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Scott Casella: Just Say YES

From stepping outside his comfort zone in Nepal to completing a full Ironman, Scott Casella’s journey is a powerful reminder of what can happen when you say YES to a new challenge.

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Published Feb 28, 2021

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Scott Casella is a true testament to PEAK’s vision of #DreamBig!  Over a 12 month period Scott transformed his life by signing up to PEAK’s inaugural Experience Not Felt Possible trip to Nepal, and then challenging himself further to sign up to complete a full Ironman distance triathlon.

Scott’s Journey at PEAK started back in 2013 through an appointment for his work. Six years later, Scott enquired about our Experience Not Felt Possible trip to Nepal.  With no previous mountain bike experience and minimal fitness, Scott decided to step out of his comfort zone and signed up to ride over the Nepalese mountains.

Taking on the Nepal Challenge

In the lead up to Nepal, Scott trained for several months to build up his strength and confidence. The trip was much harder than he anticipated—consisting of 10 long days of  mountain bike trekking through some of the most demanding passes in the world—with the highest climb going over 5500 metres! Once Scott had completed Nepal, he was already thinking “What’s next?”

From Nepal to Ironman

In 2020, Scott set himself a new goal of completing a full Ironman distance triathlon in Germany. Challenge Roth is the largest long distance triathlon in the world. When this unfortunately didn’t go ahead, Scott didn’t let this affect his mindset. Instead, he put his head down and continued training. 

Choose Your Challenge

At PEAK one of our values is ‘Choose Your Pain’, which involves choosing the pain of discipline over dysfunction. While training for the Ironman, Scott attended two strength sessions a week to help prevent his risk of injuries and develop strength for the race. He has found an amazing support crew at SBR Triathlon club where he trained 6 days a week.

Scott went on to successfully complete both of these events and can now proudly call himself an Ironman!. He completed the 3.8km swim, 180km bike ride and 42.2km run in a time of 15 hours and 40 minutes in tough conditions.

Scott Casella with his coach during Ironman training at a swimming pool

Throughout the Ironman journey Scott has been raising money for the Charity 4ASD Kids which raises funds for early intervention assistance for children with autism. This is a charity very close to Scott’s heart as he has a family member who lives with this condition. 

Just Say YES

We love Scott’s attitude that if a new challenge comes along, “Just say YES”.  PEAK is so privileged to be a part of Scott’s Journey. Scott is excited to be joining PEAK on their next Experience Never Felt Possible Trip to North QLD 2021.

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