Choosing a husband wisely! - Alison Peasegood, Paralympics GB Para triathlon

Destination Tokyo

09-07-2021 • 8 mins

Alison Peasegood has been named in the GB Paralympics team to compete at Para triathlon. Alison Peasegood will compete in PTVI which is for athletes with visual impairment, less than ten per cent vision.

Alison won silver in Rio and she's back for more with her new guide Nikki Bartlett. Alison talks about the challenges of social distancing when needing a guide to train in swimming, cycling and running.

It's helped massively that she chose to marry a triathlete! Her husband is planning a marathon bike ride from their home in Scotland to his parent's house in Cambridgeshire to watch the Paralympics.

Alison recently one bronze in her first race in nearly two years in the world series event in Leeds.