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Bobby's Life
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Diabetes
Many people have Type 1 Diabetes, but this young man got his diabetes at the age of 12. This boy is Bobby McMullen. Ever since he got diabetes, his doctor told him to excersie more, which he said" I have to play more?" He said this because he was on a football team. He always lives life to its fullest and never gives up even though now he's blind(visually impared.) You can also watch his video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8YGDTagWrE&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active -
Blind
When he was 29 years old, Bobby became blind. Once he was blind, he had to leave law school. -
World Championships (Skiing)
During his World Championships, he became extremly sick. Bobby ended up getting dialysis. -
Matching Donor
In 1997, Bobby put his name on waiting list for a pancreas and kidney donor. a month later, he had his surgery. -
Resuming
Then he started resuming with skiiing, but later started excperiencing acute renal rejection. (Acute Renel Rejection is when your body doesn't except the new organs in your body.) -
Dialysis Twice
In 2001, Bobby McMullen was back on dialysis. This was his second time. -
2 Double Transplants
By the time he started experiencing rejeon thection, he put his name the waiting list again. about after a month, he had his surgery, again. -
Starting New
Now, he started to mountain bike. He soon realizied that he loved biking. You could watch one of his awesome videos when he's at Sonoma at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk_S-g3quCM&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active -
XTERRA World Champ
2006 was the year he participated in Nissan XTERRA World Chapionship Mountain Bike Triathon. to know more about this, go to: http://www.rideblindracing.com/about.shtml -
Race Across America
Bobby completed 3,000 miles on the Race Across America. During the race, he tried to raise money and inspire people to live life to i -
42 years old
At 42 years old, his life exceeded his expectations and life was incredibly surreal. -
Swim, Bike, Run
Here, Bobby competed in a 1.2-mile swim, 56-mile bike, and 11-mile race. This raced is called "Challenged Athletes Foundation Half Ironman." -
Downieville
Bobby has raced in many different races. One of his most famous race is the Downieville Classic Mountain Bike Race. This is a 17-mile course with many obsticles to go through. Bobby McMullen said "There is 100 ways to do this race." He also said " Although I'm blind, I memorized this trail." He ended up passing 8 other racers and finished the race in 1 hour and 35 minutes. Over all, Bobby loves biking and will never give up. -
Euro Cup
He raced at the Euro Cup SuperEnduro in Sauze d' Oulx, Italy. Bobby McMullen was the first visually impare rider to race in this race( overall when this race has ever been done.) -
World Cup
August 2010 was the year Bobby was a keynote speaker at Windham, New York, World Cup MTB, and participated in a sports program. When he was there, he also raced for the World Cup.
