Touching Distance Cracknell JamesPaperback
Touching Distance Cracknell JamesPaperback In October 2011 James Cracknell, two-time Olympic gold-medal rower and one of the greatest endurance athletes the world has ever known, suffered a seizure…
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Touching Distance Cracknell JamesPaperback
In October 2011 James Cracknell, two-time Olympic gold-medal rower and one of the greatest endurance athletes the world has ever known, suffered a seizure at home as his young son looked on in horror. A year earlier, as James undertook yet another endurance challenge in Arizona, he was knocked off his bike by the wing mirror of a petrol tanker. A man who had known no limits, a man who had practically achieved the impossible, now struggled to master life's simple challenges.
The doctors weren t sure if he would recover and, if he did, whether he would ever be the same again. It had smashed into the back of his head at high speed, causing severe frontal lobe damage. "Touching Distance" is an extraordinary, honest, and powerful account as James and his wife Bev confront for the first time the lasting effects that the accident has had on their lives.
It is the story of a marriage, of a