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August 13th… BERLIN!!!
I had every intention of chronicling my experiences at this years World Championships in Berlin; from the moment I left home, to the last day I spend here. But as I sat on the plane for what ended up...
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…finally
I ran my first round yesterday, and I was an automatic qualifier for today’s semi-finals (see photo finish below).
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My hero….
As I’m sitting here, trying not to slowly drive myself crazy; I was going through some pictures. One of then is of my hero, Marlon Devonish. Let me tell you why… Marlon Devonish It was early July,...
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..you know the feeling?
You ever have the feeling that you’ve been dying for a certain dish, say pepperpot, or your favorite sandwich. Just your favorite meal in general. The weekend gets here and you decide to treat...
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The Jasper years…
Recently, many of my friends have dug into the archives and shared some pictures of our college days. The walk down memory lane had me feeling nostalgic. So I tried to share a few via Facebook. Much...
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It looks oddly the same to me…
The first picture is of me in 2006. The other is a recent print ad campaign appearing in a fitness magazine this month .
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“until the lion learns to speak the tales of hunting will be weak” and other...
I have a lot of ‘bad’ habits. One of them is not throwing out a newspaper until I’ve read the whole thing. As it happens, I was reading a three-day old newspaper on the train last week (Daily News of...
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It may sound like I’m complaining, but I’m really not (published days after...
I tried to stay away from all the bad press I’ve heard about New Delhi leading up to the Commonwealth Games. I took the advice of well meaning friends with a grain of salt. For a few reasons: first...
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The “slings and arrows” of (athletic) retirement
A few years ago, I read an article on http://www.atoboldon.com. He talked about how he’d occasionally ‘let himself go’ in the off-season. Essentially, he took the time off to do NOTHING. He talked...
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June 21, 2013 – Validus Prep Academy Keynote Address
Good afternoon faculty, guests, friends and family. Class of 2013, congratulations! It’s an honor and my pleasure to be able to share this wonderful occasion with you. Since I was a young child,...
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The Writing Assigment
I recently went back to school. Kinda. I am taking an intense, rigorous summer seminar for writers. I had my first assignment today – we had ten minutes to write a story. I read mine aloud to the...
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The Writing Assignment – Three
As I’ve mentioned, I’m taking this intense writer’s summer seminar. Close to the beginning of each class, we have a writing assignment. We read something, then we have ten minutes to complete the...
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The Writing Assignment – Four
By now, you should know why I’m making you read this. If not, go to the last two posts. For today’s prompt, we read Halibut by Etgar Keret. We had to write a story about two people arguing in a...
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Inspiration 101
In 2007 I was doing a year of service with the Americorps program, Public Allies. On my way to and from work, I’d find the most interesting looking person, and write a short story about them. I...
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You STILL mad, bro?
If you haven’t heard yet, Richard “You mad bro?” Sherman is a despicable, sub-human being. He’s monkey, meets ape, meets thug and had a baby with ignorant, cocky and terrorist. People were too eager to...
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The Jasper years…
Recently, many of my friends have dug into the archives and shared some pictures of our college days. The walk down memory lane had me feeling nostalgic. So I tried to share a few via Facebook. Much...
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