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This post is copy/pasted from another forum. I just wanted to share it, because it's pretty hardcore.

cliffs:
man called **** and his wife have a kid name Rick
Rick was diagnosed as a spastic quadriplegic with cerebral palsy
In 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
**** 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."
33Years later, **** and Rick have competed in over 1000 events, including 6 Ironman Triathalons (2.5mile swim, 112mile bike ride, and a 26.2 mile run, all without stopping) but Rick cant run, cycle or swim..so **** has to carry him all the way.

In a triathlon, **** 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 **** will push Rick in his custom made running chair (for the running stage).

now if that's not hardcore, i dont know what is

Racing History
238 Triathlons (6 Ironman distances, 7 Half Ironman)
22 Duathlons
68 Marathons (27 Boston Marathons)
8 18.6 Milers
92 Half Marathons
1 20K
37 10 Milers
31 Falmouth 7.1 Milers
8 15K's
212 10K's
153 5 Milers
4 8K's
18 4 Milers
129 5K's
8 20 Milers
2 11K's
1 7K
1032 Total Events (as of July 2010)

teamhoyt.com/ Link

My God, **** is an awesome dad.

Indeed. And Rick is a lucky and deserving son!

This is amazing.

absolutely incredible

if that doesn't get both of them to heaven .. then idk what will

That shiz is deep....

I've heard about this before. There's a video that goes with it somewhere, it's pretty incredible stuff. Truly inspirational.

I feel like a bad person, I was expecting some kind of pun at the end.