new physically challenged triathlete records
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djrez4 posted 29 weeks ago.
Wow! Both amazing accomplishments!
I'm humbled...
-Dave
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Dungeonmasters don't have levels, dork!
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JohnieTri posted 29 weeks ago.
Suddenly my IT band and Plantar Fascitis doesn't hurt me anymore. Amazing!!!
-Johnie
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Sully800 posted 29 weeks ago.
How do guides work for triathlons? Just wondering because I never put much thought into the process of a blind person finding there way along, even though I knew there were blind triathletes.
Awesome accomplishments!
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kylie posted 29 weeks ago.
If I understand correctly, for the swim they use a rubbery kind of tether, they ride a tandem bike, and then I think a tether again on the run.
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Sully800 posted 29 weeks ago.
kylie;83574 wrote:
If I understand correctly, for the swim they use a rubbery kind of tether, they ride a tandem bike, and then I think a tether again on the run.
So its a single guide throughout the whole race? Meaning the athlete can only go as fast as the guide? Pretty interesting! Just a shame if you feel great and your guide is bonking...
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kylie posted 29 weeks ago.
Yeah, guides volunteer to do the entire race with a particular athlete. I'm not sure if they also have an entry fee -- I don't think so as they share a number. In the article it talks about how the guide for this guy was the current age group world and national champion. The goal I believe is to find a guide who can do the race faster enough than the athlete that the guide doesn't have to stress about if he can do it. I have a friend that has done it -- said it was fun for parts and not for others -- like when his partner's run fitness wasn't what was expected and they ended up walking most of the marathon in an IM. He said if he could do it over again he would have trained with his partner more, but it was a neat experience.
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Leroy Bonkers posted 29 weeks ago.
I lined up next to Scott at the "Run the Reagan" 1/2 marathon this year and got a glipse of his prosthetics. They are painted with these awesome skull/playing cards graphics.
Super nice guy. He has more the physical build of a line backer than a runner, making his accomplishment even more impressive in my eyes.
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TryScott posted 29 weeks ago.
The next time I think about skipping a run because it's getting a little too dark, I'm going to think about how difficult it is to train for a blind athlete.
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kylie posted 29 weeks ago.
TryScott;83582 wrote:
The next time I think about skipping a run because it's getting a little too dark, I'm going to think about how difficult it is to train for a blind athlete.
Very good point! And when your legs just don't feel up to it (but not injured) think of Scott. And when you see others training, or ever hear someone say "I'm not XYZ" and give their reason for not trying it when they are interested, remember that anyone can do it :)
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deepbluex posted 29 weeks ago.
dangit. These guys are making it very difficult to validate the excuses I come up with!
Very cool news story!
The weekend of Oct 13th and 14th saw a couple of phyiscally challenged althete records get set.
Aaron Scheidies, a blind man, become the first physically challenged athlete to do an olympic in under 2 hours. He went 1:59:41 - good enough to be top 10 in the elite field at that race.
Scott Rigsby, a double amputee, became the first double leg amputee to complete an Ironman on prosthetics. He went 16:42:46 at Ironman Hawaii. I was lucky enough to see him finish, and the crowd just went wild for him.