Friday, October 17, 2008

Dick Beardsley Rules


At the Royal Victoria Marathon, I met my running hero, Dick Beardsley. He's an incredible speaker and just a great guy to talk to. He's been through more in his life than just about anyone I've ever met, and he's all the stronger for it. The same tenacity that Beardsley used to fight his way through the Duel in Sun at the 1982 Boston Marathon carried him through the battle with near-deadly injuries and prescription narcotics addiction. He has so many good stories to tell about running and life. Cheers to Beards! If you're ever looking to book a motivational speaker, click on the above link -- you won't be sorry.

3 comments:

Dick Beardsley said...

Hi Michal,

It was great to meet you and your wife at the Royal Victoria Marathon!

Your amazing, running marathons and juggling at the same time!

Thanks so much for the nice comments, I really appreciate it!

Keep up the great running and the wonderful work you do with your magazine, its awesome!

Take care and have a great day!

Dick beardsley

Anonymous said...

Hi Michal! It was so nice to meet you and watch your finish. Check out Dick's blog and you can see the pictures that I took and I know there is one or two of you finishing.

Jill Beardsley
http://dickbeardsley.blogspot.com/

Michal The Joggler Kapral said...

Thanks Dick. Great to have a celebrity post on my blog.

Jill, I hope you enjoyed your first trip to Canada.

Let me know if you ever make it up to Toronto.