Jason P. Lester

Jason P. Lester is an endurance athlete, author of the book Running on Faith and the winner of the 2009 ESPY Award for Best Male Athlete with a Disability. When he was twelve he was hit by a car while riding his bicycle, which left his right arm partially paralyzed, yet he kept playing sport and began running and biathlon races at sixteen. In 2008 he became the first disabled athlete to complete the Ultraman World Championships. His ultra distance feats include running 3,550 miles from San Francisco to New York City in 2013, running 2,600 miles along the Great Wall of China in 83 days, and the EPIC5 Challenge of five Iron distance triathlons on five Hawaiian islands in five days. He also founded the NEVER STOP Foundation, which uses athletics to encourage young people.