BBC presenter Owain Wyn Evans struggled to speak as he shared an update during his difficult Children in Need challenge, cycling 400 miles across Scotland, Northern Ireland, England and Wales.
As he was due to end his penultimate day in the challenge, before reaching the finishing line in Cardiff on Friday, Owain shared an update on The One Show. However, as he spoke about how tough it was, he struggled to speak as he focused on breathing and cycling up a hill.
Emotional Update on The One Show
"I'm telling you guys this is hard," Owain said, speaking to The One Show presenters JB Gill and Lauren Laverne. Breathing heavily as he continued pedalling up a hill for another two miles, Owain looked back on the celebrity guests who had surprised him during the week, including Carol Vorderman dressed as a daffodil, along with his husband Arran and dog.
As he pressed on, Owain emphasised the significance of his challenge for Children in Need, though was finding it difficult to speak while concentrating on his breathing, reports Wales Online.
Personal Motivation for the Challenge
"No child should be left behind in whatever way that is," he said, though could be heard saying "Oh god," under his breath as he struggled to continue. He added: "That's why we're doing this and we want to raise as much money as possible, and this is coming from someone who hated PE at school and was always last chosen and the PE teacher would never let me part of it."
Earlier today, Owain chatted with BBC Breakfast hosts Charlie Stayt and Naga Munchetty, confessing he had been "dreading" the day ahead. He shared: "Oh Naga, I tell you what I'm not feeling good today. It's been a long old couple of days and today is the day I've been kind of dreading."
Hilly Route and Physical Strain
He continued: "It's so weird, I'm back in Wales in my home nation but today's a long hilly day, wherever you look around us now, hills everywhere, my knee's playing up, got a bad back, I'm absolutely zonked."
He added: "Well I tell you what, this is the first time I've been on a road bike. This is all very new to me but it shows you can get into something that's good for you if you put your mind to it."
"Am I enjoying it? Not with this knee and not with this back today but as you say look at this? I try to take it in as it's all so beautiful," he continued.
Children in Need airs Friday at 7pm on BBC One and iPlayer.
