Thanks for a great 24th Annual Feaster Five....  See you next year for the 25th anniversary

Thank YOU for making the 24th Annual Feaster Five SPECTACULAR!
Results 2011

...even Blue Man was there!

BE SEEN! ...check this out> they came!

Newlyweds...Champions
Married August 20th, crowned November 24th

         Nate Jenkins...5 mile Champ                                                Melisa Donais.......5K Champ
 

Joan Benoit Samuelson

Joanie is best known for her spectacular performance at the 1984 Olympic Games where she stunned the field with a win more than a minute ahead of her rivals in blistering heat with a time of 2:24:52.  Her running career started, however, at Bowdoin College and blossomed when she ran as an unknown in Boston in 1979.  She won the race in a time of 2:35:15, 8 minutes faster than the course record.  She repeated the victory in 1983 setting a World Record time of 2:22:43 which would not be broken for the next 11 years.  This October, she competed at the Chicago marathon where she ran a 2:47 making her the only woman to run a sub 2:50 in five consecutive decades. Watch Joanie win the Olympics

Team Hoyt - Dick and Rick

Rick was born in 1962 to Dick and Judy Hoyt. As a result of oxygen deprivation to Rick's brain at the time of his birth, Rick was diagnosed as a spastic quadriplegic with cerebral palsy. They were told to institutionalize their son, but they knew that Rick was bright and needed to have the opportunity to enjoy everything life could offer.  Thus began their incredible journey, a father and son, competing in some of the most grueling events imaginable.
In the spring of 1977, Rick told his father that he wanted to participate in a 5-mile benefit run for a Lacrosse player who had been paralyzed in an accident. Far from being a long-distance runner, Dick agreed to push Rick in his wheelchair and they finished all 5 miles, coming in next to last. That night, Rick told his father, "Dad, when I'm running, it feels like I'm not handicapped."
This realization was just the beginning of what would become over 1,000 races completed, including marathons, duathlons and triathlons (6 of them being Ironman competitions). Also adding to their list of achievements, Dick and Rick biked and ran across the U.S. in 1992, completing a full 3,735 miles in 45 days.
In a triathlon, Dick will pull Rick in a boat with a bungee cord attached to a vest around his waist and to the front of the boat for the swimming stage. For the biking stage, Rick will ride a special two-seater bicycle, and then Dick will push Rick in his custom made running chair (for the running stage).
Rick was once asked, if he could give his father one thing, what would it be? Rick responded, "The thing I'd most like is for my dad to sit in the chair and I would push him for once."
The 2009 Boston Marathon was officially Team Hoyt's 1000th race. Rick always says if it comes down to doing one race a year he would like it to be the Boston Marathon: his favorite race. Dick Hoyt hopes that he is able to push Rick in the Boston Marathon when he is 70 years old (2011)! Neither Dick nor Rick is ready to retire yet. A Father and his Son - the video

We are pleased to welcome back Brightroom Professional Event Photography  as the official photographer of the Feaster Five. Visit Brightroom for your 2009 photos. Visit here for your 2010 Race Photos

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