You may remember Johnny Agar from the 2016 Ironman World Championships in Kona, Hawaii.
Agar, who was born with cerebral palsy, and his dad, former minor-league pitcher Jeff Agar, didn’t make the bike cutoff in Kona, but they’re still doing triathlons.
To motivate Johnny, his mom created a video of his training based off Michael Phelps’ famous Under Armour ad from 2016.
The Agars are scheduled to compete in an Ironman 70.3 race in Florida this weekend, a qualifier for Kona.
Phelps got word of the video and reached Johnny by phone this week to wish him luck for the race.
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Thank you Johnny for being such an inspiration to us all. Love your version of #RuleYourself.
— Michael Phelps (@MichaelPhelps) April 5, 2017
Anything is possible, the bigger you dream the further you get. Good luck this weekend Johnny I'm pulling for you!!! #konahereyoucome
— Michael Phelps (@MichaelPhelps) April 5, 2017
I had an awesome chat with @MichaelPhelps just a little while ago! He gave me a pep talk for my upcoming Florida 1/2 @IRONMANtri #letsdothis https://t.co/uLulPnMF2l
— Johnny Agar (@agar_john) April 5, 2017
