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Amazingly, Sallee says, "Now life isn't really that different. There isn't a lot of things I can't do that I did before. I have trav- eled all over. I have been to Bos- ton, New York, Hawaii, Branson. There hasn't been anything that stopped me. I just keep that go, go mindset through it all." "The hardest thing to deal with is just caring what other people think. Rather the lack of it. Peo- ple don't know how to accept peo- ple in a wheelchair. People see me in a chair and they are just like 'oh you can't do that.' Just keeping that from bothering you is my hardest thing. You can't worry about what other people think. You have to do what makes you happy and not worry." "I don't want to be seen differ- ently," said Sallee. Training was a big part of his life and training is about to be a big part of his life again. Sallee said he is just six month's out from his injury. "Most people are just now getting back into their homes at this point." Sallee has been up and going for several months already, including driving his hand control truck in Boston and New York city traffic. He said just getting used to not using his legs and core strength has been the biggest adjustment. "You spend your life getting around with your legs. . . I think the hardest thing was just learn- ing to have to do everything with my upper body and not having any core strength for a base." He has adapted quickly. "Get- ting back to where I could dress myself and be independent, it was no issue. Within three weeks, I was back to being able to do that," said Sallee. He is in the process of trying to figure out what his future holds both professionally and athletically. Part of his plan is getting a hand- driven trike. While it is a tricycle, it is nothing like the red and white trike most kids had growing up. His trike is a carbon fiber wheeled 30 -speed low slung rocket. He is just getting started rid- ing it. He has his road bike set up on a high-tech trainer so he can do in- door workouts. His trainer is con- nected to an active internet-based software that lets him ride on vari- ous courses on-line with other peo- ple riding at the same time. The program has an avatar for him and the other people in the ride. Last week, he was riding in Cen- tral Park. The system is even able to apply resistance to his trainer when he gets to a hill. Sallee, as always, has big goals. He said he is just getting started in the hand-driven paracycling. A fter only six months of recov- ery, Sallee, as most who know him would expect, is way ahead of schedule. He is already driv- ing, he has traveled to Hawaii and other places and he is just getting ready to start serious training for the future. Sallee said just figuring out what he can and can't do is part of the equation. When he was riding a two-wheeler, whether on road or dirt, he showed up knowing he could compete to win. Now he is figuring out what his capacity is on a hand-driven trike and how it will compare to others. "I haven't ever competed in this, so I don't really know what to expect." He is researching what competi- tion venues are out there for him. He wants to start serious training, and then start competing and see how that goes. But ultimately, what he really wants to do, is compete in the Pa- ra-Olympics, which he knows is setting the bar really high. "I always say shoot for the star and land on the moon, whether it seems realistic or not. I try to put something out there and aim for it. With my situation, it is almost like you have an advantage. You have a chance to be really good at it, be- cause there are so few people out there doing it. The amount of dis- abled people competing in sports is very, very slim. I would say my ultimate goal, long-term goal is to compete in the Para-Olympics." He also is contemplating a long- distance tour, like hand-cycling from the northern border of the U.S. to the southern border. Although Sallee noted he is doing everything with his upper body, he has to be careful about his training. He said being care- ful to not overdo something and get injured is much more impor- tant when you are already reliant upon arms for mobility. Professionally, Sallee said he is still looking around to find some- thing he wants to do and can make a living at. Some of the fields he is interested in is photography and being an advocate for para-sports and activities. "I'll figure something out." While he is doing that, Sallee continues to live by the motive: "Life is good! " Continued from page 1 SALLEE Collin Sallee talks about his adjustments to being paralyzed. He said life hasn't changed that much, but takes a little more time to do things. "If I have to be somewhere, I have to start about 10 or 15 minutes earlier." Collin uses a high-tech online training program that simu- lates riding on a given course, including avatars for the oth- er people taking part in the ride. The one above is in New York's Central Park.