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The team's been working around the clock.wire, we've had to rethink our whole approach. we're going to give togetherness. logistically, it's been a nightmare. i'm not sure it's going to work. it'll work. i didn't know you were listening.
And isolation are always particularly acute at christmas. but in the midst of a pandemic, a survey suggests that one person in six in britain is dreading the festivities this year. so the great winter get together is encouraging the country to rediscover the community spirit that blossomed during lockdown and the spring. the together campaign helped organise this year's birthday clap for the nhs and is supported by volunteering groups like the scouts and guides, religious leaders, businesses, charities and political leaders, all aiming to heal the divides and bring the country closer together....
To complete a grueling ironman competition. in the gym, training with his coach. swimming, running, biking. training six days a week for 13 months, this past weekend, there's chris, warming up, walking toward the water. he was off, tethered to his coach dan for safety. swimming 2.4 miles, then biking 112 miles. >> he's got to do this all by himself and he's ready for it. >> that coach right there. >> what time is it chris, tell them? >> game time! >> and finally, the marathon run. 26.2 miles. >> keep going! >> the cheers await for chris, and 16 hours, 46 minutes, 9 seconds later, chris did it....
Nikech, organizers say he's the first perso with down's syndrome to ever attempt one. >> i can prove to kids that if i can do it then they can do it, too. >> reporter: he'll swim 2.4 miles in open water. then ride 112 miles. and run a full marathon, 26.2 miles four to eight hours a day is training time chris's motto, get 1% better every day ironman? >> ironman. >> reporter: eat more rice >> yes. >> reporter: victories hard earned for a boy who endured countless surgeries, couldn't walk until 4 or ea solid foods until 5. chris's parents want others raising kids with down's syndrome to see new p...
>> reporter: when the pandemic hit this pre-med student started volunteering for a nonprofi delivering personal protective equipment to places that need it most sometimes actually running to the locations in new york. >> every single mask has meant something to someone's life. >> reporter: now joya is going a step further. though the new york city marathon wa canceled this year, she is running the virtual marathon lik 25,000 others around the world. with each mile joya is fund raising to buy more ppe. >> this one is the highest stakes race i'm ever going to run and it's honestly the race of my...