"I did a half triathlon in Arkadelphia in August and then in October - I did an Iron man in Clairmont, Florida....
FOR THIS FORMER COLLEGE BASEBALL PLAYER - ITS A MATTER OF DISCIPLINE AND PLENTY OF TRAINING.
"You just have to stay focused."
LAST YEAR - JUSTIN BUTLER RAN THE LITTLE ROCK MARATHON IN THREE HOURS FIFTY THREE MINUTES .. THIS YEAR - THE ROAD TO THE FINISH LINE WILL BE A LITTLE HARDER ...
"now I am trying to push a kid - so its a little bit tougher.."
THATS BECAUSE JUSTIN WILL BE PUSHING HIS FRIEND - 16 YEAR OLD JAKE MARTIN - THE ENTIRE TWENTY-SIX POINT TWO MILES
"I have been working at Easter Seals for about two years now and I help Jake with his homework every night.."I was doing a journal with him and we were typing on the computer and one of his journal entries was on my ironman.... he seemed like he really cared about it - so I just wanted to give something back to him....I want him to have that experience of winning something"
"i told him - how cool would it be if we did a marathon together"
JUSTIN GOT THE IDEA FROM TEAM HOYT - A MASSACHUSETTES FATHER WHO HAS PUSHED HIS WHEELCHAIR BOUND SON IN EVERY BOSTON MARATHON SINCE 1981 -
SO WHEN JUSTIN ASKED JAKE IF HED LIKE TO RACE -
"he was real excited - real excited"
"I never stopped smiling ever since"
"we do our long distance runs on the weekends together - during the week... i train on my own .. i have been putting a couple of bags of soil in the cart.. and pushing it around."
"I want to be competitive for him... I want to beat some people."
THIS SUNDAY - THE TWO HOPE TO FINISH IN ABOUT THREE AND HALF HOURS ... BUT THE ROAD TO VICTORY ISNT OVER THERE...
"I told Jake that I would push him every year until we go to Boston.."
