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'I never enjoyed exercise at school as I was bullied' says DJ, ahead of 400-mile bike feat
'It's going to be cold, wet and windy," said Evans, as he prepares for his 400-mile bike ride across the four nations of the UK
Radio presenter Owain Wyn Evans has admitted he "never enjoyed exercise at school" because of bullying, ahead of his four nations biking challenge for Children in Need.
The host of BBC Radio 2's Early Breakfast Show is set to cycle almost 400 miles over five days next week, setting off from Glasgow and finishing in Cardiff.
Evans, 42, who is originally from Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, begins his challenge in Scotland on Monday, 9 November, concluding the 643km feat in the Welsh capital on 13 November.
"Mentally, for me, it's been a challenge," said Evans. "Hopefully I'm going to inspire people to do exercise and realise that you can do this; you don't have to write off exercise forever."
"This is going to be really difficult for me personally, 100%," acknowledged Evans, who is undertaking his second challenge for the BBC charity fundraiser, following his 24-hour drumathon challenge back in 2021.
"I never had a good relationship with exercise when I was in school," the Welsh radio host said.
"I was bullied and I found going into a changing room, football field or rugby pitch... were places I didn't feel safe when I was growing up.
He said he hoped "people who are seeing me do this, understand that this is a tough one for me".
"And maybe there will be people watching this now who think, 'yeah when I was in school I didn't like PE…'," said Evans who remembered "never fitting in in some way".