"I have been lucky enough to participate in several CDF events over the last two years and I often hear strangers at these events or along the race course say how we, the CDF athletes are heros.  Maybe we are.  That is not my place to say, but what I can say is that I would have never run a half marathon, done the NYC Ti, or the 5K and 30K this weekend if not for the guides, volunteers, and especially, Matt Miller!"
Sexy Isra~AKA Sugar Land Julio :) 
Israel Antonio

"Matt Miller and the crew are an awesome group of people. I can't wait until I finally secure the career so I can contribute to CDF."
Chester

"I am Athletic Director at Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, and throughout the years have planned many athletic events. Matt's composure and attention to detail was amazing. This intern insured the high level of accomplishment from each of our Athletes."
Joe Paschall

"I feel like I'm a long way from doing the 70.3 Ironman distances today but I'm confident that I'll get there in the next 90 days (that's not a lot of time). I do my best work under pressure. Thanks to Todd Bogue for being a great guide & motivator and thanks to all my Team BlindRunner guys for all the training and support. When I think of how far I've come in these past 3 or 4 years with my running & training and all the fun and work we've gone through as a group it amazes me but we have a lot more good times and successes ahead of us and it only gets better."
Joe Paschall

"Before I went blind, I was an avid runner and enjoyed swimming and biking. I had always thought of competing in a triathalon, but time and other priorities crowded out my wish to be a triathalete. One of the painful losses I experienced when I went blind, was not being able to compete in running races as I had before....Last year I started visiting with one of my co-workers, named Mike Gage. He expressed intrest in triathalons... We started running, tried using a tandem bike, and swam in a lake, here in Minneapolis. It went really well. We signed up for the Lifetime Tri and had a blast. The rest is history."

I first guided for Dave Bigoney in a sprint triathlon in October 2009, and we had a great time. I’m a competitive person when it comes to races, and Dave had to talk me down after we had not one, but two flats on the bike leg, less than a mile from T-2. I was disappointed seeing all Dave’s great effort in the race start to spiral away, but as always his positive attitude (like all the amazing C`Different athletes I have met) overshadowed everything and it was fantastic crossing the finish line next to Dave (who had a PR run segment).

"I have helped Annie Young in her early training, and I guided her on one of her earlier short course triathlons in the swim and on the bike. Annie is younger than me, and as she has trained, she has improved so much that I really cannot keep up with her, except in my strongest event, the swim. So I remain as one of her supporters and cheerleaders while I proudly watch her excel."

"I was born blind of glaucoma and cataracts, had numerous surgeries from babyhood until I was 5 to reduce the pressure, and finally had a successful (though only 10 percent so in children at the time) operation at age five that allowed me to retain a modicum of light perception in one eye... To date, I have participated in over 50 marathons and ultra marathons, as well as 4 sprint triathlons and hope to do a lot more biking, including races, in the future. I am also hoping to do the Pike's Peak ascent, which is a half marathon in the next couple of years."

"My vision loss is due to an accident with a drunk driver on the evening of November 20, 1981...My athletic goals through 2012. First of all, I want to qualify for the Boston Marathon in 2011. Second, I want to do a half Iron Man.