The Warm Up: 'That was my first Guinness World Record…'

Scrum V

BBC

Sports, Rugby

4.6 • 961 Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Lauren Salter, Ellis Jenkins and Jonathan Davies are joined by former Wales international turned extreme endurance athlete Richard Parks to chat about the incredible expeditions he’s done since retiring from rugby, including achieving more than one world record, as well as chat about Steve Tandy's squad selection for the Autumn series.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:06.1	Can I just say?
0:07.6	You're about to listen to a BBC podcast.
0:10.0	It's such a wonderful listen.
0:11.7	So nice.
0:12.5	There are loads more like it on BBC Sounds.
0:14.8	Different paces, different heights, the roof is buckling.
0:17.9	Where you can also listen to live sports commentary.
0:20.2	It's right foot goes for goal.
0:21.6	Oh!
0:22.7	And then enjoy even more podcasts full of analysis and reaction to the big stories.
0:27.7	The stat that is astonishing is they ended with the lowest amount of possession.
0:31.2	And she's had to live with that.
0:32.8	So if you love sport, a passion, it's almost like a religion.
0:35.8	Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:39.7	Sort of expecting that every week now.
0:52.3	Hello and welcome to Scrum 5 the warm-up. I am very excited to be back, not just because I'm reunited with regular warmer faces, Alice Jenkins and Jonathan Davis,
0:56.1	but today for one week only, we have a world record holder on the sofa. I'm delighted to welcome
1:02.2	former international turned extreme endurance athlete Richard Parks making his scrum five of the
1:08.8	warm up debut. How are you, Richard? Good, thank you. Good to be here. I could give you a few other intros.
1:13.9	presenter, writer, motivational speaker, mental. Which one do you want? Because you've been a busy man.
1:19.5	I'll go dad after the conversation. I'm going to tie it in, actually, with a question we've had.
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