1 / 14

In a marathon two of them stand out among the runners

In a marathon two of them stand out among the runners. An aged, but fit man pushes his 44-year-old son in a wheelchair. As they cross the finish line, the son raises his fist in joy, while the father looks proudly at his son. This is Team Hoyt. Team Hoyt.

luz
Download Presentation

In a marathon two of them stand out among the runners

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. In a marathon two of them stand out among the runners

  2. An aged, but fit man pushes his 44-year-old son in a wheelchair

  3. As they cross the finish line, the son raises his fist in joy, while the father looks proudly at his son.

  4. This is Team Hoyt

  5. Team Hoyt • Team Hoyt is a father “Dick Hoyt” and son “Rick Hoyt” from Massachusetts who compete together in marathons, and triathlons(鐵人三項).

  6. Birth of Rick Hoyt • Rick has cerebral palsy(腦性麻痺), caused by loss of oxygen to his brain at birth because his umbilical cord(臍帶) was wrapped around his neck. • Doctors encouraged the Hoyts toinstitutionalize(交給慈善機構) the baby at the young age ,because he would be nothing more than a “vegetable”

  7. Birth of Rick Hoyt • Rick’s mother, Judy Hoyt, once said, “There is no way we will ever put our son away. We love him. He is ours. We will work with him and bring him to the place where he can reach his greatest potential. We will never, never put him away simply because he is different”

  8. The Begin • Fund raiser, 5-mile race • “Dad, I want to do that” • The victory came in Rick’s tapped out words, “Dad, when I’m running, it feels like I’m not handicapped.” • As a father, he shared in that joy by stating, “Making Rick happy was the greatest feeling in the world”

  9. Competition • Train: Dick started to train himself to be a runner, though he was out of shape. In order to participate in triathlons, he started to learn swimming. • So far, they have complete 1009 events, according 234 triathlons, 89 half marathons, and 67 marathons

  10. Record • Marathon 2:40:47(world record 2:04:55) • Ironman Triathlon 13:43:37(WR 11:43:58) • Biked and ran across the USA in 1992: 3,735 miles in 45 consecutive days

  11. Video • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flRvsO8m_KI (1:00,5:45)

  12. Rick said that if he had just one wish, it would be “that my dad would sit in the chair and I would push him just once.”

  13. Inspiration to the world Love and CAN

  14. References • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_Hoyt • http://www.teamhoyt.com/index.html

More Related