The first time, as Shane Niemeyer thought Triathlon Ironman, he had simply tried to hang.
In 2003, Niemeyer was a 27-year-old homeless heroin addict in a prison in Idaho, awaiting sentencing for drug possession and burglary. Guards in a straitjacket, and he said he used his feet to turn the pages of the endurance sport magazine article.
Since its release in March 2004 in a program of drugs in prison, he completed eight racing distance Ironman, covering a combined Bema kilometres (226.3) in each. He placed 19th race of 2009 Ironman Wisconsin, close to 2,400 competitors. October 8, Niemeyer has finished his first race in Kona, Hawaii Ironman World Championship.
A remarkable achievement, of course, but not his most formidable of the year. Who came Dec. 10, when a judge Idaho finally released from probation, marking what Niemeyer said, this is the first time in 15 years it has been in jail, or under the supervision of the State.
Niemeyer, who now lives in Boulder, Colorado, where he is an strength and conditioning coach and public speaker, said,
it is good to look back and think that the way in which human beings humans are capable of things extraordinary.
There was something for the triathlon, and commitment, that they demanded, that triggered a switch within the it – perhaps it was his way out. Perhaps he could spend his days of swimming, cycling and running, rather than to fight Honduran drug traffickers, or Rob companies to feed his habit of $400 per day.
Behind bars, Niemeyer should stay fit by running in the courtyard of the small, rectangular, the County jail or State prison track.
He says that he can now see how training partners have relied on the same personality traits of neurotic, excessive, who once towards him to drugs turn into successful athletes.
A fine line separates our our demons angels, I see in the characteristics who went the other way in me. “
It is always comforting to hear stories of what humans are capable of.” When things seem hopeless in life, it is inspiring to know that these obstacles can be overcome.
As we come in 2011, comfort in the fact that you have much control on your way. People like Shane Niemeyer show that we can accomplish many things, even when life seems dark.
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