I talk to A LOT of people in my job as a radio announcer and it's very rare to find someone who is super intelligent, an excellent public speaker, exceptionally funny AND has been a world beating athlete for the last 20 years! I guess that's why she's a dame!
Opinion: A chat with Dame Valerie Adams
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A day with a dame.
Well you can imagine the rest!
Finally I asked her about her husband and the amazing support she'd received to be able to have a baby in October and then win silver at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, a mere six months later in April (after a C-section no less). She responded with how most people assume he'd be tall like her, but he's shorter and smaller than her ... "but everyone is the same height when they're horizontal!"
I like where ya head's at Val!
If you ever get a chance to see Dame Valerie speak, you owe it to yourself to be there and be amazed!
Stoked she took some time to come to the Bay and pass on her knowledge and superb view on life with the kids who will follow in her footsteps ... though those are literally the biggest women's shoes I've seen, so they'll have their work cut out for them!
Will Johnston is host of The Hits 95FM Day Show. Live and local from 9am-3pm, every weekday in the Bay of Plenty.