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This is a remarkable interview with a remarkable young man, Luke Grenfell-Shaw.\nLuke is a talented triathlete, cyclist and runner. He's currently cycling a tandem from Bristol to Beijing.\nBut Luke is also living with Stage IV cancer.\nIn this uplifting interview, Luke talks about his diagnosis, the words of advice his Dad gave him and what he hopes to achieve through the 23,000km ride.\nYou'll hear:\n*How he found out he had cancer after he had recently come 2nd in his first ultra marathon\n*Why his parents took his turbo trainer into hospital for him\n*How he kept fit throughout his cancer treatment "because the alternative was far worse"\n*How he hopes to inspire people, whether living with cancer or not, to live rich and fulfilling lives\nLike what you heard?\nFind out more about Luke's Bristol to Beijing cycle and You can also follow his ride on\xa0twitter\xa0and\xa0instagram\xa0\xa0\nHamilton the Musical - this is the song Luke mentioned!\nIf you liked this episode please share it with a friend and get involved on social media, by following Inside Tri Show on\xa0Twitter\xa0and\xa0Instagram\xa0and commenting on/sharing posts.\nSponsor Luke!\nSponsor Luke via his fundraising page! Luke is fundraising for\xa05K Your Way\xa0and\xa0Trekstock, charities which help empower CanLivers through exercise, alongside the\xa0Teenage Cancer Trust\xa0and\xa0ClicSargent, which both did so much to support him throughout treatment.\nSUPPORT THE SHOW BY LEAVING A REVIEW AND SHARING IT\nPlease support the show by leaving a review and sharing it with a friend.\nINTERVIEW TIME LINE*\xa0(not the whole episode)\n1.00\xa0\u2013 How Bristol to Beijing ride came about \u2013 23,000km across 24 countries on a tandem.\n3.30 Talks about being diagnosed with cancer in June 2018, while he was teaching English in Siberia. Prior to his diagnosis, he was in the peak of his health, at peak fitness.\n09.40 Describes what his treatment schedule has been like.\xa0\n10.30 Talks about how he trained through his chemo.\xa0\n12.00 Every time I went into hospital, I cycled my bike in. And I also set my turbo up. It wasn\u2019t about the exercise, but it was about the attitude I was bringing to the situation.\n15.00 Luke talks about winning a duathlon the day after finishing his radiotherapy.\xa0\n20.00 The difficulty with all of this is that I feel great and I am having a fantastic adventure, and I am in remission, but it doesn\u2019t really mean all that much. With the type of cancer I have, there are no guarantees but so far, I have done a lot better than the doctors thought I would.\xa0\n20.51 The day I was diagnosed, I went for a run with my Dad and I remember chatting to him and he gave me some advice that meant a lot to me then and I have tried to take it to heart as much as possible. \u201cWe can\u2019t control when we die, but we can control how we live today and hopefully how we live tomorrow and that\u2019s what I try to aim to do on each and\xa0every day and that\u2019s the most important thing. My personal ethos is not simply\xa0wait for opportunities to come along, but proactively go and create the opportunities you want to make your life as rich and fulfilling as possible. So go and create those unique opportunities for yourself, take a risk and do it.\n24.30 Talks about the tragic death of his older brother John, who sadly died in an accident in 2018 and Luke explains about a phone call he got at 4am on the final\xa0day of his first cycle of chemotherapy and he found out that his brother had fallen to his death in the Lake District.\n28.30 Talks about the money he is raising through the ride.\xa0\u201cThe most important thing is to change the way people live.\xa0Of course, I have no control over that, but this is what has worked for me and by having other young people and other Can Livers on the back, that is the clearest way I can think of sending a message saying \u201cIf time is short, live your life to the full, these people are doing it and you can too.\u201d\xa0\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices