Inspiring stuff for a Friday

W.B. Yeats

Great article in the Indo about a chap from Kerry and his recovery from brain injury to running marathons

http://www.independent.ie/health/case-studies/they-told-me-id-never-walk-again-now-i-run-marathons-2311913.html

Inspiring stuff Adrian O'Connor, Boards salutes you

RoyMcC

Inspirational, no other word. Remember it next time you feel like giving up on a run.

itsalltrue

Inspiring but very sad, knocked me a bit at the end when he said his girlfriend had died from cancer

token56

itsalltrue wrote: »

Inspiring but very sad, knocked me a bit at the end when he said his girlfriend had died from cancer

Yeah that knocked me a bit too. He has really gone through so much but seems to be always fighting. He's a very courageous man alright.

W.B. Yeats

token56 wrote: »

Yeah that knocked me a bit too. He has really gone through so much but seems to be always fighting. He's a very courageous man alright.

Very sad when it seems that his girlfriend had a key role in keeping him fighting
He's an example to us of what you can do when you really really want to

token56

W.B. Yeats wrote: »

Very sad when it seems that his girlfriend had a key role in keeping him fighting
He's an example to us of what you can do when you really really want to

That's very true, I'm sure she played a big part in him fighting to get back to normality and to loose her to must have been devastating.

pc11

Amazing story, it was heartbreaking to read the end.

I searched for him on mycharity, his page is http://www.mycharity.ie/event/adrianoconnor/ if you like.

Tec Diver

Amazing stuff, truly a legend.