Team Hoyt - CAN

[Mr. Bloom]

If your eyes are dry, watch this...it'll fix that

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRHxH...eature=related

If you think you can't, you certainly can:

http://www.teamhoyt.com/history.shtml

[TxDoc]

Yep, my boyfriend actually sent me that video like an hour ago, with the words "for all of us that take everything for granted".
It makes you reconsider a lot of things...
And yes, YOU CAN!

[mary9761]

This is on a billboard just up the street from my house...

[Jolt]

They are definitely inspiring! There used to be a triathlon put on by the YMCA here, and they participated in it. Actually, I have a funny story about that--because I was working at the Y as a lifeguard, I was one of the people asked to help with the swim (there are some not-so-great swimmers who participate in these triathlons, so they have lifeguards stationed around the swim course in case people need help) for the last three years they had the race here. Two of those times, I was the one stationed on shore with the AED in case anyone went into cardiac arrest. Well, the first time, I wasn't familiar with Team Hoyt and all of a sudden saw the dad carrying the son out of the water rather quickly and thought "oh, this doesn't look good". I started rather quickly toward them before seeing the wheelchair and realizing what was up...for a minute I thought I was going to actually have to use that defibrillator!

[Blueberry]

Wow! Thanks for sharing that!!

CA

[tygab]

I was one of the people asked to help with the swim (there are some not-so-great swimmers who participate in these triathlons, so they have lifeguards stationed around the swim course in case people need help)

Jolt not to nit-pick but even a great swimmer may need help on the swim and that's ok ,.. panic attacks, heart attacks, and stuff happens, better to race again some other day... anyway I have been on both sides of the swim (crew and swimmer) and it's key to have boats and guards around. For IMs and large races, there are even SCUBA folks on the course due to the volume and super competitiveness that goes on.

anyway I have had the privilege to both run and tri in races with the Hoyts. It is humbling and inspirational indeed.

[Jolt]

Jolt not to nit-pick but even a great swimmer may need help on the swim and that's ok ,.. panic attacks, heart attacks, and stuff happens, better to race again some other day... anyway I have been on both sides of the swim (crew and swimmer) and it's key to have boats and guards around. For IMs and large races, there are even SCUBA folks on the course due to the volume and super competitiveness that goes on.

anyway I have had the privilege to both run and tri in races with the Hoyts. It is humbling and inspirational indeed.

You're right, stuff can happen to any swimmer and that's why it's important to have lifeguards around. Going back and reading my previous post it did sound like I thought the "not so great swimmers" were the only reason--sorry about that! In that particular triathlon there happened to be quite a few weaker swimmers who just would get tired and need somebody to hand them one of the foam "noodles" that each guard had, so that's what I thought of first.