After speaking to him at length i stopped thinking of him as crazy and instead thought of him as strong, stubborn, determined and courageous! I listened to his story and I believed him when he said he could do it. And in hindsight that is sometimes all that someone needs is someone to believe in them.
We met up for lunch at a place with a kids play park as I had my little one with me and John turned up with 5 kids aged from 5 to 10. He had his own 2 girls and his brothers 3 kids all up from England for 2 weeks! I did think wow maybe he is crazy 😂 but he came across as laid back, confident, funny and most importantly level headed!
A couple of weeks later, on the day of the triathlon I was a nervous wreck. What if he was crazy! What if he didn't make it? What if he collapsed in front of his kids? I've never been so relieved to hear a voice at the end of phone in my entire life as I was later that day when he called to say he was done. Phew! 😊 from that moment on I have never doubted John.
He knows what he is capable of and I trust him explicitly. I also know that he loves his daughters and me so much that he wouldn't take any risks with his health.
Over the years I've defended him across various internet mediums and platforms from other patients, healthcare providers and even members of the public who either say he's reckless, stupid or obviously not that 'bad' health wise.
And I've also supported him over those years through various triathlons, a 10K and now John O'Groats to Lands End and I do so proudly and confidently because I trust him now as I did then!
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