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They were a local organization that had three rides a week and they have people who will push (motivate) Jerry, whether he is only to go one mile per hour of fifteen, and start challenging himself and going on longer rides. I ended up going on one of their rides and borrowing one of their bikes for it...and it was awesome.
I was only able to go five miles per hour and only did three miles that time but I slept well that night, had a better attitude the next day and was like...I really have to do this. So, my wife went to the VA and said that they had a used hand-cycle that I could get for only $2,400 as compared to a stationary hand-cycle that keeps him indoors for $11,000. He needs the cheaper one and it is a lot better for him physically, emotionally and psychologically. Then they up and said no. Well, Ride to Recovery, Project Hero and the Independence Fund, they sponsored me and got me a hand-cycle, and I did the Army Navy in 2015 where we went from West Point to Annapolis...it was 400 miles in five days. It was 60-80 miles a day and I was a guy who had never risen longer than 25 miles on any bike ride in my lifetime. I came back home and I felt so alive and so invigorated. I realized that I wanted to do more hand-cycling...and that I needed to cut some weight. I realized that swimming was a good way to lose weight so I started doing that too. Then I realized that, once I was already doing cycling and swimming, why not do triathlons? So, I decided to take up running too...so I got a 'running' wheelchair. So, by the end of 2015 I went to the Challenge Athlete Foundation in Pensacola and did a mock triathlon, and I ended up liking it so much I ended up doing the New York City Triathlon in 2016, the Chicago Triathlon, and missed going to the Paralympics in Rio by only 90 seconds. I then decided to go into Biathlons instead and did the shooting. Then I starting getting the lone wolf attitude again...and my PTSD
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