Greetings Be Change Runners!
This is a BIG week!! Marathon runners will be pounding out 20 MILES and half marathoners/relay runners will pound out 10!! This is an important week in your training and I thought maybe you could use a little inspiration.
Here are a few of my favorites...
If You Can't, You Must.
Always Compete. Resist the Common.
Never Quit. Ever.
Believe and Over achieve.
You can either throw in the towel...or you can use it to wipe the sweat from your face!
Bend the Impossible till it breaks.
Fastest Way Out? FINISH.
No Way Out? Go Deeper In.
Find your inspiration and make the impossible possible!
Yes You Can!
Team Hoyt is an inspirational story of a father, Dick Hoyt, and his son, Rick, who compete together in marathons and triathlons across the country.
Rick was born in 1962 to Dick and Judy Hoyt. As a result of oxygen deprivation to Rick's brain at the time of his birth, Rick was diagnosed as a spastic quadriplegic with cerebral palsy. Dick and Judy were advised to institutionalize Rick because there was no chance of him recovering, and little hope for Rick to live a "normal" life. This was just the beginning of Dick and Judy's quest for Rick's inclusion in community, sports, education and one day, the workplace.
Dick and Judy soon realized that though Rick couldn't walk or speak; he was quite astute and his eyes would follow them around the room. They fought to integrate Rick into the public school system, pushing administrators to see beyond Rick's physical limitations. Dick and Judy would take Rick sledding and swimming, and even taught him the alphabet and basic words, like any other child.
The Beginning of Team Hoyt
In the spring of 1977, Rick told his father that he wanted to participate in a 5-mile benefit run for a Lacrosse player who had been paralyzed in an accident. Far from being a long-distance runner, Dick agreed to push Rick in his wheelchair and they finished all 5 miles, coming in next to last. That night, Rick told his father, "Dad, when I'm running, it feels like I'm not handicapped."
This realization was just the beginning of what would become over 1,000 races completed, including marathons, duathlons and triathlons (6 of them being Ironman competitions). Also adding to their list of achievements, Dick and Rick biked and ran across the U.S. in 1992, completing a full 3,735 miles in 45 days.
In a triathlon, Dick will pull Rick in a boat with a bungee cord attached to a vest around his waist and to the front of the boat for the swimming stage. For the biking stage, Rick will ride a special two-seater bicycle, and then Dick will push Rick in his custom made running chair (for the running stage).
Rick was once asked, if he could give his father one thing, what would it be? Rick responded, "The thing I'd most like is for my dad to sit in the chair and I would push him for once."
The 2009 Boston Marathon was officially Team Hoyt's 1000th race. Rick always says if it comes down to doing one race a year he would like it to be the Boston Marathon: his favorite race. Dick Hoyt now 70 years is not ready to retire yet!
Watch and be inspired:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwfZQfQ3j0Q&feature=related
I leave you with this…
"Believe that you can run farther or faster. Believe that you're young enough, old enough, strong enough, and so on to accomplish everything you want to do. Don't let worn-out beliefs stop you from moving beyond yourself."
"If you run, you are a runner. It doesn't matter how fast or how far. It doesn't matter if today is your first day or if you've been running for twenty years. There is no test to pass, no license to earn, no membership card to get. You just run."
-John Bingham, running speaker and writer
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MARATHON
Training plan for WEEK 15 |November 6th - November 12th
Sunday: REST DAY
Monday: 5 mile run
Tuesday: 10 mile run
Wednesday: Cardio/Core work
Thursday: 5mile run
Friday: Cardio/Core work
Saturday: 20 mile run
SATURDAYS RUN MAP: www.tiny.cc/saturdayrun
Half Marathon & Relay
Training plan for WEEK 15 |November 6th - November 12th
Sunday: REST DAY
Monday: 6 mile run
Tuesday: 6 mile run
Wednesday: Cardio/Core work
Thursday: 6 mile run
Friday: Cardio/Core work
Saturday: 10 mile run
SATURDAYS RUN MAP: www.tiny.cc/saturdayrun
Keep up the good work! We are so proud of you and all that you have accomplished!! YOU ARE ALMOST THERE!!
