athlete: Thomas Ostré
NATIONALITY: FRENCH
DATE OF ATTEMPT: 18 - 27 June
About Thomas:
Always interested by sports ! First by ice hockey and rugby where I played until late 20’s at a semi professional level. Then started triathlon in 2017, mainly due to the fact that I needed an individual sport rather than collective for time constraint. Living in London at that time, I register for an Ironman in France and started to train at serpentine in Hyde park. This how everything started about ENDUROMAN. People were talking about crossing the channel with stars in their eyes, and I wanted those !
In the meantime, I had good races and good outcome finishing Norseman with a black tee shirt and 40th overall was a great achievement, then the Ironman 70.3 world championship in Nice.
Then, Covid hit. What are we going to do ! And ENDUROMAN was often coming in my head, like bumping into it. Hence at simple point I decided to listen and contacted the organisation.
After one year of training, hopefully the rest will be history 😂 !
Instagram: @tomtriathlete
Strava: athletes/17683393
Message from Thomas…
Dear friends,
In a world with no deadlines anymore or where everything is speeding fast, immediately has become the new standard of living...
It is with great enthusiasm but also a lot of humbleness that I approach this month of June 2022.
Impossible to succeed for the one who would have wanted to get it ASAP, or by Close of business day...
after 12 months At the beginning of these 12 months of preparation, I made a contract with myself. This contract was to always do my best, to reconcile this life of triathlete with my personal and professional life without one being at the expense of the other two. We know that the problem often arises in what was not written on the contract. It is then that only prepared, conditioned, honest and humble it is possible to deal with the unexpected.
Thanksfully to all of you, @Eddie, Nino, we were able to check boxes, learn lessons, learn humility after failures, and above all never give up despite the emotions or the pain. Little by little, step by step, we achieved more than 550 hours of training programmed which represent nearly 2500km of Running, 10 000km of cycling, and nearly 400 000 meters of swimming.
The conditions of the contract are fulfilled: there is no more room for regrets or remorse, the job has been done and at my annual review, let's hope, that we "exceeds expectations".
I hope it's rational to still have doubts, fears in front of the biggest sporting challenge of one's life. Are we really ready for an endurance event that can last more than 40, 50 or even 70 hours?
Just yesterday, my grandfather told me: "whatever you do, you have to do it with enthusiasm, passion and go all out".
So it's with your words in mind, Grandpa, that we're going to run with our family and friends from London to Paris between June 18 and 27, 2022, giving our best, going all out.
Dear friends, let's meet at the Place de l'Etoile, at the foot of the Arc de Triomphe on the finish line.
No time for Caution
