Motivation

   I figured since I have the time right now, I would include another little motivational entry.  This one is going to be devoted to possibly one of the most amazing athletic stories ever, Team Hoyt.  For those of you who have never heard of Team Hoyt, I recommend that you look them up and become familiar with their story.  Team Hoyt describes a father & son running team that is unlike any other since Rick (son) has cerebral palsy and is not able to walk.  For some time after his birth, many of the medical professionals had recommended to Dick (father) and his wife that they should institutionalize him since he would need round the clock care.  It wasn't until the 80's when Tufts University made a technology that allowed Rick to communicate using a computer.  After attending school in Westfield, Ma ... Rick asked his father if they could run in a 5k race to help race money for one of the schools athletes that had been injured.  At the time, Dick Hoyt wasn't an athlete at all, but not wanting to let Rick down he somehow developed a wheelchair that he could push and they were able to complete the race.  To say things snowballed from here is an understatement.  The 5k race led to another, and then a 10k, and then a half marathon, and then a marathon, and then hundreds more marathons, and then to triathlons and ultimately to the Iron Man in Kona Hawaii.  Its truly an amazing story, and while I can't do it justice with a paragraph or two ... I recommend reading their book if you have time.  Also, I have included an incredible youtube clip that shows pieces of footage from the year they completed the Kona Iron Man.   

Here's the book, in case you have some free time.  Its incredible.  

    Here is the link to the youtube clip.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF7Bv9Rjl0E