Comments on: A Speed Bump!

By: Daryl Bollhoefer

Daryl Bollhoefer — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 17:37:00 +0000

Lisa,

You are simply heroic, thanks for being such an inspirational person. Sorry i couldn’t make the C2R this year, another darned military conflict, but i thought of you and Dave and the rest of th cast and i am so glad to know that your attitude on life and sport has not changed a bit!! CF just doesnt know what it’s messing with when it messes with Lisa Bentley

p.s., on a lighter note, i wanted to tell you that in my chruch, here in little Indiana of the U.S., we have a 100% real Canadian!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i know!!!! i was so excited to meet him, he does a lot of our mission work and he just arrived back from Haiti, and i went up to him and told him all about running with you and Dave on C2R January 2009. He was so excited to know that i knew so much about you. I was excited for that as well, but even more excited to meet another real Canadian!! Here in Indiana!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hahaha hope i made you smile, you’re the best. Please say hello to Dave for me, he is awesome too!!–dkb

By: Tammy

Tammy — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 13:00:46 +0000

When you race, your grit and determination are always so evident…and it seems that when it comes to ‘life’…you are no diffferent.
What an inspiration!

By: Rob Leishman

Rob Leishman — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 09:24:52 +0000

You are a huge inspiration! I do not know much about CF, but I have seen you race in Penticton, and I think you are furious! I only look up to you, and love your blog!

By: ann

ann — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:58:26 +0000

Dear Lisa
I check back on your blog regularly to see how you are faring….we are all rooting for you and the above entry from Tim should say it all…you have touched alot of lives in truly positive ways. Know that all those people are rooting for you now, when it is your turn to need the encouragement….I say again…you are a source of courage and perseverance…hang in there!!!

By: Erick Bauer

Erick Bauer — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:34:17 +0000

Lisa,

You are an inspiration to an entire community of CF patients. As a 25-year-old living with Cystic Fibrosis I have found myself in your exact situation many times before and I can say with conviction that strength and positivity are what get you through these difficult times. In fact, during my hospital stays I have found that strength and positivity by following you and your amazing accomplishments. You were the reason I signed up for my first triathlon 3 years ago, and you are also a large part of the reason that I am organizing a 10 day, 1000km bike ride around Lake Ontario this summer to raise money for the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

Even though you might not be able to get out there and train the way you would like; take pride in the fact that your accomplishments speak for themself and that you do make a difference in the lives of people living with CF.

Thanks Lisa – and get well soon.

Erick

By: Devashish Paul

Devashish Paul — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:20:06 +0000

Dear Lisa,

Your attitude is amazing. Best of luck fighting this off. What you have done with CF is in an inspiration to all.

Recover strong.

Dev

By: John

John — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:40:13 +0000

Hi Lisa!

I met you only once at a run clinic in Brampton (a fundraiser for a swim club I think) and have seen you at a few local races. Anyway, I’ve followed you since I started Tris (in 2001 – because of Simon) and am totallly inspired by you. What an amazing attitude!

I just wanted to wish you well and wish you a speedy recovery.

Take care!

John

p.s. tell Subaru Canada that I picked up one of their new Outbacks because of you!

By: Mat Britton

Mat Britton — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:26:39 +0000

Hi Lisa,

I wish you all the best with your rehab. You inspire more than you could imagine. we have completed our second Cycle 4 Cystic Fibrosis in Australia, with many more to come. Each group that has participated in our ride has heard about you and your amazing achievements.

Keep fighting hard.

best wishes.

Mat

By: ann

ann — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:59:14 +0000

You are a source of such amazing courage and perseverance…hang in there. We are all thinking of you and send our best!!

By: Tim Buckley

Tim Buckley — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:56:54 +0000

Hi Lisa,

Your strength, optimism, pragmatism and refusal to ever feel sorry for yourself never cease to amaze me.

I did my first Ironman in Penticton in 2005, and I went with my friend to listen to you speak the day before the race. You told us that, whatever happened on race day, to remember “that’s your day” – just get on with it and remember that you’re lucky to be out there doing what you love and that nobody’s forcing you to be there doing it. I fell off my bike about 500m into the bike leg! I just kept telling myself – “that’s your day”, keep going, stop whinging, nobody’s forcing you to do this.

In 2007 I fell off again, but this time my head and road had a pretty big collision and I was helicoptered off the Alpe d’Huez to spend a couple of weeks in hospital with bruising to the brain. Your words came back to me again and again – that’s your day. I’m ok now, but the whole incident caused me to reassess my life and I quit my job to write a novel. It’s called Bad Things Happen, and it’s about how we recover from misfortune.

All of this is a very long-winded way to tell you that you’re in my book. Not by name – but there’s a Canadian character that tells my lead man to stop feeling sorry for himself and get on with it. That’s your day, she says.

I know you’ll be great, and I want you to know that you have touched my life in a very real way. I’ll follow your progress and I wish you nothing but good things.

Take care,

Tim