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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Ever since COVID 19 took away my entire 2020 race season, I have altered my training routine significantly and decided to take most of the pressure off and simply concentrate on enjoying myself during each session. This is not to say that I didn’t enjoy what I was doing before, but there was always a…
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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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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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You arrive at the appropriate gate for your flight about an hour before scheduled take-off full of excitement for your impending trip with your small carry-on knapsack and laptop computer in tow. As you take a seat near the window, and as close as you can be to the flight information desk as possible without looking…
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