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TRUNK BOY AND L’ALPE D’HUEZ

I had been a track and field coach for ten or so years, and this was the first time that the boys’ team had a legitimate shot at the Greater Montreal Athletic Association City Championships.  Like for real.  Finally.  We had several boys who would most likely score points in pretty much all the field…

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GLOBAL PANDEMIC TRAINING

When I was in high school, I would begin each year with relative enthusiasm.  That is to say I didn’t approach it the way I would a trip to the amusement park or an Expos game, but it wasn’t anything that actively caused me dread.  Though I looked forward to the upcoming year, I had…

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THE DAY IT HAPPENED

I was sitting in the Mackinnon Hall Dormitory common room watching television and trying to decide whether to go to Calculus class in the Johnson Science Building or head over to Dewhurst Cafeteria and have breakfast instead. It wasn’t really that tough a call as I was quite hungry and failing calculus miserably already.  Truth…

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