Onehunga blast victim, Ian Winson spoke publicly today for the first time since the June explosion that took his legs.
"Life throws you curve balls all the time and it's how you deal with them," the double-amputee said at the start of an annual running event Mr Winson founded seven years ago. "Sure I've been angry but there's always somebody who's worse off than me. I've got a lot to be grateful for."
The Lydiard Legend Marathon follows the route coach Arthur Lydiard trained his runners.
"It's something I really have a deep passion for... exercise. If I can get just two or three people off the couch to exercise I'm winning."
The 47-year-old network engineer was seriously injured in the explosion which killed his Watercare colleague, Canadian-born mother-of-two Philomen Gulland, on June 4. He has undergone hours of surgery to treat injuries to his hands and amputations above his knees.
