Job

I received a call last Friday from The National Ability Center.  I  had applied for a job and interviewed and they offered me a position!  I will be working at The National Ability Center in Park City, Utah.  They partner with the AmeriCorps Program on a yearly basis and hire six AmeriCorps team members.

I will be working with all sorts of adaptive sports and will be teaching some skiing, participating in public speaking engagements and I am sure many other things.  They teach adaptive skiing, cycling, hockey and the list can go on and on.  Type in National Ability Center on a search engine and check it out.

I am really excited and am looking for places to live around Park City.  I plan on driving out there around mid to late September as we start on October 1st.  I will keep you all posted.

New Racer

The Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana Sports Program has new individuals seeking for ways to be involved in sports.  One of those sports is wheelchair racing.  RHISP gave one of these individuals my contact information and I was able to meet him and we were able to go over some racing chair techniques and different things.  We are planning on pushing a race together on Labor Day in Plymouth, IN, if it all works out.  It was great meeting with him today.  It reminded me of the early times when I was in the hospital and Jon came and told me that I can do anything I wanted to, I just might have to push a wheel to do it.  It was neat to have the roles reversed a little bit when I was able to give back.

Pictures

Check out the pictures below that show the four main sports I am involved in competitively and recreationally.  I ski as much as I can during the winter months and play basketball as my time allows.  I compete and cross train on my handcycle.  The push rim wheelchair is where I spend most of my time training and participate in 10-12 races yearly.  My favorite distance is a half marathon and my goal is to get my time down to qualify for some bigger marathon races.