03414cam a2200385 i 4500 2367507661 TxAuBib 20250620120000.0 241214s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2025937259 9781538741566 HRD 29.00 1538741563 HRD 29.00 TxAuBib rda Sewell, Roderick, author. Iron will : an amputee's journey to athletic excellence / Roderick Sewell II ; with Karen Hunter. Amputee's journey to athletic excellence. First edition. New York : Legacy Lit, 2025. ©2025. xviii, 206 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Introduction: fire -- The first leg: the swim -- Crawl before you walk -- Walk -- Marian's story -- The house was the first to go -- Like father -- Transition -- Water was my Mickey! -- Freedom! -- I am an athlete! -- "We're moving to Alabama?!" -- Greens, macaroni and cheese, chicken, biscuits...you name it! -- Breaking through and a breaking point -- Coming of age -- BMOC (Black man on campus) -- The second leg: the bike -- Flows and ebbs -- New York, New York...a helluva town! -- Grabbing the baton -- The last leg -- New leg, new beginning. "The remarkable story of the first bilateral above-the-knee amputee to finish the IRONMAN World Championship. Roderick Sewell was an active kid. Born without tibias in both of his legs, when he was two years old his mother, Marian, made the incredibly tough choice to have his legs amputated to save his life. That didn't stop Roderick, a rambunctious toddler who could hardly sit still while his body healed. But when his mother's modest income couldn't cover Roderick's prosthetics, she made another impossible decision: to leave her demanding job working for the US Navy and go on unemployment. That way California Children's Services would pay for Roderick's prosthetics that would enable him to walk. Roderick and his mother were left homeless and moved from California to Alabama. All the while she instilled in him the lessons of gratitude, love, and patience that aided him as he built confidence in his disability and pursued his passion: sports. Roderick was still homeless in Alabama when he met coaches from the Challenged Athletes Foundation, which helps athletes with disabilities. They gave him his running legs, and his life quickly changed for the better. He learned how to swim, how to challenge his body, and how to be a fierce competitor and athlete-all with his mom cheering from the sidelines. Iron Will is the story of an athlete with an indomitable spirit and proof that an athlete's mindset is about more than physical and mental endurance. It's about enduring love, support, and the willingness to try"-- Provided by publisher. 20250804. jz. Sewell, Roderick II. Triathletes United States Biography. Amputees United States Biography. Athletes with disabilities United States Biography. People with disabilities United States Biography. African Americans Biography. Hunter, Karen, editor.