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My Annual Alcatraz Pilgrimage

I just completed my 20th Alcatraz swim on Sunday. I had my best time of 34:00 for the 1.5 mile swim from the supposedly unescapable prison island back to San Francisco. Beat my previous PR by a full 2:00. At 56, I’m getting older but faster huh? Swimming is my main sport. Running with an above [...]

PacePerMile interview

PacePerMile spoke with Arthur Graham from Next Step Orthotics and Prosthetics for Amputees regarding how the victims who have had limbs amputated will go from here. In this segment we also speak with Jothy Rosenberg of Who Says I Can’t Foundation. Jothy has lived 40 years with one limb since the age of 16 and [...]

OpEd piece for CNN Opinion

(CNN) – Waking up to realize you suddenly have no leg or legs is as horrible an experience as one can have, and one that will, sadly, be faced by a number of people injured in the bombing of the Boston Marathon. It happened to me when I was 16 after a bone cancer diagnosis and amputation [...]

Video of the BU Drench lecture

The full 1 hr YouTube video of my invited talk for the Drench lecture series professionally recorded by the fine media people at BU.

Podcast: Living Beyond Challenges interview

This week, Jim Harold of Living Beyond Challenges did an interview with me that he recorded and re-broadcasts as a Podcast from his site and on iTunes. Visit the site at http://livingbeyondchallenges.com to go to the Podcast.

Susan Myers: Bravo, winter cyclists

Bravo Winter Cyclists By Susan Myers in Boston.com (article here) An excerpt from the article about why I (mostly) take a break from outdoor cycling during the winters here in New England. Jothy Rosenberg doesn’t bike outdoors in the freezing cold, either. Rosenberg, author and host of the television show “Who Says I Can’t,” has Reynaud’s Syndrome, a [...]

2013 Meredith Drench invited lecture

On April 11, 2013, I am excited to be giving the invited keynote at the Meredith E. Drench annual lecture series at Boston University’s Sargent School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. As the dean of the school, Dr. Gloria Waters, wrote: “Meredith E. Drench, PhD, PT, established the lectureship, Sargent College’s first endowed lecture series, to [...]

Wayland High “Winter Week”

Speaking at Wayland High (Mass) for "Winter Week"

I was invited by the student council at Wayland High School, to come speak during their so-called “winter week”. This is a series of events they hold right after mid-term exams to take a break from their routine and see some “different” kinds of things. In my case, they wanted to hear an inspirational story [...]

40 years!!

In honor of achieving 40 years survival after diagnosis of Osteosarcoma in January of 1973, I am herein going to publish chapter one of my book Who Says I Can’t in its (somewhat long) entirety. On this site, the book is for sale as it is on Amazon.com. It didn’t seem like a life-changing event when [...]

Stirling Winder

I met Stirling at last year’s Pan-Massachusetts Challenge bike ride. She was directed by friends to find me at the end of day one at Mass Maritime Academy where all 5,000 riders congregate after day one of the ride. She met me near the beer tent and we chatted for a while. She [...]

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