Rick wrote about how people responded to him racing:
里克写道，人们对他比赛的反应如下：
In the beginning, nobody would come up to me.
一开始，没有人会来找我。
However, after a few races, other athletes began to talk to me.
然而，在几场比赛之后，其他运动员开始和我交谈。
Now, many athletes will come up to me before the race... to wish me luck.
现在，许多运动员会在比赛前来找我……祝我好运。
Some people may look at Team Hoyt and only see Dick pushing his son.
有些人看霍伊特队比赛时，可能只看到迪克在推他的儿子。
They may think that Rick is not really competing in the race.
他们可能会认为里克并没有真正参与比赛。
But Dick disagrees.
但迪克不同意这种说法。
My strength comes from Rick.
我的力量来自里克。
He gives me the desire.
他给了我胜负欲。
He gives me the power to perform.
他给了我行动的力量。
It is just something that builds up in me.
这只是我内心的一种积淀。
It comes from his body into mine.
这从他的身体进入我的身体。
I am just out there letting him use my arms and legs so that he is able to compete... Rick to me is the competitor.
我只是在外面让他用我的胳膊和腿，这样他就能参与比赛了……对我来说，里克才是参赛选手。
He really wants to win.
他真的很想赢。
He is a fighter and he is never going to give up... When I am pushing him, I can go faster.
他是一名斗士，他永远不会放弃。当我推他的时候，我可以更快。
I can do all these things and I do not know exactly what it is.
我可以做所有这些事情，但我不知道这究竟是什么。
After four years of running races, Team Hoyt was ready to try something new.
经过四年的跑步比赛，霍伊特队已经准备好尝试一些新的东西。
This time instead of just running, they would compete in a triathlon.
这一次，他们不只是跑步，而是参加铁人三项比赛。
A triathlon is a race where a person first swims, then rides a bicycle and then finishes the race running.
铁人三项要求参赛者先游泳，然后骑自行车，最后跑完比赛。
To compete in the race, Dick first had to learn how to swim!
要参加比赛，迪克首先得学会游泳！
He also had to practice riding a bicycle.
他还得练习骑自行车。
He had not ridden a bicycle since he was very young.
他从很小的时候开始就没有骑过自行车。
But Dick also had to think of a new way to carry Rick in each part of the triathlon.
但迪克还必须想出一种新的方法，在铁人三项中的每一个项目里带着里克。
First, he had a special bicycle made.
首先，他让人制作了一辆特殊的自行车。
Rick rode in the front of it.
里克坐在车的前面。
Second, for the swimming part of the race, Dick pulled Rick in a floating raft.
第二，在比赛的游泳部分，迪克用漂浮的木筏拉着里克。
Dick tied a rope around his waist and pulled his son through the water.
迪克在他的腰上系了一根绳子，把他的儿子拉到水里。
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