Thursday, July 24, 2008

Team Hoyt

According to the Wikipedia entry on father-and-son Dick and Rick Hoyt:
As of January 31, 2008, Team Hoyt had participated in a total of 958 events, including 224 Triathlons (6 of which were Ironman competitions), 20 Duathlons, and 65 Marathons, including 25 Boston Marathons.[1] They have also biked and run across the USA, in 1992 — a 3,735 mile journey that took them 45 days.
My sister passed along the following video, which I found very moving for its depiction of an unusual love between a father and a son: