Show Notes
From Olympic gold in Tokyo to coaching and motherhood, this is a wonderfully candid conversation with Jess Learmonth MBE, near her home in sunny Yorkshire.
Jess is a European, Commonwealth, Olympic and World Triathlon Series medal winner.
The Yorkshire special series for the Endurance podcast was arranged as Martin Mansell prepared to race 2000 miles around England for a new World Record in support of Yorkshire Children Charity and Rob Burrows Foundation.
Filmed by Reuben Mantle and edited by Tom Grundy
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