Home | Contact | Sitemap  Jim's runs towards a world record in
the Hawaiian Ironman   "Live each moment like it's the last
moment in your life." - Jim MacLaren   "There are times I don't
like the way my life went, but that doesn’t mean that I'm not in
love with life," says the 43-year-old motivational speaker who
created the Choose Living Foundation. "Is it fair what's
happened to me? No, of course not. So what? I still have to get
up in the morning. By engaging life, by moving what few muscles
I have, my bed suddenly becomes an exercise mat."  At 14,
MacLaren found acceptance at Vermont Academy, an exclusive
boarding school where "there's nothing to do but play sports and
study”. Following his passions for sports and performance
brought Jim to the next level. His academic success propelled
MacLaren to an Ivy League education at Yale where he not only
excelled in his course studies, but also lacrosse and football.
He majored in theater studies while morphing into a 300-pound
defensive end for the Bull Dogs.