It must be closer to two years than one year, since he was building up to a pretty tough sounding, three discipline event of cycling, swimming, and running, for his chosen charity!
I was happy to "chuck in" for him, and particularly as very many good folks on here did the same for me (not I must add, as demanding) but the last I heard was he had made a commitment by buying a suitable bike, and was training hard, but I've not seen anything from him since, as to how things went!