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‘HOW I BUILD MY BODY’ KAT MATTHEWS

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Serving British Army physiotherapist Kat Matthews first took up triathlon in 2015 and became a professional triathlete in 2019. After coming second place at her debut Ironman World Championships in May 2022, she took part in the Pho3nix Sub7 Sub8 Challenge and made history by becoming the first female ever to run a full Iron-distance triathlon (3.8K swim, 180K bike and 42.2K run) in less than eight hours, with a time of 07:31:54.

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‘I train about 20-hours a week, but

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