The athlete, who was brutally attacked on August 30, tells us about his ordeal and how his recovery is going
Gruelling physical exercise is so much a part of Nick Bester’s life that not even broken bones from a severe beating by robbers have stopped him getting back on his bike. Nor have a previous robbery, a close encounter with a shark and a motor accident.
Bester said he had gone on a morning run with his wife, Sharon, whom he then left at home and took to the mountain. “They hit me very hard because I had a gun with me. Luckily in the bag I had two credit cards. I gave them the PIN numbers, but they dragged me away from the place where they attacked me to a place where nobody could see me.”With modified training shoes and determination, a recuperating Nick Bester is back on his bike.You think it will never happen to you again and then you’re not as sharp as you should be.
“I turned on to my back and used my heels to drag myself down the mountain, until I saw houses and screamed for help. I was bleeding all over.” “I was disappointed, wondering why it was happening to me again.” He was robbed while exercising in 2010.Image:Bester has run the Comrades Marathon 15 times, taking home nine gold medals and winning it in 1991. His love of endurance sports is well known. He was an Ironman champion, Dusi Canoe gold medallist and mountain bike champion.
“I am disappointed I will not be taking part. I had prepared for this, but there will be more events coming up. I am always involved in something.”
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