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Dec 14, 2010 22:59:41 GMT -5
Post by Dee Dee on Dec 14, 2010 22:59:41 GMT -5
What are you doing in the photo? Are you playing sports? I was actually competing in a new thing called the Warrior Games, I was getting ready to throw the shot put. Thank you for explaining, Marineamp. So that is a special chair, right?
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Dec 15, 2010 2:13:06 GMT -5
Post by MarineAmp on Dec 15, 2010 2:13:06 GMT -5
It is a special chair, and this even more so than the average one. There are certain rules and dimensions that have to be followed when constructing a chair, which a serious competitor in the sport (which I am not) has their own throwing chair specifically tailored to the individual, just like a wheelchair would be. This one is different in that the seat rotates, and it has attachments that really secure you in (if you have legs). Most throwing chairs are just a steel rectangular prism with not much difference from one person to the next. For me, I just need to be strapped in like an astronaut ready for launch since my legs are so short there isn't much to strap to.
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Dec 15, 2010 6:21:40 GMT -5
Post by wheelieInCali on Dec 15, 2010 6:21:40 GMT -5
I was a 0311 (that is your basic rifleman for everyone else who wasn't in the Marines) I guess that would make them POM's. HAHA, ah I amuse myself. I think wheelieincali is probably the only other person that can get that joke. My initial E.A.S. was suppose to be Dec. of 06, but I was injured 8 day from my three year mark, and I had another year and eight months of rehab before I was able to be discharged. By the way, are you into any kind of sports? Or is any other wheelie into sports? And not just watching it, but participating or competing in them? I go out and play basketball once in a while with the guys in rehab at my local VA but I'm concentrating on school right now and I don't really have time to get into any sport. I'm not service connected either so when I go out with PVA and use my one free pass to the wheelchair games, I want to make sure I go somewhere cool. Do you know where the games will be held next time?
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Dec 15, 2010 13:30:50 GMT -5
Post by MarineAmp on Dec 15, 2010 13:30:50 GMT -5
I just looked it up online real quick it looks like it is going to be in Denver if you're talking about the national veterans wheelchair games and it is the first week of August. There is also something called the Warrior Games that was just started last year, and that event takes place in Colorado Springs. It is a major competition between the branches, and if you had the time to be able to do it they would pay for everything. And your injury doesn't have to be service connected either. I can think of a lot of people that were not in the military when they received their injury that still competed on the Marine Corps team. However it demands a lot more of your time than the veteran games. There is a 10 day tryout at Camp Pendleton where we are expecting about 100-150 athletes trying out for only 50 spots. Then we head to Colorado Springs two weeks in advance to train, then compete for a week and the u.s. olympic training center there in Colorado Springs. Not everyone is able to do the full two weeks of training, a few people came like 4 or 5 days before the games started. Luckily I am finished with school and I have all the time in the world. But the Warrior Games have been great for me, along with my wife. After I met my wife I lost 20lbs, then I was stuck in that weight range for a while, until I got wind of the Warrior Games and I had motivation again, and lost another 20lbs. Speaking of which I need to get off this computer and go to the gym. Let me know if you're interested and I can send your more information privately.
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Dec 16, 2010 23:20:58 GMT -5
Post by Dee Dee on Dec 16, 2010 23:20:58 GMT -5
I think that I need to be a spectator when these interesting adapted sports events are taking place
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Dec 16, 2010 23:38:03 GMT -5
Post by Emma on Dec 16, 2010 23:38:03 GMT -5
As a Dev, I love being at them DD as well as supporting my husband or participating
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Dec 16, 2010 23:39:35 GMT -5
Post by MarineAmp on Dec 16, 2010 23:39:35 GMT -5
I think that I need to be a spectator when these interesting adapted sports events are taking place That's why I started that other post I think adaptive sporting events are the most common place where you'll find a bunch of wheelers all over the place. On top of that they are usually in good shape, and they are doing something they enjoy, so chances are they are happier people for it. Not saying you have to play sports to be happy, but I know sports pulled me out of my slump after my injury.
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Dec 16, 2010 23:45:08 GMT -5
Post by Dee Dee on Dec 16, 2010 23:45:08 GMT -5
As a Dev, I love being at them DD as well as supporting my husband or participating I think that I need to be a spectator when these interesting adapted sports events are taking place That's why I started that other post I think adaptive sporting events are the most common place where you'll find a bunch of wheelers all over the place. On top of that they are usually in good shape, and they are doing something they enjoy, so chances are they are happier people for it. Not saying you have to play sports to be happy, but I know sports pulled me out of my slump after my injury. I´ll see you there
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