HiR:tb Toots (@warwalker)

Silver Medal, but no Silver Spoon

I wrote a little bit the other day about Canadian show-jumping phenomenon Eric Lamaze. Here is a great article about Lamaze from the Toronto Star; I don’t know how long it will remain online, but it gives some pretty good insight into the type of beginnings from which he arose.

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Some Olympic Thoughts

Usain Bolt: the guy nearly stumbles coming out of the blocks (dragging his left toe on the first stride), shuts the engine off at about 80m (foregoing a full-power effort for the last 8 strides of what is for him a 42 stride race) and STILL shatters the world record and lays down a 9.69. […]