In this episode of The Clockwork Junkie Podcast, I sit down with Tony O'Connor.

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Tony is a Head Chef working at Shane Lowry's "The Old Warehouse" in Tullamore but this Saturday he's swapping the kitchen for something a little more extreme as he takes on the 7km Hell & Back race in tribute to his beloved nanny, who is living with vascular dementia.

And when I say extreme, I mean it.

Bogs. Mud. Cold plunges. Obstacles. And yes... people firing rubber bullets at you while you're trying to get through the course!

We talk about his training, what possessed him to sign up for Hell & Back in the first place, and what he's expecting when race day arrives.

But beneath the race day is a much more important reason for doing it. Tony opens up about his nanny and vascular dementia, and we have an honest conversation about the devastating impact dementia can have—not only on the person living with it, but also on the family and loved ones watching someone they care about slowly change.

This is an episode with plenty of laughs, but also a conversation that comes from the heart. Tony is raising money in tribute to his nanny, and I've left his "idonate link" in the description of this episode here:

Tony's idonate link:

https://www.idonate.ie/fundraiser/anthonyoconnor750?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAdGRzdgT5F2NwZG9mAmV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDzU2NzA2NzM0MzM1MjQyNwABp6Zw2pFJMV6HZmrbX7KnbvvDj8Bs8pLJYmEhRjnzYL6CHMNc_k9seI_bEyDI_aem_If6OhJ8wp0u7CCoiIwcayQ

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