Inspiration

Want to be inspired? Team Hoyt is in the business of doing that. Rick, born in 1962, had the umbilical cord wrapped around his neck at birth and never caught up. Bound to a wheelchair, Dick has done everything he can to make Rick's dreams come true. Dick pushed his son in a wheelchair in a five-mile race, and when Rick said he didn't feel handicapped when they were competing, that sealed the deal.

Ever since Dick and Rick Hoyt have been racing, except they've moved beyond five mile races. Dick pulls his son in a raft while swimming, cycles a tandem bicycle and then pushes Rick in his wheelchair to complete triathlons as well, including the famed Ironman Triathlon in Kona.

It's a beautiful love story, one filled with generosity. It will make you cry, for we are blessed to see such beauty, and should rejoice when we do.