When You Have Strength From Above, You Don't Have To Imagine

The Beginning of Team Hoyt

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxqe77-Am3w

In the spring of 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. Far from being a long-distance runner, Dick 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."This realization was just the beginning of what would become over 1,000 races completed, including marathons, duathlons and triathlons (6 of them being Ironman competitions). Also adding to their list of achievements, Dick and Rick biked and ran across the U.S. in 1992, completing a full 3,735 miles in 45 days. More...
In a triathlon, Dick 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 Dick will push Rick in his custom made running chair (for the running stage).Rick was once asked, if he could give his father one thing, what would it be? Rick responded, "The thing I'd most like is for my dad to sit in the chair and I would push him for once."The 2009 Boston Marathon was officially Team Hoyt's 1000th race. Rick always says if it comes down to doing one race a year he would like it to be the Boston Marathon: his favorite race. Dick Hoyt hopes that he is able to push Rick in the Boston Marathon when he is 70 years old (2011)! Neither Dick or Rick are ready to retire yet.

This is from http://www.teamhoyt.com/about/index.html

In Phillipians 4:13 "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."
Throughout my, and I'm sure many of our day to day lives we are consumed with the hustle and bustle of the world. With school, work, family, and friends our lives in this day and age are..well, busy needless to say. But the one sole thing that can get us through the simple stresses and struggles of life is God and his son Jesus Christ. If we trust in Him enough to get through the small struggles, there is no doubt in this world that he will do more than enough to help us through the major struggles we all might have. Look at Team Hoyt. Not only did the father and son go through the struggles of everyday living ,(because obviously living to them is not as easy as the average person) but they also went throught the struggle of completing the race that they had set before them. Let God take over the little things and he will guide you through the big ones.
-The girls-