Gave up drinking while working hard to lose god-knows how many kilos, and then jetted off to win a tough marathon in cold New York conditions.

Wow.

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pretty sure he didnt win the marathon herbert.

ian wrote on Nov 17^th, 2014 at 6:36am:

pretty sure he didnt win the marathon herbert.

In today's wacky leftist-progressive world there are no losers, only winners, & in school nobody ever gets a wrong answer, only right ones  --  2+2=9.

we are so used to aboriginal people acheiving a negative outcome for themselves that one of them able to lay off the bottle for a few months and actually entering a marathon race makes front page news.

ian wrote on Nov 17^th, 2014 at 7:25am:

we are so used to aboriginal people acheiving a negative outcome for themselves that one of them able to lay off the bottle for a few months and actually entering a marathon race makes front page news.

how do you get front page news on the net?

John Smith wrote on Nov 17^th, 2014 at 7:43am:

ian wrote on Nov 17th, 2014 at 7:25am: we are so used to aboriginal people acheiving a negative outcome for themselves that one of them able to lay off the bottle for a few months and actually entering a marathon race makes front page news. how do you get front page news on the net?

its a saying. You will work it out.

ian wrote on Nov 17^th, 2014 at 7:47am:

John Smith wrote on Nov 17th, 2014 at 7:43am: ian wrote on Nov 17th, 2014 at 7:25am: we are so used to aboriginal people acheiving a negative outcome for themselves that one of them able to lay off the bottle for a few months and actually entering a marathon race makes front page news. how do you get front page news on the net? its a saying. You will work it out.

Oh I know what it is and I also know that it doesn't apply in this case . Nice try!

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Twelve Indigenous Australians have just completed the world-famous New York marathon, thanks to a mentoring program run by Commonwealth Games legend Robert de Castella. One year ago, the only running that WA participant 30-year-old Adrian Dodson-Shaw did was on a footy field. But a call from Robert de Castella's indigenous marathon project marked a turning point in his life. "To be given the news that I was successful was pretty special," Mr Dodson-Shaw said. He took up running and lost 18 kilograms, training on Broome's famous Cable Beach ... a stark contrast to the cold and windy conditions of New York. "Basically I gave up drinking for over seven months and changed my thinking. It was good to stick to something and set a goal," he said. Robert de Castella says since he founded the project four years ago, 42 young Australians have made him immensely proud. "It's an opportunity to celebrate Indigenous resilience and achievement," he said. "It's an amazing journey. It's an incredible physical and emotional roller-coaster and challenge for them." "If they can run a marathon in New York in five months then that translates to them being able to do pretty much anything they set their minds to. "We talk about them being a rock that we drop in a pond and they're sending ripples out across their families and communities and across Australia." Program participants had to complete several challenges, including a 30km run at Alice Springs, and finishing a Certificate 4 in leisure and health, before qualifying for the New York marathon. Mr Dodson-Shaw said he participated in five camps through the program. "The way you hold yourself through the year, and conduct yourself is really important," he said. Mr Dodson-Shaw was WA's only entrant in the project this year and at 30, it was the father-of-two's last chance to get involved. "Turning 30 in February, it was my last opportunity to give something a red-hot crack," he said. His journey has not been without hurdles though. Conditions 'tough' in New York marathon Mr Dodson-Shaw broke his collarbone playing football earlier this year and had to train with his arm in a sling. "Two weeks after I did it, the doctors — cause I had City to Surf in Sydney — they said 'you're not going to run in it, there's no way'," he said. "I ended up running in a sling and I ran the whole way." Mr Dodson-Shaw says the icy and windy conditions on marathon day were a challenge, especially after training in the tropics. "The conditions of the day ... obviously it was very cold. We had cyclonic winds. It was like two degrees by the time we started," he said. "The course, was tough. When you cross the line you actually cross it going uphill. It's not this dramatic sprint to the finish like most people think. "After I rolled my ankle at 28 kilometres and it started swelling up ... I started cramping there and everything was getting tight." But he said it was all worth it. "I shuffled and I didn't stop, just kept going and just to cross that line was the ultimate feeling of success because it's six months in the making what you've trained for," he said. "When you finally realised that you've reached your dream, it's just a surreal feeling." Mr Dodson-Shaw is hoping to use his experience to inspire other Kimberley locals to take on the challenge. "Anyone can run. Running's so basic but setting goals has really been great for me," he said. "A lot of people have a lot of potential, like all indigenous people do. It's just what to do with it. And to have some direction and to have that mentoring. "My experience it doesn't stop now. I'm a 2014 graduate and I feel like it's my obligation to spread the word about the indigenous marathon project. "It's such a great opportunity and you see so many things and at the end of the day you get an opportunity to go to New York and run a marathon."

Very well done

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i saw a white man going for a jog this morning, wonder if he is entitled to a scholarship program, mentoring and an all expenses paid trip to New York. hell, i might even sign up. Where does a white man sign up for all this stuff? Maybe I should lie in the gutter drunk. Nope, not aboriginal enough. When this fellow gets a job, then the cheering will start.

ian wrote on Nov 17^th, 2014 at 8:22am:

i saw a white man going for a jog this morning, wonder if he is entitled to a scholarship program, mentoring and an all expenses paid trip to New York. hell, i might even sign up. Where does a white man sign up for all this stuff? Maybe I should lie in the gutter drunk. Nope, not aboriginal enough. When this fellow gets a job, then the cheering will start.

maybe white men dont need that kind of mentoring Ian...think yourself lucky.

white men that are born into hopelessness seem to thrive on it....its almost a badge of honor to be born into welfare...

alcohol also plays a different roll with whitemen and with aboriginals

some cultures alcohol cripples them..

I think to see anyone turn a corner to better themselves is worth being positive about..in this case its an aboriginal

well done Adrian in my eyes your a winner..I dont care what colour you are.

That does'nt look like an Australian flag draped around his shoulders! Strange really, seeing that whitey's footing the bill.

This is madness.. madness!

cods wrote on Nov 17^th, 2014 at 9:01am:

ian wrote on Nov 17th, 2014 at 8:22am: i saw a white man going for a jog this morning, wonder if he is entitled to a scholarship program, mentoring and an all expenses paid trip to New York. hell, i might even sign up. Where does a white man sign up for all this stuff? Maybe I should lie in the gutter drunk. Nope, not aboriginal enough. When this fellow gets a job, then the cheering will start. maybe white men dont need that kind of mentoring Ian...think yourself lucky. white men that are born into hopelessness seem to thrive on it....its almost a badge of honor to be born into welfare... alcohol also plays a different roll with whitemen and with aboriginals some cultures alcohol cripples them.. I think to see anyone turn a corner to better themselves is worth being positive about..in this case its an aboriginal well done Adrian in my eyes your a winner..I dont care what colour you are.

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............I think to see anyone turn a corner to better themselves is worth being positive about........ ..............well done Adrian in my eyes your a winner.............

yes.

cods wrote on Nov 17^th, 2014 at 9:01am:

ian wrote on Nov 17th, 2014 at 8:22am: i saw a white man going for a jog this morning, wonder if he is entitled to a scholarship program, mentoring and an all expenses paid trip to New York. hell, i might even sign up. Where does a white man sign up for all this stuff? Maybe I should lie in the gutter drunk. Nope, not aboriginal enough. When this fellow gets a job, then the cheering will start. maybe white men dont need that kind of mentoring Ian...think yourself lucky. white men that are born into hopelessness seem to thrive on it....its almost a badge of honor to be born into welfare... alcohol also plays a different roll with whitemen and with aboriginals some cultures alcohol cripples them.. I think to see anyone turn a corner to better themselves is worth being positive about..in this case its an aboriginal well done Adrian in my eyes your a winner.

why should I think myself lucky Cods? Becasue i dont get extra special dispensation for everything I do? Because I managed to drag myself out of bed every morning to support a family rather than alchohol? because i worked for everything I now have and the taxpayer didnt pay for? or is it just lucky because I have white skin Cods, now tell me how white skin opens doors Cods, do I get a guranteed government job regardless of the skills or lack thereof I have? are there different social security rules for me Cods?


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Of course you care about his colour, thats what this thread is all about, why else would you be lauding someone who has done absolutely nothing for themselves in  this lifetime except drag themselves off the alcohol with the aid of a "mentor". LIke I said, if he gets himself a job then I wont be applauding him but he just might make it into thje basket of human beings in this world who dont just take everything instead of giving back or even supporting themselves. Like I said, he didnt win the marathon, he didnt even enter it himself. he basically did nothing except go along with the plan created for him, how is that so exceptional, can anyone tell me?


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alcohol also plays a different roll with whitemen and with aboriginals

Sick and tired of hearing this excuse, white or black alcoholics, little to distinguish between them except the black one holds his hand out because he is black.

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I think to see anyone turn a corner to better themselves is worth being positive about..in this case its an aboriginal well done Adrian in my eyes your a winner.

Good stuff, how many feel good stories we going to read today about white people who managed to drag themselves up and enter a running contest. You might want to think about that.

Panther wrote on Nov 17^th, 2014 at 6:53am:

ian wrote on Nov 17th, 2014 at 6:36am: pretty sure he didnt win the marathon herbert. In today's wacky leftist-progressive world there are no losers, only winners, & in school nobody ever gets a wrong answer, only right ones  --  2+2=9.

lol oh that wacky lefty and his weekends  :D :D :D