Team Hoyt

By Queuebot in Everything Else on Mar 21, 2009 at 2:00 am

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Dick and Rick Hoyt are a father-son team who have run 60 marathons (25 of them the Boston Marathon), 6 Ironman Triathlons (composed of 2.4 mile swim, followed by a 116 mile bike ride and then a 26 mile maraton), and other races for a total of nearly 1000 events.

Rick has cerebral palsy, so his dad pushes him in a wheelchair and pulls him in a raft through the water … Watch this clip for a fascinating look at Team Hoyt.

– via jaredstanley

From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by j_red.

Tags: cerebral palsy, ironman, marathon, team hoyt, triathlon, wheelchair

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j_red
Mar 21st, 2009 at 2:00 am
fyi they’ll be doing their 1,000th race in boston in april so you’ll hear about them next month.
Christophe
Mar 21st, 2009 at 2:00 am
how can you guys vote down this? this is a neat story! bring it up!
matt
Mar 21st, 2009 at 2:31 am
this gets me everytime I see it
*tear*
minokawa
Mar 21st, 2009 at 6:32 am
I’m sure they’ll make a movie about them soon.
Mouserz
Mar 21st, 2009 at 6:48 am
I remember seeing this like a year or longer ago. great story but knida old.
Atlanta Private Investigator
Mar 21st, 2009 at 7:02 am
What a wonderfully inspirational video. Thank you for sharing.
AJ
Mar 21st, 2009 at 9:06 am
Here’s the music video version.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2632954908718914053&ei=mfPEScv -FoSKqQPY9-3lAQ&q=hoyt
just_arty
Mar 21st, 2009 at 1:07 pm
Wish this video clip was captioned (I’m deaf) but I’m astonished by the fact that the father has completed the Ironman triathlons with his son! *phew*
gibbopool
Mar 21st, 2009 at 1:25 pm
What a truly inspirational video this is, I would wish them all the best in future.

Come on Team Hoyt!!!!
Video Game Dork
Mar 21st, 2009 at 3:13 pm
When I saw the title, I was wary – I thought maybey the father was in denial and dragging his kid around. But after watching the video, and learning that the kid was actually quite aware, communicating, and the one who came up with the idea of racing – well, I have to agree that it’s a very neat thing.
MikeB
Mar 23rd, 2009 at 10:24 am
Rick Reilly wrote an article on Team Hoyt in 2005 for Sports Illustrated called “Strongest Dad in the World.” I think his opening lines really some up how Hoyt makes you feel…

“I try to be a good father. Give my kids mulligans. Work nights to pay for their text messaging. Take them to swimsuit shoots.

But compared with Dick Hoyt, I suck.”

The article and story of Team Hoyt was brough tup in congress and a copy of the article is found here:
http://www.house.gov/duncan/2005/fs062305.htm

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