I was reading about this dude Paul Schaye in the recent issue of Outside (or maybe it was Men's Health) and I was just blown away. Schaye, who resides in New York City is a highly successful investment banker and a seriously accomplished endurance athlete who at the relatively young age of 55 was diagnosed with a rare and incurable form of stomach cancer.
So what does the man do? A few weeks after the diagnosis, he runs the New York marathon. Shortly after that, he complete a half ironman. He's since done the Tour de Pink (200 mile ride) and multiple other races He refuses to call himself a "survivor" and instead refers to himself as a "thriver." He is always training for some epic event, even in the middle of brutal chemo treatments.
Paul has an indomitable spirit unlike anyone I have ever seen or heard of, Lance included. In my eyes, he is a true American hero. Forget about these nonsensical pro athletes, people. All of them. None of them can hold a candle to this dude.
If you have a few moments, please take the time to check out Paul's blog: http://thriveblog.typepad.com/thrive (Michael, can we add this to my blogroll?). It's pretty darn inspirational, to say the least.
My favorite blog posting came after he finished his half ironman. It read: "Paul: 1, Cancer: 0"
I know the feeling and the sentiment. Been there.
Godspeed, Paul Schaye.
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That dude is clearly a badass. All the best wishes to him
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