How Far Can You Go?
My 25-Year Quest to Walk Again
Published on 29. March 2016
224 pages
978-0-316-26283-5 (ISBN)
Description
An inspirational memoir by a man who became an elite wheelchair athlete after suffering a catastrophic spinal injury and who finally walked again 25 years after his accident.
After two years of intense physical therapy following his crippling accident, John Maclean set a new course for himself when his father encouraged him to embrace his new reality and asked: "How far can you go?" Inspired, Maclean became the first paraplegic to complete the Ironman World Championship and swim the English Channel before going on to win a silver medal for rowing at the 2008 Paralympic Games--yet these achievements did not come easy or on his first try. But with fierce tenacity, determination, and the love of family and friends Maclean was able to see each dream realized.
Yet he longed for one more victory: to walk on the beach with his family, holding his wife's hand. Through a radical therapy, he retrained his mind and challenged conventional thinking to walk again after 25 years in a wheelchair. HOW FAR CAN YOU GO?is his amazing story.
After two years of intense physical therapy following his crippling accident, John Maclean set a new course for himself when his father encouraged him to embrace his new reality and asked: "How far can you go?" Inspired, Maclean became the first paraplegic to complete the Ironman World Championship and swim the English Channel before going on to win a silver medal for rowing at the 2008 Paralympic Games--yet these achievements did not come easy or on his first try. But with fierce tenacity, determination, and the love of family and friends Maclean was able to see each dream realized.
Yet he longed for one more victory: to walk on the beach with his family, holding his wife's hand. Through a radical therapy, he retrained his mind and challenged conventional thinking to walk again after 25 years in a wheelchair. HOW FAR CAN YOU GO?is his amazing story.
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03/2016
Grand Central Publishing
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John Maclean is a Paralympian and was the first wheelchair athlete to complete the Hawaii Ironman Triathlon World Championships and swim the English Channel. He is the founder of The John Maclean Foundation, assisting children in wheelchairs and their families. John lives in Australia with his wife, Amanda, and son, Jack.
Mark Tabb has authored/co-authored more than twenty-five books, including Running For My Life, with U.S Olympian Lopez Lomong, and the #1 bestseller Mistaken Identity.
Mark Tabb has authored/co-authored more than twenty-five books, including Running For My Life, with U.S Olympian Lopez Lomong, and the #1 bestseller Mistaken Identity.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Welcome
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Preface
- 1 Only Possibilities
- 2 Back from the Brink
- 3 Starting Over
- 4 More than Able
- 5 More than Able, Part 2
- 6 Some Dreams Don't Need to Come True
- 7 Amanda
- 8 The Quest for Gold
- 9 Tipping Point
- 10 Where Is the Door Marked "Walking"?
- 11 Three Small Steps
- 12 Impossible
- 13 My Gold-Medal Moment
- 14 Two Steps Back in Paradise
- 15 "Which Do You Want More?"
- 16 From Peter Parker to Spider-Man
- 17 Too Big to Fail
- 18 Race Day
- 19 The Final Push
- 20 Afterword
- Acknowledgments
- Newsletters
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
