I just thought I would include another posting on a great motivational story that I came across sometime last week. I spent a lot of the week just watching youtube clips on the Boston Marathon and the Kona Ironman. While doing it, I cam across a clip about Jon Blais, aka The Blazeman. Jon Blais was a triathlete from San Diego, CA who was unfortunately diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) at the age of 33. For those of you that don't know that much about ALS ... its a neurodegenerative disorder in which your nervous system slowly fails. Unfortunately, its there are no successful treatments for the disease and it is uniformly fatal.
Given his diagnosis, Blais was permitted to enter the 2005 Kona Ironman. Before he started the race, he declared that he would finish the race "even if they had to roll him across the finish line". At the time of the race, his disease had already taken its toll on his body and he wasn't able to use his right hand. Without giving away the entire story, I recommend that you watch the youtube clip on his story at the link below. Definitely one of the most motivation stories I have ever come across.
The Blazeman - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Vrjp2P0GlE
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