Ryan Reynolds Officially Becomes A Marathon Man
Yesterday we saw a couple of pics of Ryan Reynolds as he was running in the famed New York Marathon and today we get to see his hotness just as he crossed the finish line — he managed to finish the marathon race in 3 hours and 50 minutes. Amazingly, Ryan was up for talking to reporters after his grueling run and gave much moral support credit to Michael J. Fox who he saw in the crowd cheering him on (Ryan ran for Team Fox which used the marathon to raise funds for Parkinson’s Disease research):
Mission accomplished! Ryan Reynolds completed the ING New York City Marathon on Sunday – and lived to tell about it. “I’m still standing. I’m very excited about that,” he told reporters after crossing the finish line in 3 hours and 50 minutes, faster than he anticipated. “It was an incredible experience.” Reynolds says in the last leg of the race, he was motivated to keep going by one special spectator. “When I saw Michael J. Fox on Fifth Avenue, I gained about 15 pounds in goose bumps,” said Reynolds. “It kind of pushed me through the last six miles or so.” Reynolds ran for Team Fox in honor of his father, Jim Reynolds, who has suffered from Parkinson’s Disease for the past 15 years. “[During the race] I thought a lot about my father and Michael and the 500,000 other people afflicted with this awful disease in the United States alone. I ran for those who can’t,” Reynolds told PEOPLE. Reynolds’s mother Tammy and brother Terry greeted him with hugs at the finish line in Central Park.
The New York Daily News managed to video their interview with Ryan Reynolds (and others) at the marathon finish line. After the jump, check it out …
Again, congrats goes out to Ryan and all of the folks who participated in this year’s New York Marathon. As I mentioned yesterday, I cannot for the life of me fathom a situation where I would be able to successfully complete such a formidable race so all my respect goes out to the folks who are even willing to attempt the task. Congrats, y’all!
[Photo credit: INFdaily; Source, Source]
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November 3rd, 2008 at 9:34 am
HE IS ONE HOT MAN!!!!
November 3rd, 2008 at 9:43 am
I got kind of teary eyed after reading his interview. Parkinson’s disease is devastating. It hurts so much to see loved ones who were once so strong and independent deteriorate into something that they aren’t and never were meant to be.
November 3rd, 2008 at 10:02 am
Hot.
November 3rd, 2008 at 10:11 am
Swoon.
Double swoon. An aunt of mine has Parkinson’s and was actually treated by one of MJ Fox’s early doctors a while back.
*Thud* (Falls over from Ryan’s hotness).
November 3rd, 2008 at 10:18 am
I think it’s weird that his wife Scarlett wasn’t there - instead she was at a campaign for Barack Obama.
I have a weird feeling about this couple.
November 3rd, 2008 at 10:37 am
Insane Hotness + Heart of Gold = Ryan. *numnumnum*
November 3rd, 2008 at 10:58 am
yeah i’m with you shavi
November 3rd, 2008 at 12:47 pm
So insanely hot!! He used to crack me up back in the day with “Two guys, a girl and a Pizza Place”… he´s always been really cute and now he turned into a hot man! I like him better with Scarlet than I did with Alanis.
November 3rd, 2008 at 3:03 pm
I have a theory that Ryan Reynolds is a robot, cos he’s too damn sexy to be real. (:
November 3rd, 2008 at 8:55 pm
Now… if only he ran the marathon in spandex.