Anyone need any Motivation???

[marky65]

The Story

A son asked his father, 'Dad, will you take part in a marathon with me?'

The father who, despite having a heart condition said 'yes.' They went

on to complete the marathon together.

Father and son went on to join other marathons, the father always saying

'yes' to his son's request of going through the race together.

One day, the son asked his father, 'Dad, let's join the Ironman

together.' To which, his father said 'yes' too.

For those who don't know, the Ironman is the toughest triathlon ever. The

race encompasses three endurance events of a 2.4 mile (3.86 kilometers)

ocean swim, followed by a 112 mile (180.2 kilometers) bike ride, and

ending with a 26.2 mile (42.195 kilometers) marathon along the coast of

the Big Island .

The father and son went on to complete the race together.

NOW WATCH THIS VIDEO and view this race:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJMbk9dtpdY

[laurasaur]

far out that sounds awful, thumbs up to anyone that wants to put themselves thru it tho

[AlBundy]

That story was on 60 minutes or 20/20 or one of those shows ages ago pretty awesome.

[Russ]

tough as

[biggurl27]

Awesome :grin:

[Bazza]

Man...I ws sitting at my desk at work....lucky I had the head phones on...just about had to reach for a Kleenex after that. Thanks so much for posting the link. Whenever I get out of bed to haul my ass to the gym....maybe won't complain so much after watching that..... :roll:

[runveerun]

Yep they are amazing, every year he asks his dad if they can do the ironman!

[Gym rat]

That was amazing

[Pseudonym]

*coughs*

Think I got some dust in my eye. Thanks for posting that, Marky.

[poos_n_wees]

WOW. Such a touching story!

[Danomyte]

Absolutely inspiring!!!!!!

Puts things into perspective aye