John McAvoy was serving a double life sentence in a high security prison in England for armed robbery when he saw a TV news piece on a close friend and fellow criminal who had just been killed in the Netherlands during a police chase. At that point he found sport and turned his life around.…
How do you go from armed robbery and serving a double life sentence in prison to completing an Ironman triathlon? John McAvoy’s story is one you have to hear to believe: He discovered rowing while in prison, set seven UK indoor rowing national records and three world records. When he got out of jail, John discovered…