John Terry praises 'man dressed as shoe' who helped him during London Marathon
Former Chelsea captain John Terry thanked a 'man dressed as a shoe' for helping him after taking part in the London Marathon this month
John Terry was in awe over a 'man dressed as a shoe' who helped him at the London Marathon while they were running. The footballer joined a host of stars, including Steve Sidwell and Jody Morris, taking part in the run last Sunday and later congratulated everyone on social media.
The former Chelsea captain took to his Instagram page to share a photo of him holding up his medal as well as a snap of him with Steve and Jody. He wrote: "Congratulations @stevesidwell14 @jodymorris. Legs are a little stiff and sore this morning, that is by far the TOUGHEST thing I have EVER done and this morning I have so much respect for everyone who run the marathon yesterday."
John added: "Also a big shout out to the guy dressed as a shoe, who overtook me when I was struggling, yes dressed as a shoe and overtook me, slowed down and gave me some great words of encouragement and gave me some sweets and gels.
"He then carried on running, about 2 minutes later he come running back towards me with a bottle of coke, Thank you mate. SHHOOEEE… I see so many great things like this yesterday. Well Done everyone."
John suffered a nipple injury and, at one point, was forced to walk due to a cramp. He finished the marathon in just over five hours.
Fellow footballers and stars took to the comment section to congratulate John, with Jose Mourinho saying: "Sid I believe, You I have doubts you did it." Steve wrote: "Brilliant mate. Incredible effort."
One fan posted: "Great work JT, ran it myself yesterday and I wasn't expecting that heat! The support was unreal," and another added: "
Meanwhile, the supposed sister of the 'man dressed as a shoe' found the post and wrote: "The guy you are talking about in the SHOE is my brother, Karl Fitzpatrick. He's a legend from Jersey!! Glad that he could help you hope the sweets and gels help. Shooooooooe."
As reported by the BBC, the runner took part to raise money for Jersey Hospice. Karl has supported the hospice since 2022 and has raised almost £22,000 since then.
Karl told the BBC: "I said to the fella 'only the greatest marathon runners wear these shoes,' joking as we both had them on.
"I then realised it was John Terry. I slowed down and try to give him the motivational bants and tried to reassure him that he was doing fine.
"So it might have looked strange, a shoe running the opposite way to everyone else and handing a full fat coke. I wished him the very best and told him 'be strong and the pain will go."
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