Inspirational Portsmouth man takes on epic bike challenge for charity Headway

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00:00So, Mikey, can you tell me about the challenge you're going to be doing?

00:04I am aiming to drive 60 to 80 miles on a bike at the Mountbatten Data Centre.

00:1721st of May this year, I start at 2.30.

00:24And who are you raising money for?

00:27Headway.

00:27And tell me what Headway means to you.

00:33It is a charity that helps people like me after a head injury, brain injury.

00:45Okay, and are you happy to tell me a little bit about your injury and how you got here?

00:53I am an addict of crack cocaine and heroin.

01:03I used heroin last time on 20th February 2013.

01:13It was mixed with something that set at me.

01:18I was wounded in my sleep and left three days and gave myself hypoxic energy.

01:29Today, my friend Nick Branson, who is a druid, brought my foot back into my body.

01:41Luckily, I'm not here today, so I owe my life to him and to inspire others

01:56and to serve everyone for taking drugs.

02:05So, tell me how inspiring Mikey is to you all.

02:09Yeah, well, Mikey, I mean, ever since I met Mikey, a character he is,

02:14you know, I was working at a volunteering centre for bikes

02:19and he was so enthusiastic to get involved and help people fix the bikes

02:23and sharing his knowledge he had as a mechanic and to help people.

02:28And just, you know, getting to know Mikey over the last few months, you know,

02:32I've seen him grow so much from, like, you know, lifting car batteries

02:37to cycling on his personal made bike and then telling me now, you know,

02:42going to the gym four times a week, really pushing himself.

02:45And now he's telling me, you know, he's challenging himself to a 68-mile, 80-mile bike ride,

02:52which is bloody, extremely challenging and inspirational.

02:57So, you know, it's just, you know, for someone who's gone through such a traumatic injury,

03:01it's quite inspirational for him to be doing this

03:04and bringing awareness of his situation and what happened to him.

03:08So, I understand that your personal assistant is to Mikey.

03:13Yes, that's right.

03:14So, obviously, you help him out quite a lot.

03:16So, tell me, you know, on a day-to-day basis, you know, how hard it is, you know, day-to-day life

03:22and what you think about the challenge.

03:25Well, the challenge is obviously Mikey's condition and...

03:30Well, it's better now.

03:33There was a moment when the biggest challenge was that Mikey was quite upset, obviously,

03:37quite down with what happened.

03:39So, be next to the person who's, like, a bit upset and you don't know how to help.

03:44That was the challenge.

03:47But he's, like, on the other side, he's such a positive person.

03:50He's smiling so much.

03:52He's, like, he has so many reasons, actually, not to smile

03:55and he could do actually all opposite.

03:59But no, he's there.

04:00He will, you know, fall over.

04:02He will smile.

04:03Something bad happened to him.

04:05He will laugh.

04:05He's just basically, like, very, like, bright person.

04:12Yeah.

04:13Like you said, my mind already.

04:16It takes good out of everything.

04:21His smile and his happiness is contagious.

04:23And also allows us to realize that sometimes we keep complaining about things which doesn't

04:31really matter.

04:32So small things when we don't...

04:34I think sometimes we keep forgetting how lucky actually we are to be on this planet,

04:40to see the beauty of all the colors, to see different people, to actually be alive.

04:46It's like we're taking this one for granted.

04:48But my kids just reminds us that actually we are so, like, yeah, lucky with being able,

04:56be here and enjoy.

04:58Bye.

04:59Bye.

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