Yesterday I watched Andy Murray achieve an incredible goal - winning Wimbledon. The first Scot ever to have done it and the 1st Britain in 77 years since Fred Perry. I was watching it in a bar in Rome and wouldn't be surprised if you could have heard our screams at the TV urging him on. Like many I won't forget that moment. I had the great priviledge of working with Andy shooting 3 videos with him for a leisure group. At the time he was no. 11 in the world and by the end he was no.4. His transformation since then to no. 2 and double major winner is incredible.
A few years before that I had the pleasure of playing John McEnroe in a game of doubles. When asked about Andy he thought he'd get into the top ten but his partner Peter Fleming said top 5. Neither said he'd win Wimbledon.This just goes to show how driven he was to ignore those around him that doubted his ability and believe in himself.
This weekend 4 Athelite members became ironmen following the success of 2 the weekend before. During their journey they will have had self doubt, injury and questioned what they were doing. During the race they will have overcome pain and have visited some very "dark places". But they believed in themselves and got the reward they deserved, just as Andy did. So lets all reflect on the success of individuals who set the bar high and achieve it. The only question is, what's next?
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