This is one of those stories of overcoming that excite us to tears. Where a picture is worth a thousand words. It's Alex's story, a father, who finished an Ironman triathlon with Harrison, his 8-year-old son with progressive muscular dystrophy.
People with this disease have a prognosis of life that does not exceed 25 years, so his father wanted to make him live a very special experience participating in one of the toughest tests in the world and showing him that they are Together till the end.
Harrison was diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, the most common muscular dystrophy that affects one in every 3,500 children in the world. It is a disease that damages muscle cells progressively affecting mobility and significantly limiting the years of life of those affected.
When they received the news it was terribly discouraging for the whole family. Alex researched everything about the disease and inspired by the story of Dick and Rick Hoyt, in which a father and his son with paralysis participated together in more than 1,000 races, decided to star in his own story with his second son.
He decided to compete in the Ironman triathlon in Denmark last year. In addition, he created the Harrison Fund, to raise money and invest it in the team that investigates his illness.
The father trained with loads of up to 50 kilos to simulate the child's weight. Finally, the day arrived and after 15 hours, 36 minutes and 26 seconds after the start of the race, they crossed the goal of the test. His son told him a phrase that deserved all the effort: "We've got it together dad".
