Saints legend Franny Benali reflects on his incredible IronFran Challenge
He pushed his body so close to its limit that he started to lose his vision.
He swam 12 miles, ran five marathons, cycled 560 miles, burned almost 61,000 calories and ended up in hospital as part of his 'IronFran' challenge.
And yet, after completing five Ironmans in a week, the ever-modest Francis Benali says his body is simply "quite achy".
This is a man who, you suspect, doesn't quite realise the magnitude of what he has done.
He's eager, and quite rightly so, to pay tribute to his support team, to the thousands of people who have cheered him on from the start in Manchester to the finish line in Southampton - his home city.
But it's former Saints defender Benali who deserves all the plaudits. A petition has even been launched calling for him to be given a knighthood.
