The #SVT Podcast · Swansea Vale Triathlon Club

45. September 2025 | The one where we have a catchup with Fordy.

·1 hr 46 min·5 clips

Matt Chipping found Nathan blue in the face, foaming at the mouth, and not breathing.

Dan opens with Nathan Ford back in the chair and the first topic is simply how long it has been since the last podcast. They joke about promising monthly episodes and then, as always, getting flattened by life. The tone stays loose and familiar right from the start. Nathan’s name carries weight in the local triathlon crowd, and the pair treat him like someone everyone already knows. They talk about his background in the sport and how far he got, including the fact he was ranked 12th in the world at one point. There is plenty of teasing, but it comes from respect. The chat circles around old race memories and the kind of stories that only make sense if you have lived around triathlon for years. That leads into a wider conversation about training, coaching, and what it takes to keep turning up. The episode then shifts into Nathan’s rehab. He talks about where his movement is now and what has changed since the crash. There is honesty in the way he talks about the limits as they seem today. At the same time, he leaves room for the idea that bodies can still surprise you later on. A story from San Francisco gives the chat a different edge. Nathan describes meeting someone whose arm function returned after many years, which gives him a bit of hope. They discuss how scans and CT scans fitted into the picture around his own crash. The conversation does not stay clinical for long. It slides back into familiar club banter and the sort of teasing that keeps the mood from going heavy for too long. The hosts keep pushing him on training, sessions, and what he still feels capable of doing. That gives the episode a steady practical current underneath the jokes. There is also talk about coaches, world champs, and the odd bragging-rights stuff that always sneaks into triathlon chat. Later on they drift into travel, camps, and the question of how the club keeps the wheels turning next year. The episode ends the way a good club catchup should, with gratitude, more ribbing, and the sense that the conversation could have kept going for another hour.

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A warm club catch-up that turns rehab, coaching, and world champs chat into easy listening.

This club catch-up with Nathan and Dan stays grounded in triathlon talk, moving from missed recording plans to rehab, coaching, world champs, and the practical grind of keeping things going when life interrupts.

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You want a catchup with Nathan Ford that mixes club chat with honest recovery talk.

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