The final leg involved a 181 mile (291km) cycle from Calais to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.<\/p>\n
Lyndsey, whose family operate the Buzzworks hospitality group, said: “This challenge was never just about me, but about raising money and awareness for two charities that do incredible work for people when they need it most.<\/p>\n
“The Channel was the toughest thing I have ever done. <\/p>\n
“I felt like I was swimming and getting nowhere for hours, but the thought of why I was doing it and the people supporting me kept me moving forward.”<\/p>\n
The ultra-endurance athlete said she was also driven by her family.<\/p>\n
She added: “As a mum, I also wanted to show my kids that if you set your mind to do something and work hard, even the biggest challenges can be possible.”<\/p>\n
Her support crew included husband Kenny, niece and training partner, Beth Barclay, Andy Callachan and David Watt from Callachans Health, and Enduroman official Jon Cowell.<\/p>\n
Lyndsey said they kept her going throughout. <\/p>\n
She said: “Becoming the first Scot to finish the Arch 2 Arc is something I’ll always be proud of, but what matters most is the difference this will make for the charities.<\/p>\n
“That’s what kept me putting one foot in front of the other.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The final leg involved a 181 mile (291km) cycle from Calais to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":134620,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-134619","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-cycling","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134619\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}