'The hardest physical challenge I have ever undertaken': Spencer Matthews finishes third in the gruelling ジャングル Ultra five-day マラソン through the アマゾン Rainforest
Spencer Matthews has finished in third place in The ジャングル Ultra マラソン after a strenuous five-day trek through the アマゾン Rainforest.
The former?Made In Chelsea 星／主役にする, 34, called it 'the hardest physical challenge' he has ever undertaken.
The ジャングル Ultra is a 230km self-十分な マラソン through the アマゾン Rainforest in Peru and remains one of the toughest races in the world.
The reality 星／主役にする said: 'This race can be 残酷に dark and lonely. This was without a 疑問 the hardest physical challenge I have ever undertaken, although I’m sure it won’t be the last.'????
'I gave everything I had to the ジャングル Ultra and to be rewarded with a podium position is a real honour.'
Trek: Spencer Matthews, 34, called the The ジャングル Ultra 'the hardest physical challenge' he has ever undertaken
Victory: Spencer (権利) （機の）カム third, John Belton (left) placed second and James Izzard (middle) finished in first place
'230 km through the ジャングル 地形 is no joke and at times it was incredibly rough on the mind, 団体／死体 and soul.'?
The 勝利者 of this year's race was James Izzard, who finished in a staggering nine hours ahead of his closest competitors.
Amputee Gabriella Mathisen was the first women to 征服する／打ち勝つ the ジャングル and finished 6th 全体にわたる.
Spencer 完全にするd the challenge with his friend and personal trainer John Belton, who placed 走者-up.
He said: 'Working together with John Belton at times turned out to be a really useful 戦略.'
Only 50 people have 完全にするd the long gruelling 実験（する） of physical and mental endurance にもかかわらず 300 people having tried over the past eight years. This year only six people finished the race.?
With a total ascent of over 5,000 メーターs, 耐えるing 100% 湿度 and 気温s of over 30 degrees, the ジャングル Ultra 押し進めるs 走者s to their 限界s.
Competitors had to carry all the 道具 they need to get through each 行う／開催する／段階 含むing food, safety 器具／備品, 医療の 供給（する）s, hammocks and a 最小限 of 2 litres of water.?
堅い: With a total ascent of over 5,000 メーターs, 耐えるing 100% 湿度 and 気温s of over 30 degrees, the ジャングル Ultra 押し進めるs 走者s to their 限界s
Up for the Challenge: Spencer 完全にするd The ジャングル Ultra, a 230km self-十分な マラソン through the アマゾン Rainforest in Peru, and remains one of the toughest races in the world
実験（する）ing endurance: Competitors had to carry all the 道具 they need to get through each 行う／開催する／段階 含むing food, safety 器具／備品, 医療の 供給（する）s, hammocks and water
Spencer said his main 推論する／理由 for running the race was to raise 基金s for the Michael Matthews 創立／基礎 in honour of his late brother.??
The 創立／基礎 supports thousands of children from remote areas to 接近 education, その為に 申し込む／申し出ing them the 利益s of a better start in life?throughout Tanzania.
Spencer said: 'We have three 核心 焦点（を合わせる）s: Building 宿泊所s so that young girls no longer have to walk long distances to school, exposing them to 開発／利用.'
'A 数字表示式の learning - equipping a new 世代 of students with the 数字表示式の 技術s they need for the 21st century.'
'A very successful 青年 Entrepreneurship Programme (known 地元で as Imarika Kijana ‘Strong 青年’) 供給するs training in 管理／経営 and 基金ing for start-ups and good ideas.'
'So far we have helped over 7,000 children.'
This isn't the first adventure the TV personality has 直面するd up too as he recently undertook a 追求（する），探索（する） to find his late brother's 団体／死体 by retracing his steps on 開始する エベレスト.
Spencer's older brother Michael Matthews became the youngest Briton to reach the 首脳会議 of エベレスト at the age of 22, but disappeared on the mountain just three hours later.?
Michael is said to have got in trouble after beginning to make his way 負かす／撃墜する the south 降下／家系 through the 'death zone' on May 13, 1999.?
Spencer made a Disney+ feature-length film 詳細（に述べる）ing the emotional story of his 試みる／企てる to find the 団体／死体 of his brother with the helps of survivalist 耐える Grylls and 記録，記録的な／記録する-breaking?mountaineer Nirmal 'Nims' Purja by his 味方する.
Spencer trekked to South Base （軍の）野営地，陣営 base （軍の）野営地，陣営 経由で Namche Bazaar, a town in north-eastern Nepal, often the 行う／開催する／段階ing point for 探検隊／遠征隊s to and other Himalayan 頂点（に達する）s.
He made the 旅行 just five days after the birth of his son Otto after a '天候 window' made 規模ing the mountain feasible.
Spencer would have さもなければ been left 直面するing another year of waiting to begin the search, 明らかにする／漏らすing that he had the 支援 of his wife Vogue Williams, 37.
The couple are proud parents to three children, son Theodore, four, daughter Gigi, two, and son Otto, 13 months.??
奮起させるing: Amputee Gabriella Mathisen was the first women to 征服する／打ち勝つ the ジャングル and finished 6th 全体にわたる
Thrilled: Spencer said his main 推論する／理由 for running the race was to raise 基金s for the Michael Matthews 創立／基礎, in memory of his late brother?
