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Sunday Sep 10, 2006 #
Hockey or Soccer 2:30:00 [1]
Pick-up local soccer; Juha and Joe Box came preformed very well. My left ankle's a little sore and I had to put up with with uselessMike the ball-hog. Someone who just doesn't get pick-up ball at all, from the moment our team has the ball, he's yelling for it and attempts to go through the entire team while the rest of us stand around and watch.
Congrats to Juha for connecting on a couple of amazing set-pieces, the first I've seen there.
Congrats to Juha for connecting on a couple of amazing set-pieces, the first I've seen there.
Saturday Sep 9, 2006 #
Running long 1:27:00 [2]
slept:5.0 weight:160lbs shoes: Hurricanes
First long run with Matt and Juha on the Whitemud trails. Felt awful from the start, and my shins are hurting. I think I need some new shoes for work, or else I should change into my crocs at work perhaps. As the run progressed, I felt better and better and pretty decent by the end. Should have brought water though.
Just an wonderful day for a run.
Just an wonderful day for a run.
Wednesday Sep 6, 2006 #
Running 55:00 [2]
weight:160lbs shoes: Hurricanes
Run with JMM down by the river. Felt poor early, decent later.
I still have Rock You like a Hurricane stuck in my head fom driving through Red Deer on Sunday.
Being sent on my first official government trip to Calgary Thursday for a lecture on China.
I still have Rock You like a Hurricane stuck in my head fom driving through Red Deer on Sunday.
Being sent on my first official government trip to Calgary Thursday for a lecture on China.
Tuesday Sep 5, 2006 #
Running tempo 52:23 [3]
slept:8.0 shoes: Hurricanes
Today's run is dedicated to Pvt Mark Graham from Hamilton who was killed in Afghanistan by friendly fire.
http://www.athleticscanada.com/article.asp?id=1021...
On the way out of work today I grabed a copy of the Edmonton Sun and saw the picture of the Canadian who had been killed, Mark Anthony Graham of Calgary. I thought, man, that looks alot like The Mark Graham, the sprinter from Hamilton who had settled to train in Calgary after college in the states. When I got home I saw on CBC that is was in fact Graham and there were a few stories on him.
Mark Graham was one of the most impressive athletes I've ever seen. Watching BBC coverage of World Track Champs in 2001 Edmonton I remember Michael Johnson saying that every runner there goes back to their home track and there they are The Man.
I was in grade 10 when he was in grade 13 and he was The Man of Hamilton track. 6' 4'' and filled an entire lane on the track. A big black guy, shaved head except for a strip of hair that made him look like he had Oakley's on his head. That year at Cities he won the 100, 200, 400, 4x100 and 4x400.
What I will always remember about Mark Graham was him warming up. He would very very slowly jog around the track in his Canadian National Junior Team warm-up very much aware that all the eyes were on him. After a couple laps with the National Team suit on, he'd peel that off and do a lap with his provincial team jacket on.
Then for the race, he wore a bright orange body suit, first of their kind for 90s high school track and in the Sir Alan MacNab colour. Rumour has it, Steve Pearson HKF legend introduced it to the team. Graham would whip down the top the moment he crossed the finish line, so smoothly that it had to be practiced. He then would strut around the infield with a big smile on his face, well aware of the attention towards him.
Mark Graham was so dominant in Ontario that there was simply do doubt that he was going to make the Olympics, which he did in 1992 as a member of the 4x400 team. He never reached his potential because of chronic hamstring injuries, and probably because he also loved playing basketball more, just like Donovan Bailey. His younger brother Jay Graham was an awesome basketball player and running back, but when Jay Graham ran track, he was always Mark's little brother.
Of course, I could never see Mark Graham running a 52 minute tempo run, but I was thinking back to high school and watching him run. Pretty much a perfect stride, big guy with just explosive power.
The last time I saw him run was watching the Canadian Track Champs in the rain in the mid-90s. He took the 400 out hard, leading the whole race until totally rigging and the end and was caught, finishing second. I remember thinking, I can't believe someone is going to beat Mark Graham in Canada and being shocked. He was simply The Man.
http://www.athleticscanada.com/article.asp?id=1021...
On the way out of work today I grabed a copy of the Edmonton Sun and saw the picture of the Canadian who had been killed, Mark Anthony Graham of Calgary. I thought, man, that looks alot like The Mark Graham, the sprinter from Hamilton who had settled to train in Calgary after college in the states. When I got home I saw on CBC that is was in fact Graham and there were a few stories on him.
Mark Graham was one of the most impressive athletes I've ever seen. Watching BBC coverage of World Track Champs in 2001 Edmonton I remember Michael Johnson saying that every runner there goes back to their home track and there they are The Man.
I was in grade 10 when he was in grade 13 and he was The Man of Hamilton track. 6' 4'' and filled an entire lane on the track. A big black guy, shaved head except for a strip of hair that made him look like he had Oakley's on his head. That year at Cities he won the 100, 200, 400, 4x100 and 4x400.
What I will always remember about Mark Graham was him warming up. He would very very slowly jog around the track in his Canadian National Junior Team warm-up very much aware that all the eyes were on him. After a couple laps with the National Team suit on, he'd peel that off and do a lap with his provincial team jacket on.
Then for the race, he wore a bright orange body suit, first of their kind for 90s high school track and in the Sir Alan MacNab colour. Rumour has it, Steve Pearson HKF legend introduced it to the team. Graham would whip down the top the moment he crossed the finish line, so smoothly that it had to be practiced. He then would strut around the infield with a big smile on his face, well aware of the attention towards him.
Mark Graham was so dominant in Ontario that there was simply do doubt that he was going to make the Olympics, which he did in 1992 as a member of the 4x400 team. He never reached his potential because of chronic hamstring injuries, and probably because he also loved playing basketball more, just like Donovan Bailey. His younger brother Jay Graham was an awesome basketball player and running back, but when Jay Graham ran track, he was always Mark's little brother.
Of course, I could never see Mark Graham running a 52 minute tempo run, but I was thinking back to high school and watching him run. Pretty much a perfect stride, big guy with just explosive power.
The last time I saw him run was watching the Canadian Track Champs in the rain in the mid-90s. He took the 400 out hard, leading the whole race until totally rigging and the end and was caught, finishing second. I remember thinking, I can't believe someone is going to beat Mark Graham in Canada and being shocked. He was simply The Man.