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Deonna: [00:00:00] Hey y'all. Welcome back to Raising Disabled. So today we're talking to our new friend Logan. I first saw Logan. , I'm always scrolling Instagram and just like wasting my time basically. And I saw Logan running the New York City Marathon and I saw that he was with this guy named David, who I follow, who is in Dallas and has this gym and helps a lot of people with different types of disabilities work out.

And , I thought, wait, I know one of those guys. And so I clicked on Logan and just went down this, rabbit trail of all his videos and everything. And I think I screenshotted the thing and messaged Randall immediately and was like, we have to talk to him. He ran the New York City marathon and you'll hear in a minute why this is so cool.

But, , I just was like, we have to talk to him in 2026. It was so amazing. So, [00:01:00] Logan, you're with us today. For listeners who don't know you yet, just tell us a little bit about your family and where you live to get started. 

Logan: Yeah, so I'm from Update New York, like five hours from NYC born in their family. I have one brother, mom, and dad and grandpa. Yeah. They're very supportive of me, of who I'm, where I become today. 

Deonna: Wow. So you said you have one brother. Is he older or younger? 

Logan: He's 32 or he's 11 years older. 

Deonna: Oh, he's older than you. Okay. 

Logan: Yeah.

Rhandyl: Okay. Okay, just to kind of get started in some of your history, so Logan at birth, your body was without oxygen for a long time. Yep. What has your family told you about that day? 

Logan: Know the whole story [00:02:00] because once I found out I had, I was why I have what happened? Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm.

Oh, you told okay. Nothing to worry about. She just talked kids, so she's okay. Yeah, whatever kind. Something to that situation. So, 

Rhandyl: Yeah, and I'm sure your mom probably noticed 'cause you weren't her first, that you know there's something 

Logan: First Brother.

Rhandyl: Oh yeah. So yeah, she was just like, okay, whatever the doctor [00:03:00] say. 

Logan: Yeah. Mm-hmm. That makes, mm-hmm, 

Rhandyl: that makes sense. I feel that, 

Logan: yeah. And she was, she didn't read the I Okay. Because she's such figure, she understood background now of how things happened.

Rhandyl: Well, yeah, of course. Yeah. Now, the doctors did tell your family that you would never walk. Yeah. And how did your parents respond to that? 

Logan: So I didn't. I think mom kind of took it as okay, whatever you said. I avoid it. Or for instance, they wanted to put me in a wheelchair at 18 months old and my mom was like, no, I'm not getting my son was that he would never wanna get out.[00:04:00] 

She's I'll carry him until her, I can't carry him anymore. Mm-hmm. And you're doing that a lot. My body. In a way that say if I was in the wheelchair, it would've never develop the way it did. 

Rhandyl: Right. Yeah. I mean that could be true. I mean, oh my goodness. Gosh. You're not able to adapt and figure out ways 

Logan: more and like more coordination function.

Yeah. And I never to work harder, the child I control. Mm-hmm. Walk a lot less. Sure. A lot less. So, 

Rhandyl: yeah. Good for your mom, for yeah. Yeah, for doing that. 

Deonna: She's probably pretty strong physically and mentally from that. Yeah. Oh man. That's amazing. Wow. . It is hard. 'cause [00:05:00] sometimes doctors tell all of us things and you do believe them because they know a lot. But there have been times where all of us parents have been like. I'm gonna just keep going and try this. Yeah. And sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. But, yeah. It's worth trying 

Logan: really, because I, a lot kids with CP and person and like almost every person I meet. Same thing or whatever. Mm-hmm. But the almost all of them can walk or do way more than what the doctor said. 

Rhandyl: Yes. , I think it's becoming more best practice that they're not, yeah. Saying these things diagnosis wise about what the potential is. 'cause [00:06:00] you just never know. I mean, especially with a diagnosis like cp, I mean, your body is going to learn and work and do whatever it can. As long as you have the support, then yeah, I, yeah. I love it. 

Deonna: So you began just training and trying to learn how to walk when you were around four. Yep. Do you remember that process? I mean, I know you may not remember being four years old, but I'm saying, do you remember the process of learning how to walk? Yeah. What was like the hardest part of that? 

Logan: The hardest part was, do you know what a stander is? 

Deonna: Yeah. A stander yes. 

Logan: those suck.They weren't your favorite? No, because they hurt. But as a kid, I didn't understand why I need that because I felt normal. Mm-hmm. I I, I didn't feel disabled. Mm-hmm. But why do I have to stand in this thing until I hurt to get, like [00:07:00] why? Yeah. Once I got older, I kind understood that. 

Rhandyl: yeah, both of our daughters have zing standards and and I work with a lot. I actually do pediatric physical therapy and so Awesome. I see a lot of my caseload is kiddos with cerebral palsy. Awesome. And I know. Especially when they first get the standers. It's, , really hard. Especially if their tone is really high. It's a, work in progress to just get that protocol, that standing protocol, but it is so important to make sure that your hips are developing properly. Yeah. And things like that.

But I can only imagine, uh, how young as, and I always feel like this whenever I'm, yeah. Helping my patients. I'm like I feel so bad, but I know, and I'm telling them, I promise this is for your own good. I know you don't like it. So then eventually, most of the time, eventually they get a little more used to it and adjusted. But just hearing you say [00:08:00] that. It breaks my heart actually 

Logan: well kids are not meant to understandTrying to figure it out. 

Deonna: I have some really funny pictures of my daughter 'cause she was four years old when she got hurt, and so we were having to put her in a stander pretty much within the first few months. And she was so mad and now she loves it and she wants to be in it for hours. But initially, oh my gosh, every time we were just bribing her with. Candy or whatever. I mean, because yeah, when you're four years old, you don't understand sometimes why mom and dad are making you do these things that you don't wanna do and then it becomes okay. But that's fine. 

Rhandyl: So you started out with a stander and then when did you start gait training, like with a gait trainer Walker?

Logan: Yeah, uhhuh [00:09:00] and everything you could do. I play baseball, so like I carry active with my walker. Mm-hmm. So it was like everything nice. You make rain on the yard or going to play baseball. Being in school I always using, so 

Deonna: That's amazing. Yeah. Like it's a form of independence. Yeah. Yeah. So around like 11, you started walking independently. , What would that feel like to you when you could get rid of all those things that were helping you?

Logan: I mean, it felt we were good, but it wasn't a focus because at that point. I wanted to, I, the reason I learned how to walk mm-hmm. Is that my whole family was here and I wanted to go [00:10:00] and then, okay, learn how to walk and take you. So within a month for me as a kid to put more work into itso within a month I could walk. That's amazing. On the mountain. And that was, I was more focused on that than everyday stuff

Rhandyl: Oh, that's so cool. You just needed that motivation and you were like, okay, I got it. 

Deonna: Yeah, that's a good motivation. Learning how to ski. , My husband's a big skier. My son's a skier, and I don't know people that love ski. It's just, it's their, 

Rhandyl: I cannot favorite. Wait to talk more about that. Yes, I know.

Yes, I love skiing. If I lived closer to the Rockies I would be there every weekend. As a child, I learned at an early age how to ski, and I, I used to, pre-kids and pre, adult [00:11:00] life, I would make it there three or four times, , a year. The closest mountains to us are like in New Mexico. But sometimes we'd get to Colorado, but so now it's like once a year I get to get my skiing in. It's definitely not near enough. He's that's so sad for you. I know, it's, I, yeah. I love it so much.

, So you started skiing at 11. , I'm assuming they were skiers and then or did, was this y'all's like first family?

Logan: I 13 a little bit before that. Okay. But I started in the kind routine around 11. 

Rhandyl: Nice.

Logan: Yeah, we go, I didn't wanna get left home. I wanted to go with them No. 

Rhandyl: Okay. So I have to know. 'cause I mean, I can only imagine., I am able-bodied and learning how to ski was so hard. I could probably never do that as an adult. I suck at skiing. Oh my gosh. It's, I terrible. My [00:12:00] motivation, like all I wanted to do was go fast and I didn't care. Like I was young enough that falling didn't hurt and so I would just go straight down the mountain and then. If the pizza didn't work, then I was just gonna tumble down and it was fine.

And my dad , would get so frustrated because he was trying to be patient and teach me. 'cause he's a really good skier. But anyway, so how was that, did, was it just like crash and burn constantly or did you pick it up pretty quickly? 

Logan: It was super hard. It took me like four or five years before I could be independent Wow. Body because keep uncomfortable. So my body, my gosh. [00:13:00] The power to get forward. Yeah. A long time to get everything. To allow me to. 

Deonna: I can imagine. Yeah, because I can imagine you're learning in a different way. And was it your dad teaching you or who was actually teaching you?

Logan: Oh, okay. My mom put me in an adaptive program program is the one that taught me. 

Rhandyl: Nice. Okay, cool. So I'm, that's, I'm curious about the boots. So do you wear typical ski boots or do you have like custom ski boots? 

Logan: My typical boots. So I, yeah. However, I do modify them with a heel lift. Uhhuh. That's awesome. Mm-hmm. [00:14:00] Oh yeah. And they, I more forward. 

Rhandyl: That makes sense. Okay. So , I know you do competitive skiing now, and I've seen videos and you are an amazing skier. Like I am envious. I like me too to say I'm a moderate. But yeah. So when was your like first competition? 

Logan: When I was 14, I did our first race Nice. Have good time outta control. Yeah. Yeah. 

Deonna: I can relate to outta control skiing.

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Rhandyl: so I'm just curious what did skiing give you that you didn't have before, like physically or emotionally? 

Logan: They the freedom to do like people. Mm-hmm. [00:16:00] Other people and keep up with them. There's nothing else in the world I can do that I can keep up with normal. Mm-hmm. 

Rhandyl: Yeah. , If you think about the way that you position your body when you're skiing and even with your heel lifts, I mean. If you have tight hamstrings, that's fine because mm-hmm. You need to be in that position. Lean forward. Yeah. Yeah. So, I'm assuming that their training approach was you, how we're having to teach your body how to like, balance and move the right way on skis, so, yep. So I'm assuming your approach was so much different than anyone else learning how to ski. Mm-hmm. Yeah. So, 

Deonna: and you only ski with one pole, right? Yeah.

Logan: Three years ago, I started using like a bungee with it to help [00:17:00] control it. Right? And.

Rhandyl: Yeah, you'd probably be taking people out if you had a pole in your left. 

Logan: Oh, yeah. 

Rhandyl: Yeah. 

Logan: Well, it put me in a bad position. Well, yeah. It wouldn't help me. Yeah. It's not doing, 

Rhandyl: throwing you off. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. What's your favorite mountain you've ever skied on? 

Logan: Uh.

Mammoth 

Rhandyl: top. Top three. 

Logan: Mammoth in California. Mammoth. Mammoth. 

Rhandyl: I've always wanted to ski. Mammoth. 

Logan: What else?

Ski. Where is it again? Columbia. 

Rhandyl: Oh wow, okay. Oh wow. I probably will not go there 

Logan: from in Utah, 

Rhandyl: I've heard. Oh yeah. That one is amazing.[00:18:00] 

Logan: That's,

Deonna: wow. I've heard Mammoth is fun. I've tried to talk my husband into going there. 

Logan: It's so beautiful. 

Deonna: Yeah, my husband taught me how to ski, and, well, technically my brother did before that. And you're still married? I am still married even though it was pretty bad. But , my brother I went skiing with him before, and the first day I ever went skiing, I fell, put my hand down, broke my thumb, just.

Like bad. And so I'm a scared skier now. I'm not sure it's gonna be a part of my life, but but it's such a good feeling when you're skiing. , It feels like flying. Mm-hmm. So, I mean, I get why you love it. It's such a fun, I don't know, there's no resistance. You're just going and it's fun.

So I totally get why you like it. Okay, so now we're gonna talk about you [00:19:00] running the New York City Marathon. So, that's how I discovered, , your story and everything. But after you know everything you've been through, . What made you decide that you wanted to do the marathon?

Because you do all kinds of sports and to me, I have no desire to try to do a marathon, so I'm like, okay, me either. But I wish I could maybe run a 5K. That's kind of where I'm at right now. But, uh, what made you want to go into that sport?

Logan: There was like a lot to I, I love helping people.

I love creating awareness I always do more because I can never stop. And the marathon always kind idea. I know my friend Bonnie, he's the only guy

years, oh my gosh, that kind. He's the only guy in the world with cp, [00:20:00] so that kind me, I'm like, can't iron also my, a lot, 

Deonna: right? Yeah. 

Logan: I'm like a marathon should be good. If I give home, yeah, let's not drown. 

Rhandyl: Yeah. Let's stick with the ground sports. That's

Logan: able to see what possible for, to create that, to show,

Deonna: do you have to, because I've heard about these big marathons like the New York one. Yeah. Do you have to apply to do it or how does that work? Yeah, 

Logan: different program people with, so basically I just have to [00:21:00] be like, Hey. I'm Paralympic here. I have a goal to run the marathon for a cause and I kind of got picked outta that. Yeah. 

Rhandyl: Oh, I know. I did not know that. I know with the, like typical races, you have to have a really good time to even qualify to go and all of that. So I was curious too about how it works for how that came to be. 

Logan: Mm-hmm. Yeah. Those did the disability program. Okay. That's cool. So. And it was super cool to see everybody there, so that's amazing. Y'all. 

Deonna: You like, so you got to meet a lot of other people Yeah. While you were there. Yep. Oh, that is so cool. Nice. I love that. 'cause I know sometimes you probably feel very like, I mean, I don't know if you feel this way, but sometimes my daughter feels isolated or stuff like that. So it's really cool when you see other [00:22:00] people doing what you are doing. I mean,

Logan: I used to have kids feel isolated because of school. Mm-hmm. Because school, there's not many other disabled kids. But as you get older, you get involved in, that's where you kind of fit in, so, yeah. Yeah. 

Deonna: No, I, well, I'm glad you found your, that is 

Rhandyl: true.

Yeah. I'm glad you've found your, yeah. Kind of your area of inclusion and awareness through sports and how mm-hmm. What motivates you and meeting others, and I think that's, yeah, that's very inspirational. 

Deonna: So you trained with the Adaptive Training Foundation and is that David, the Yeah.

Logan: So that gym owner here? Yeah. Okay. He's the one, he's the co-founder and CEO of that nonprofit. So I trained there the year before. So when I trained there I was. [00:23:00] So I went down there for nine weeks. Part of the program, it's a nine week fin program for angry with disabilities. You apply in the handpick

benefit from that program, and I've been them before and my goal goes, mm-hmm. In part the, under the program, you would have to pick her. They call her, oh shit. Goal, and basically the goal that you forget about after couple months, I'm like, you know what I'm gonna do? Yeah. I'm like, Hey.

I, this is the best. He didn't really confirm.

Deonna: Oh my gosh. [00:24:00] That's funny.

Logan: Okay, here we go. 

Deonna: Oh my gosh. You were like, I hope you can run a marathon because I signed you up and we're going 

Logan: So just to know David, and now he does. Oh wow. Marathon. That's insane. Insane. Oh my gosh. So we're in New York and he goes, you know what? I never had a marathon. I've run hundred.

What? 

Rhandyl: That's wild. That's pretty crazy that you start at the Ultras before you Yeah. That's nuts. 

Deonna: I didn't even know that was a thing that people do. It is. 

Logan: Oh my gosh. [00:25:00] 

Deonna: Well, yeah, because I thought you lived in Dallas originally. No, because I saw you were with him and I was like, okay, is he from Dallas? But then you said you were from New York.

I'm like, okay. 

Rhandyl: That makes sense that there's like an application process and you, 'cause it's, you said nine weeks, a nine week UHTRAINING program. Yeah. Yeah. 

Logan: So I do have a high performance program. That's where the first, it's 11 days for high performing adaptive and then the nine week more for like new injuries. But they want me to come back because it new. I could get a lot than nine weeks therapy. Yeah. 

Deonna: And where was this at? You said it's in Dallas. Oh, it was. So you came to Dallas. Okay. Yeah, that makes sense.

Logan: I go there every year now, because I met a lot of people there and I just, that whole organization. Yeah, those are good people. So 

Deonna: It's pretty neat. I've seen a lot of people Yeah. Who I've obviously follow a lot of [00:26:00] adults that have different levels of being paralyzed and Yeah, a lot of them work out at his gym, so that I've, I see him in a lot of things and his gym, it's a neat place to train, it looks like. and 

Logan: we just started the new kids program. So once a month. Yeah. 

Deonna: Yeah. Nice. Yeah, I saw some kids working out with yeah. That cash. Yes. I saw him and another little girl and I was like, oh, that's cool. They're letting the kids come in. 'cause yeah. I don't know if you were experienced this growing up or if Randall has experienced this, but a lot of the opportunities that.

Other like adults have if they get paralyzed, my daughter can't do those things. Yeah. You have to be 18 or 21 or Exactly. Whatever to get into some of these rehab programs or things like that. Yeah. And so it is nice when somebody can cater to the kids. Yeah. So. Yeah, that's cool. What did crossing the finish line [00:27:00] feel like there? I'm sure it's pretty fun. 

Logan: It did. So it was pretty awesome. I loved it. I was in my pain, emotional, but it didn't hit me until. We got into, we know the bicycle cab. Oh yeah. So we're in a bicycle cab trying to get to my, the hotel and I see my brother and my friend Uhhuh, New York travel. Oh my gosh.

The moment. Oh, when all the kind came out? Yeah. Like we, yeah. To a marathon. 

Deonna: Yeah. Well, I like that you said we did it because I mean technically you did it, like your body [00:28:00] physically did that, but it is this huge family feeling. Like every time my daughter does anything, it feels like I'm so, I don't know, like a part of it because of just how connected we all are together, so it's cool, that was your mom's thing too, and it's kind of neat.

Logan: They helped me do that. Yeah. Because it wasn't just me. Sure. I didn't, I couldn't carry water. I couldn't carry food. Yeah. I couldn't carry my three pairs of shoes. Sure. Yeah. 

Deonna: Oh my gosh. You shoes that many times. Yeah. 

Logan: And the last time we seen them. Three quarter.[00:29:00] 

Deonna: Oh my gosh. Oh, I didn't know you changed shoes. That's crazy, no, I haven't watched it yet. I'm gonna have to. 

Logan: Yeah, I went through a 65 pairs of shoes training 

Rhandyl: Dang. Oh my God. I'm sure. I'm sure. I can imagine.

Deonna: Oh yeah. Like it was putting a hole. 

Logan: Yeah. So every 10 miles I rotate my shoes. Yeah, 

Deonna: I can imagine. Wow. 

Rhandyl: Just wearing them out. That's a much for shoes. 

Deonna: Yeah. Sore. You're like, I'm gonna have take a break from buying shoes. Yeah. 

Rhandyl: So right now, and you mentioned it earlier, working towards competing in the Paralympic winter games. Yeah. So what does that goal mean to you? When did you, so.

Logan: That's the goal was not if I gonna [00:30:00] get there a lot more to, because my condition supposed severe. Nobody like me involved in, so I'm to. It's such a hard environment to do. Oh, 

Deonna: yeah. Oh it's so competitive, I'm sure. Oh my gosh. 

Logan: The world, because George, oh, at Brentwood. No. No, it's not. Yeah. We're against each other. You Yeah. You're not qualifying for the team. [00:31:00] Yeah. It's no joke. 

Rhandyl: Yeah. It's serious. Yeah. I mean, yeah, it's not that serious. Not the Special Olympics isn't serious, but it is. That is a totally different world. It's very competitive.

Yeah. Yes. Mm-hmm. 

Deonna: Oh my goodness. Yeah, that's true. So , we were told that you do, speaking engagements. Yep. You talk to kids and businesses and things like that. When did you start doing all that? 

Logan: I started the three years ago now. 

Deonna: Yeah. 

Logan: I'm starting to try and focus on that more because I love it. Everywhere I, the feedback I get is overwhelming. Mm-hmm. There's a lot to help es or kids learn more about what they can do or how they can support anybody for not getting me but un burning the world. [00:32:00] Understand it. Yeah. The easier thing become 

Rhandyl: Yeah. 

Deonna: I mean, I know like, when my daughter sees anybody with a disability doing anything amazing, it just, it makes her feel so good because, you just, you lose so much, it feels like when you're growing up, you just feel so different and it's just, it's really mentally hard. But then when you get to talk to these other people who've been through, even if it's not the same exact diagnosis, like you and my daughter don't have the same diagnosis. Yeah. But like you guys are so connected and it's so good for kids, especially disabled kids, to see you doing these things that are.

Just so amazing. Anyways, and , I think it's so good for kids to see all the things you can do and what all you've accomplished. It's amazing.

Logan: That's why, That's why I do it, because when I was in high school, like I was [00:33:00] afraid to do stuff. Mm-hmm. I didn't be looked at. Mm-hmm. If I don't do it, whoever come behind me, it be harder for them to work. Mm-hmm. I give you over my do what I wanna do. Yeah. And not care about the people that, 

Rhandyl: there you go. I love that. Just be you. Do you? Yeah. And inspire other kids like yourself. Yeah. And high school. And in grade school. I think the more people like you that are. Willing and able and wanting to inspire other kids. It's just, it's such a blessing and I can't wait to. Show my daughter more of your videos and mm-hmm. Because she, yeah she's gait training now. She's, she walks on with her gait trainer and she's every year needing less and less [00:34:00] assistance and Yep. So yeah, I, maybe I need to. Tell her I'm gonna leave her home on our next ski trip and she'll start walking. I don't know. 

Logan: Oh my gosh. Find out what she loves

Deonna: yes. That's all. Well, and what you said is such a simple statement. But it's so profound because, , even like my daughter, like for her to just do basic things. It takes this level of self-confidence that her, non-disabled peers don't have to do, because like when she goes into a room, everyone is looking at her and paying attention to her and she knows it and it's yeah. Intimidating. Sometimes even adults are looking, hundred. Yeah. And you just, you have to be brave just to show up, like for basic things. And so mm-hmm. I like that you just are like, you know what, I'm gonna do what I like, and you can either like it or not, I don't care. But that's how you have to be.

Logan: Yeah. I need [00:35:00] to hate school. Mm-hmm. And I hate this. I hate this. I hate this. Yeah. And, 10 years later I do it. But said, I though feel my body to become comfortable in that. 

Deonna: Yeah. No, that's I can see how that would be that. Yeah. So , when you're speaking to people, what is this like core message that you are trying to teach everybody?

What is that thing you want everybody to take away from listening to you?

Logan: Just talking about, about, being afraid to go in high school. [00:36:00] Get. Mm-hmm. Get over there and everybody, they're trying to get over and they get over.

I love.

Rhandyl: I love that. Breaking down your boundaries and just mm-hmm. Yeah. 

Deonna: Well, and that's such a universal thought. I mean, even I have ms so I have, physical problems sometimes, like with pain and things. Yeah. And you know, now I'm. Having to lift an 80 something pound daughter, and that's not something I thought I could do, and in my head it was like, I don't know if I can do this.

And then, yeah, it's kind of almost the same. I would like one day I was just like, you know what? I'm going to do this. Like I [00:37:00] can do this. I have to work hard and I have to work out and do all these things. But you can do it, your body can do amazing things if you just put in the work, but it's just, it takes a lot of work and energy.

Logan: And I, this the main thing for like with disabilities, like home, Bryan said the best like yourself, and like when I heard that I was like 17 and everything I don't want do right now because of my disability. Mm-hmm. 

Do what you wanna do, you're. Yeah. Yeah. 

Rhandyl: The Oh shit goal. 

Logan: Be happy with it. Yeah. Yeah. 

Rhandyl: So, no, that's true. Yeah. I love that. What is something that you're working towards right now? Do you have something,, like an event coming up? Any ski, competition or another marathon?

Logan: There's a lot, because there's a lot of different ways I can go right now [00:38:00] sometimes to figure out what, where I want to go. Yeah. So I've talked to friend about another thing this summer and made an attempt, so, okay, we'll stay tuned. Yeah, so

my mom was so mad. When I signed up, she wanna do something more. Yeah. Well 

Rhandyl: US moms can be a little, 

yeah.

Deonna: Sometimes we think we know overprotective what's best. I've thought I've tried to protect my daughter from, getting hurt or this or that. Yeah. And then sometimes I just have to let her do what she wants and just be like, oh my gosh this could be really good or really bad. I don't know how it's gonna go, but Yeah. Usually it works out most of the time, but, well, it sounds

Rhandyl: uh, if you get determined to do something, you're. [00:39:00] You're gonna do it. It's happen 

Logan: a lot on, 

Deonna: I love it. I love it. Oh my gosh. Well, as we're kind of wrapping up a little bit

, i do wanna know before we get, uh, done, how far do you live from a mountain? Can you ski every day or is it something you have to go on like the weekends or how's that work?

Logan: No, where I went grew up like hour and 15. Yeah. Now I'm gonna winham with the Adopt Sports Foundation about three hours. So when I go there, I stay with people involved in the program, uhhuh, and then obviously when I go work. Last year I drove to Utah and lived there, so that was cool. Yeah, 

Deonna: I bet that is such fun skiing. I mean, they had an Olympics there, so it must be pretty good. [00:40:00] 

Logan: I know. Yeah. 

Deonna: That's cool. That's cool that you live so close. Where is the Wyndham? What state is that in? 

Logan: That's in New York. It's in, oh, it's in New York. Okay. Yeah. 

Deonna: Okay. 

Logan: They are like the biggest.

Okay. Okay, 

Deonna: so you're skiing with other people who have disabilities a lot too. 

Logan: Oh yeah. Whenever I ski some Adopt For United, oh my goodness. Yeah. 

Deonna: That's cool. That's cool. I love that they have that. Yeah I follow this one little girl and her family's all big skiers and she was in Maine at some sort of adaptive ski, so I didn't know if it was up there or not.

But yeah, 

Logan: there's a lot of them, almost, I would say 80%, nine. Have adapt program. A lot of them are smaller, but those three big ones, one in [00:41:00] Utah and one in New York. 

Rhandyl: Nice. Okay. I actually have a a friend, like a family friend that he got trained, he trained a few years ago. It's kind of a retirement job. He's a ski instructor at a smaller resort in, New Mexico, and he trains. Blind skiers, he does training for blind skiers, and it's pretty intense, like all the, the training that he went through, but it's so cool 

Logan: yeah. 

Rhandyl: Yeah. So, yeah. Cool. I'm glad there's more and more things like that. It is a new program and it's a small resort, so I know there's, there's more and more things out there that I, yep. Hopefully it will just keep getting bigger and bigger, and maybe I can get Remi on skis in a few years. You're, you should. That's you're motivating me. I'm like, okay. 

Logan: Hey, to degree physical therapy without calling you physical.

Rhandyl: Yeah. Exactly. Exactly. Sneaky. Mm-hmm. Sneaky. [00:42:00] 

Well, thank you Logan, so much for sharing Yeah. Your story all about your, all of the sports and the things that you've overcome and that you continue to do and, working with others, especially kids and helping inspire them. I think that's just so wonderful and I cannot wait to see what you have in store next.

And, people can learn more about you@loganknowles.fit and then your Instagram, @logan_knowles14. And so we'll tag a lot of what we talked about in our show notes, and once this comes out, we will share it all and we are so excited and happy that you were here with us today. Yeah, thank so much you, so much 

Logan: for talking

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