The Paraplegic Wheelchair Marathon Racer

#DefineYourself Podcast

English - September 30, 2021 05:00 - 40 minutes - 28 MB
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At a young age Paul Erway parents purchased a brown and white pony. He rode that horse and he developed a passion for horses. He started riding before he started kindergarten. He showed horses at eleven. He went to college and studied horses. He graduated from college with on a path that would fulfill his dream of working with horses – until a car accident changed everything.

Paul sustained a spinal cord injury that left him a paraplegic. His doctor told him he would have to be in a wheelchair the rest of his life and he should just deal with it.

Although his dreams were shattered, just like his back, Paul found a new passion -wheelchair marathon racing.

3 TAKEAWAYS TO LISTEN FOR:

1. How a challenge from another wheelchair user helped Paul find his new passion.

2. How to train for wheelchair racing

3. Equipment needed to compete in wheelchair racing

LINKS TO CONNECT WITH PAUL

· Website – https://www.paulerway.com/

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· 50 Abilities, Unlimited Possibilities: Wheeling Through 50 States: From Jackson to the Boston Marathon Bombing (The 50 Abilities Series Book 1) on Amazon - https://amzn.to/3C1XDTS

· 50 Abilities, Unlimited Possibilities -- Racing to the Final Finish Line: From Salt Lake City to the Mountains of Montana (The 50 Abilities Series Book 2) on Amazon - https://amzn.to/3E9q5Vx

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