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Sun, 12-07-2003 - 6:35pm
New Year....New You.

Live With Passion!


Phyllis

Live With Passion!

Phyllis

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Sun, 12-07-2003 - 7:01pm
I love your slogan "Live with Passion"!It's especially cool when you see New year, New You and then Live with Passion.It inspires me!

Miss P




 

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Sun, 12-07-2003 - 8:15pm

Yes, Phyllis and Pt...that slogan is wonderful!!

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Mon, 12-08-2003 - 7:35am
Here's motivation for a gal...stripping down to put your jammies on and DH says from the other side of the room, "man, I can't believe your abs".

Imagine if I was really back on board with regular workouts and dropping these pounds again!

I'm in...

Sassy

 

                        

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Mon, 12-08-2003 - 9:15am
Everyone talking about goals has me thinking about my own. I watched a program about the Ironman competition in Hawaii this year and those people are amazing. No I'm not thinking of doing the ironman. Don't be silly.

But those people are ripped! No body fat and in amazing shape. Some of them were in their 70's and finished. There was even a guy who did the whole thing with just his arms. He was in an accident a few years ago and was paralyzed from the chest down. He had a special bike and wheelchair for the bike and marathon parts. It was really quite inspiring.

I'd be happy with losing some of this flab covering my muscles. So, that's my goal. I'm not aiming at the ironman, but I wouldn't mind looking like I was.

Lori

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Mon, 12-08-2003 - 12:18pm
Lori - Re the Ironman competitions:

There's a team from the Boston area that competes in Ironman competitions and runs marathons. There a father and son team - Dick and Rick Hoyt. Dick is about 55, an ex-Marine, and is incredibly powerfully built; Rick is in his 30s, a graduate of Boston University and a computer analyst, has severe CP, and has always wanted to be able to compete in such events but cannot.

Dick wanted to give his son the experience of competition, so several sponsors and years later, Dick has pushed a specially-rigged 3-wheel bike with Rick in it for Boston marathons for as many years as I can remember. For the Ironman competitions he swims and pulls Rick in a boat for the swimming segment, uses the marathon bike for the running segment, and probably uses a bike with a sidecar for the cycling segment. They're amazing to see.

This year was the first in many that the Hoyts didn't run the Boston marathon, upon advice of Dick's doctor. The race wasn't the same without them - they never fail to get everyone watching them all teary-eyed.

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Mon, 12-08-2003 - 12:36pm
I think they were highlighted over the weekend. We, too, were watching the show on the Ironman competition and there probably isn't many dads with adult sons with CP competing in the Ironman and other marathons...they only made it through the swim this time, I think they said.

I try to avoid watching this every year. I feel like such a failure in comparison.

 

                        

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Mon, 12-08-2003 - 1:13pm
Yeah! They were in the show. There was a short little segment about them and it was pretty amazing. That kid looked so happy going across the finish line. But I don't think that segment was filmed with this year's competition.


Edited 12/8/2003 1:14:41 PM ET by bootywhompus

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