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Olympic medalist for walking fast || @cieleathletics || @canfund || Best 4th place finisher ever ||
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I should have slowed down a little bit 😬
To think that me walking in circles for nearly 4 hours could result in something so unbelievably positive for my community is making me cry happy tears. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
.
@EvanDunfee
of Team Canada wins BRONZE for the 50km race walk!!! 🥉
Here’s one more thing to be proud of Evan.
In honour of your final race time of 3:50:59, we're donating 35,059 boxes of mac and cheese to the Richmond BC Food Bank in your name
#KDRaceWalkers
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As a professional pedestrian in Richmond it’s fun to know that if I am murdered by a distracted driver while in a crosswalk that the
@RichmondRCMP
will blame me.
Pedestrian safety is a two-way street. What pedestrians and drivers can do to make our roadways safer
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Elation.
Today’s goal was to believe in myself as much as my family and closest friends believe in me. I wavered in the middle but found it again in the closing stages.
It hasn’t quite set in yet. But it will.
Thank you to everyone who told me I could do this ❤️
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Thank you to everyone for you're support today. I'm super proud of my race! Bring on
#Tokyo2020
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The work is done. Now I just get to see what I’m capable of. I’m going to leave every ounce I have on that race course.
Wings on my feet.
Thursday 1:30pm PST
Watch it on TSN or stream it at (click on 50km race walk).
Or directly…
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Summer sport athletes: ‘sorry I can’t come for a walk with you and your dog. I can’t risk turning an ankle and getting hurt’
Winter sport athletes:
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I got to tell an IOC EB member and a IOC/WA board member that they made a terrible mistake taking away this amazing event. I can shout that all day into the twittersphere but to look into their eyes and speak my truth was as good a feeling as putting that medal around my neck.
EVAN DUNFEE GOT HIS MEDAL
And I’m just going to cry over everything for the rest of the way.
This moment is your
@EvanDunfee
.
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Today, for the first time, when a car tried to turn right into a crosswalk in the space I was occupying I put them in a 10 second time out. Counting to 10 before proceeding.
4 cars honked at me…🤷♂️
I regret nothing.
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I think life might have peaked. It’s downhill from here. 🤯
It’s not every day your face ends up on a box of KD. But it’s not every day you walk 50 km and win a bronze medal.
@EvanDunfee
we hope you like it, your boxes are on the way. Everyone else, stay tuned for your chance to get a limited edition KD x ED box!
#KDRacewalkers
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Absolute amateur hour from the IOC changing the time of the Women’s marathon tomorrow 9 hours before the bus leaves, when many athletes are already asleep. No consultation, just unilateral decision making, like always. Disgraceful.
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Wings on my feet.
What ever happens over the next 4 hours know that I left every ounce that I had on that race course.
Enjoy the magic. Enjoy the suffering. Enjoy the last ever 50km Walk.
Watch live now:
Or on TSN.
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It would cost $340,000 to give our
@CDNParalympics
medalists the same bonuses (20k, 15k, 10k) that our
@TeamCanada
Olympic athletes got.
Not doing it is a choice, and we should think about what message that choice sends.
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@Devin_Heroux
Thanks Devin! And thanks for getting people excited about it. Canada is so lucky to have your infectious enthusiasm and personal touch you bring. You’re one of a kind, no doubt! Proud to know you.
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So I can be a 20km walker yet.
✅ 4th in the world
✅ National Record
✅ Paris Olympic Qualifier
Next up: 35km in a few days.
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I’m now the first race walker, male or female, with 3 Olympic or World Champs Fourth place finishes.
I am the best 4th place finisher in the history of my event. Gonna choose to frame that positively.
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Say what you will about Athletics Canada (and I have), but to their credit they’ve never kidnapped me.
Belarus Olympian taken to airport after publicly complaining about the national team
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So great to be back with my people ❤️
Richmond-born Evan Dunfee returns home with bronze win from Tokyo Olympics
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An 84 second last lap was NOT in any of the race plans. I don’t know where it came from but I certainly don’t mind knowing I can do it.
Also this
@CBCOlympics
video is amazing.
"Believe in yourself" 🇨🇦👏
Canada's Evan Dunfee won the men's 10-kilometre race walk with a record-setting performance on Sunday for the country's 23rd gold medal of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England
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Look, ofc we need to be aware of our surroundings. But if we can’t enter a crosswalk after pressing the beg button with the closest car being 60m+ away, then it’s clear we’re simply not welcome in this environment. And that is an exhausting way to navigate public space.
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When I see how far back I was with 1km to go I still don’t understand how I did it. But more than that, I don’t understand how in that moment I didn’t doubt that I could do it.
There’s probably a lesson in there somewhere.
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So so so proud of
@DamianWarner
. The hardest part of these Games was not being trackside to cheer on him, Pierce & Georgia (and provide dubiously legal live coverage on Instagram 🙈). We have so many athletes who could fly the flag but personally I can’t think of a better choice!
CANADA’S CLOSING CEREMONY 🇨🇦 FLAG-BEARER
DAMIAN WARNER
The 31-year-old from London, Ont. won gold in Decathlon. His 9,018 points are a new Olympic record.
Now he’ll carry the flag for Canada.
#Toyko2020
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There’s a few things I love about this.
1) strava giving me the local legend for most laps recorded on strava of the Stadium 😂
2) a 184bpm average heart rate makes me feel 10 years younger! Don’t let anyone tell you race walking isn’t physiologically demanding.
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10,731.
That’s how many kilometers I’ve walked in training since my last 50km race in Sept 2019. Over 10 million steps working towards this one final go.
My goal is clear: cross that finish line knowing I gave it everything I had in the last 50km I’ll …
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I’m proud to be a member of
@TeamCanada
/
@CDNParalympics
. Thank you for being global role models.
We, the athletes, can now focus on being role models at home. We can safely follow the guidelines without worrying about what will happen come July.
Thank you.
#37millionstrong
BREAKING | The Canadian Olympic and Paralympic Committees will NOT send Canadian athletes to compete at
#Tokyo2020
due to COVID-19 concerns
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The few days have been some of the lowest in my life. But I’m back home & trying to cheer myself up. So a couple fun, pat on the back, stats.
My 20km is now quicker than the WR was when I was born.
I contributed 10 points to Canada’s record 70 points & I should be proud of that.
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I just got referred to on the streets of Toronto as ‘hey Mr
@kraftdinner
man’ and honestly, what a legacy to have! 🥳😎
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Can we get a
@CBCOlympics
show that’s just me and
@Devin_Heroux
trying every Olympic sport (I realize that I’m really superfluous in this pitch- but that if I’m the one making it I increase my chances of being included, I like being included in things & stuff)
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Strange. It is so unlike Christian to be in the wrong place. 🌚
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I’m happy. I don’t know what more I could have done today. I’m a 50km guy racing a 20k guys race. I got a year to figure out how to become a 35km guy. Let’s do it.
Thanks for all the support.
And a huge huge congrats to
@PersKarlstrom
, again.
35km RACE WALK - DUNFEE 6th🇨🇦
2:25.02. AREA RECORD
13 minute PB.
Yep, you read that right.
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All the feels.
Massive PB. New 🇨🇦 Record.
Worked my butt off to get back to this level and have no intention of stopping here.
Next up:
@AthleticsCanada
Nationals ➡️
@TeamCanada
Pan Am Games ➡️
@iaaforg
World Champs
#TeamNB
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My mental health is not good right now. Doomscrolling and yelling into the echo chamber are not helpful or healthy ways of dealing with it (as evidenced by some not so diplomatic words the last 24hrs). So I’m going to step away from Twitter for a bit. ❤️
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4 years ago today I was asked to leave a medal ceremony for making a scene. I admittedly made a scene and deserved to be kicked out. I hope I ruined that moment for Alex. A month later he'd have that Gold medal taken away from him for doping. I have no regrets.
Got kicked out of the medal ceremony because, 'I wasn't being nice'... What's not nice is stealing two gold medals from
@JaredTallent
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Silver today. Disappointed with my race albeit not entirely surprised. My body is so tired. Lots of racing with no big base of training this yr to support it. I came here with one goal, to win, and came up short. I’ll get over it, but first imma let myself be grumpy for a few hrs
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Great way to kick off the 2024 campaign!
Old man strength fully initiated.
19:32/18:53 —> North American Record
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I’m honoured to be named
@SportBC
Male Athlete of the Year. Chasing after my dreams has transformed me into the person I am today. Im grateful for my parents, Gerry, teammates, support team, my whole community & Sara for guiding, inspiring, and motivating me through this journey.
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Nike’s lead?! How about all the amazing companies that never had such ridiculousness in place to begin with? I mean good on Nike for finally bowing to public pressure, but they deserve no credit here.
This is huge! To
@AlysiaMontano
,
@allysonfelix
,
@KaraGoucher
and every athlete who spoke out -- Thank you. Your courage to fight for what’s right will impact generations of women athletes to come.
We hope more companies follow Nike’s lead on this issue.
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It is officially official!
My vision is for a Richmond with the housing we need in every neighbourhood; resilient in the face of a changing climate; where people can safely and easily access their daily needs.
A Richmond that is on track for everyone.
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When you’re wrong, you’re wrong.
(Still right about the part of the quote where I said no one should be asking me for my fashion opinion).
“I don’t get it. It’s not my style,” said Olympic race-walker
@EvanDunfee
.
Would he wear it after Tokyo? Well...
“Next time I see myself wearing this jacket would be to embarrass my future kids when they bring a partner over to dinner for the first time.”
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July was a pretty good month. In my favourite place, with my favourite person. (O and training went well too)
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.
@OleksiakPenny
and
@SwimmingCanada
got the ball rolling on this amazing medal haul for
@TeamCanada
. Easy decision, give her the flag!
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Paris bound!! So incredibly proud of
@LundmanOlivia
’s (literally) gutsy race! We snuck into the 21st of 22 automatic qualifying spots. It almost came completely undone with 500m to go, but Liv willed herself to the finish line with incredible determination.
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12 years ago today I raced at the World Juniors in Bydgoszcz, Poland. I finished 10th and convinced myself I belonged with the best in the world. To commemorate that and
@Moh_Speed
’s 10th fastest 5,000m of ALL TIME, I present to you little Evan and little Moh.
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Alrighty then, racing in like 11 hours in Santiago. Let’s see how it goes.
5:30am Vancouver time.
Streamed live on the CBC Gem App.
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The figure skating *short* program broadcast is 4 hours and 40min long.
So tell to me again IOC about how the 50km is too long for the Olympics.
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THREAD: IOC Hypocrisy and moving the road events from Tokyo to Sapporo.
Now that the move is official, lets look at how we got here, ask if the IOC is putting other athletes in danger, and what it all means for
#Tokyo2020
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Today: Sponsorship with KD —> 15km PB in training. There are no coincidences.
Olympic race walker for Team Canada
@EvanDunfee
grew up eating KD. Today, KD is proud to become his official sponsor.
Stay tuned. Big things coming on 07/21/2021.
#GottaBeKD
@TeamCanada
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I’m speechless. That high jump comp was something else. And it had to be experienced from start to finish, in full to really get the authentic experience and ride the highs and lows. Want to grow Athletics, more exclusive access to field events.
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So the race was over 2 weeks ago. I guess it’s about time I talked about it. I’m normally pretty good with finding the words, but this has been particularly difficult.
21 years ago a short, curly haired, bespectacled ginger kid started doing this funny …
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Time to go again. 35km this time.
Medal or bust.
Fitness is there. Confidence is there. Time to prove it.
⏰ 10pm Vancouver time
🎥
📸 Claus Andersen
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No matter what happens next I am so proud of the small team we assembled; what we did with $7500 (and all those people who donated!); and how much I learned.
I did this my way, stayed true to my values throughout, and had a heck of a lot of fun.
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You know you’re one of the veterans on the team when you can pack 4 generations of
#TeamCanada
singlets for training in.
#Tokyo2020
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Last walk at home done! Off to Vienna in the morning for a few days of training before racing 35km in Dudince, Slovakia next Saturday!
Training has been going well, going to take a crack at a North American record.
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Today was a tough day. Went out harder than I should have and paid the price. Half way splits of 1:51:30/ 1:57:30 tell the story. But I managed to hold on and qualify for Tokyo! So I’ll be coming back to Japan next year for another shot to prove to myself what I’m capable of! 🇯🇵
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Has anyone ever compared childhood physical activity rates to Olympic medal tally/ capita? I have a hunch the best medal strategy for Own The Podium would be investment in childhood physical activity to greatly increase our talent pool of physically literate kids.
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So uhhh yah I’m crying again. 😭
I’m only okay with
@DamianWarner
being flag bearer because of this
@EvanDunfee
shout out. (kidding)
Evan has never had anything but glowing things to say about Damian & he sounds like an amazing person & is obviously an amazing athlete.
Big decathlon fans in this household.
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The absolute audacity to say that whose who don’t make it out of the heats do nothing to inspire. These are the athletes that go on to prop up your grassroots as local coaches, mentors, they inspire their local communities so damn much.
“Setting tough standards helps improve performance levels,” writes UK Athletics chair Ian Beattie as he outlines the reasoning behind the governing body’s strict policy.
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Wow
@tasha_wodak
JUST crossed the finish line finishing 13th at the Olympics and IMMEDIATELY she is hyping up and celebrating the medalists. Ugh sport is so great.
Amazing run for 9th from
@MalindiElmore
as well. Incredible. Both ranked outside top 50 coming in! Huge.
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I can’t believe it’s taken this long, but the medal has finally been dropped 😅
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@Devin_Heroux
@CBCOlympics
Come for the 50km race walk, stay for the Soccer gold medal match!
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Hard for this not to feel like Rio.
But I look back at how much I regrouped, learned, and grew over those next four years (well 5, but 🤫) and I’ll try to remind myself of that right now when it honestly hurts quite a bit.
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Kinda cool to have ended the year with the fastest 5000m and 10,000m times in the world.
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I refuse to get over how insanely funny and awesome this is simultaneously. Life is incredibly weird… Anyway, you awesome people raised $7000 for
@kidsportbc
buying up 150 of these ridiculously niche mementos which is being matched by
@kraftdinnerca
.…
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1:19:23 for the win in 🇦🇺
I thought my career was effectively over after the 50km was unceremoniously scrapped. I started looking for a parachute and a soft spot to land.
I now feel like shooting for a medal is Paris isn’t unrealistic at all.
Excited for the next one!
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2km to go
@MalindiElmore
is up to 9th!!!!!
@tasha_wodak
in 12th! Holy sh*t these women are CRUSHING it! Imma cry again.
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I’m a pretty good walker, some might suggest, and I nearly bailed a half dozen times walking to get groceries.
It’s a skating rink out there.
Be careful pedestrians!
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Huge thank you for the sincere act of kindness from Courtney and her team at the Lululemon store in Richmond! She invited mom & dad in to get outfitted for Paris. Made them feel incredibly special, and they’ll be easy to spot now in the crowd in Paris! ❤️
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A couple new Canadian Records on a rainy Sunday in Coquitlam.
11:07 for 3km (previous 11:12)
18:33 for 5km (previous 18:39)
Super grateful to Paul, Tara and the whole Coquitlam Cheetahs team for always including us in their meets!
Next race will be Paris. Bring it on.
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Walked my fastest 20km in 7 years! 🥳👴
Lots of good things to take away from a 1:20:52, and lots of things to work on. Still some hope of becoming a 20km walker! Excited for the next block of training.
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Officially official.
Games
#3
Athletics Canada and the Canadian Olympic Committee have announced six athletes who earned early nomination to the Canadian Olympic Team for Paris 2024 in the 10,000 metres, race walk, and marathon events 🇨🇦
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This shot put comp was the most insane thing ever. I sincerely hope the live feeds did it justice. Needed to be watched start to finish. Absolutely incredible. The kind of thing you could sell 5000 tickets to on its own. PLEASE GIVE US DEDICATED FIELD EVENT STREAMS.
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Fueling sheet ready to go. 1400kcal if all goes to plan. Nearly 4L of fluid. Not a gram of fat in sight 🙃
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For real though, it is so incredibly cool to have the mac and cheese I grew up eating as my official sponsor & fully behind me on this journey! Cannot wait to show off how you can join in on the journey too!
Stay tuned for more deliciousness from
@kraftdinner
.
#gottabeKD
👀
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Excited to navigate a new world over the next 10 months to be vulnerable, listen and learn and yah, see if I can do something valuable and meaningful in my community that isn’t walking fast for long periods of time (mind you this skill will be useful come door knocking season)
Olympic medalist and the pride of Richmond, B.C.,
@EvanDunfee
made a huge announcement on This is VANCOLOUR! 🗳
🤩🤩🤩
You heard it here first!
This is VANCOLOUR.
Sundays. 7pm.
@CHEK_News
.
Watch the full segment on YouTube:
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Digging into yesterday’s race numbers for me a bit:
😳 My fastest 20km was 1:22:24, 1s slower than my fastest 20km time since 2017.
⏱I broke the Commonwealth 30km record by 50s with 2:04:16
🔥 My highest ever World Athletics point score over any distance.
I.e. Fast.
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It’s awesome having a dozen or so people you see on a regular basis out walking their dog, exercising, going to work and not knowing their name but always smiling, saying hello, and carrying on with your day a little bit happier.
It’s community and you can’t do it in a car
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Hey
@packers
, happy to come out and trade some tips. You teach me how take a hit, and I'll teach your guys some better technique ;)
#everyonewins
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Thrilled and honoured to be nominated as
@SportBC
Senior Male Athlete of the Year for the 3rd time in my career!
#SportBC55thAOY
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Sitting in a public hearing where the entire neighbourhood is here to nimby a 2 FSR rental building. What we’ve learned is that renters are criminals, too much parking, not enough parking, owning blinds is an affront to freedom, I cant study & contribute to society B/c noise
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Beautiful morning here in Gifu at our
@AthleticsCanada
pre-camp.
While I do wish I could head out the door to train along this lovely river I understand the caution our gracious hosts are taking to keep their people’s risk as close to zero as possible. So we adapt.
#Tokyo2020
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The narcissistic, lying drug cheat has his own narcissistic, lying doc.
I wonder if they have footage of me berating him on his way to the podium in Rome (a race he stole from clean athletes). Being kicked out of that ceremony is one of my prouder moments, I’d love a clip!
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Sport won’t always be my identity, but the person I am today and the person I’ll be tomorrow & the next day is shaped by the amazing and inspiring friends sport has given me. This indelible mark is a reminder of them and all they’ve done to help me grow during this crazy journey.
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This is ludicrous. Seemingly this wouldn’t ever happen to a man because corral times are time based and not gender based so a man aiming for OTQ will never be in a coral starting 12min after the gun. Which would mean USATF effectively has discriminatory rules in place, no?
Erin Gregoire ran a 2:42:55 chip time at the Houston Marathon, but has been denied entry into the Olympic Marathon Trials because her gun time was considered to be 2:54:54. And yes, she can explain it.
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What's the coolest a Canadian Olympian has ever looked in a photo? 🇨🇦
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Re: Advancing shoe/ spike tech:
How many high school track kids in the years to come won’t be offered university scholarships because they didn’t have access to the latest/ fastest spikes?
I worry about that a lot more than about what shoe tech means for world records.
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@CBCOlympics
I haven’t *gotten* the medal yet. I’ve had one hand on it before, I’m waiting till it’s physically in my hands before I update that all important bio 😅😉
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50km
98 drink tables
4L drank (isoactive, flat cola, water)
50L poured on me
40 degree core temp
100% respect for the conditions
Standing on the start line Im not the most genetically gifted, but these conditions are a great equalizer.
Bring on Tokyo🇯🇵☀️🔥
📸Nariman El-Mofty/ AP
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Been a good few days. Improved to 39:44 over 10km after our altitude camp. Was named
@BC_Athletics
male athlete of the year and got named by
@AthleticsCanada
to my 6th World Championship team this summer in Budapest!
Now in Melbourne for Aussie 20km Champs this Sunday.
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May not have been the Olympic 50km but it was 50km nonetheless. Had to work hard last 10km to get under 4hrs & I’m obliterated now!
Phone was on portrait mode (thought my vision was just blurry) but great to have Gerry and Dad out! Find yourself a coach who’ll bike 90km for you!
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•Patience•
Not in a top list of my strongest assets. But I’ve been working on it. Patience in training, trust in the process. It’s become a necessity after a couple years of Major Championship flops, chasing podiums and coming up woefully short.
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First race of the season in the books down under. 40:04 for my quickest season opener ever somehow 😅.
3 weeks of altitude training now and then see how far under 40 I can hopefully go.
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Huge respect to all the
@TransLink
drivers out there right now!
My only wish was on days like today with big delays everywhere that the 90min fare window was suspended. It sucks taking 2.5 hours to get home. It sucks more having to pay twice to do it.
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