Found this was trawling my regular haunts

http://cjcphoto.com/can/

[From Sports Illustrated, By Rick Reilly]
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.

Eighty-five times he's pushed his disabled son, Rick, 26.2 miles in Marathons. Eight times he's not only pushed him 26.2 miles in a Wheelchair but also towed him 2.4 miles in a dinghy while swimming and Pedaled him 112 miles in a seat on the handlebars--all in the same day

What a champion!!

``No question about it,'' Rick types. ``My dad is the Father of the Century.''

werd

What a f***ing legend, he is one lucky guy to have such and awesome Dad like that.

What an awesome guy.

inspirational

Yeah, good work dad, why don't you rub it in that I can't f***ing move some more!

^-- I'm with Xy, I'd rather walk than have a dad that can run far.

I am in awe of his father's dedication and strength, it certainly humbles me.

To think we take so much for granted and for the most part throw it away.

crazy physical strength and dedication ... if that ever happened to my son i'd be dedicating myself to finding a cure though

What a true hero.

not as easy as it sounds dice..

i think that's an awesome fete, doing everything his son can't do for him, that shows how much he loves his son

yeah it's definitely not easy, but every little bit counts toward the end, so my dedication wouldn't be in vain

I've already posted this and got like 2 replies... anyway, awesome obviously :)

its very cool. but i think its old.

like, acouple of months a go a link was posted with almost exactly the same story. didn't the guy suffer from a mild heart attack while running and carrying his son. which would have been alot worse if he wasn't so fit?

and the sons ambission is to carry his dad somewhere. or something.

its a very warming story

Wow! I cried!

who cares if it's old or there if there is a similar story.

yeah i remember seeing this story where the father of a disabled guy got his fat arse in shape

dunno if the link was here though

OLD

Always wanted to do that.

hahah, well I had just found it, so posted it

I thought it was awesome

last edited by HeardY at 17:04:40 24/Oct/06

Yeah, good work dad, why don't you rub it in that I can't f***ing move some more!

You my retard friend are just that, a f***ing retard. If you bothered to read the article:

That day changed Rick's life. ``Dad,'' he typed, ``when we were running, It felt like I wasn't disabled anymore!''

And that sentence changed Dick's life. He became obsessed with giving Rick that feeling as often as he could.