EP 29. Ross Edgley & Melanie Barratt

Ross has become well known for his unfathomable feats of endurance and his laser focus on achieving peak human performance. Covering a gruelling 1780 miles (2860 km), he completed his Great British Swim in 2018 by alternating swimming and resting every six hours, and overcame challenges such as the Corryvreckan Whirlpool off the coast of Scotland, pushing through cellulitis and hypothermia in Loch Ness, and even experiencing his tongue falling off.

In what will be a world record if completed, Melanie is currently training hard to become the first blind person to swim across the channel. An established heavy-hitter in the endurance swimming world, she won Gold at the Atlanta (1996) and Sydney (2000) Paralympics, and later became the first visually impaired swimmer to swim across Lake Geneva in Switzerland as part of a relay team.