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| THE LADS
Team Pura Vida is comprised of four finely tuned athletes…
Tom Harvey, Carl Theakston, Robbie Grant and John Cecil-Wright.
Initially the team was only comprised of two, after Tom approached Carl (who is scared of water!) with the idea of completing the race. Tom and Carl met while cycling from Rome to London where they discovered they shared a mutual interest in punishing endurance sports (both have completed gruelling Iron Man competitions). In the spirit of adventure, Carl accepted the gauntlet thrown down by Tom and the wheels were set in motion.
John, who has been a great friend of Tom for the last two decades, was next to join after he received a call out of the blue while sitting at his desk at work. Unable to think of a good reason not to get involved, he found himself as the third member to join the crew.
The hunt was then on to fill the final space… Robbie, who is no stranger to endurance sports and is a veteran of the infamous Marathon des Sables (placed 39th overall!), was at one stage planning on completing the Atlantic Rowing Race single-handed. However, after meeting Tom through a mutual friend and being introduced to the rest of the team, he decided the race would be a lot more enjoyable with the camaraderie and hilarious banter provided by being part of a crew…
… and Team Pura Vida was born!
In their spare time:
Tom is a student, studying for an MA in Security Studies, at Brunel University.
Carl is CEO of ESP, a company he set up in 1989 and also the key sponsor of the boat.
Robbie is a lawyer, working for Linklaters.
John works in marketing as a freelance account manager.
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