's looking at me', 'I just want to hide under the duvet'. Only now, finally, as an adult I have the tools to turn it around, get my trainers on and run it off, or swim or cycle!

But these 'tools' were learned (eventually) and PHASE is trying to equip young people with these tools early so they can look after themselves and build resilience to cope with their own life challenges and hopefully not make half the mistakes I made!

Thank you in advance.

Selina