O Canada!
Being an athlete has shown me what it means to be Canadian. I thought about this today, on Canada’s 142nd birthday, when out riding my bike. It was an easy training session that allowed me to listen to the birds, talk with a teammate about this and that, and think about Canada.
Potentiel Illimité
Le blogue des athletes sur La Presse:
Clara Hughes: Potentiel Illimité
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Limitless Potential
Sometimes I feel like a groupie. At a charity golf tournament last week, I found myself in a room with fifty Olympians. I was there to give a speech for Right to Play, but really, I was excited to meet the athletes I read about all the time. Call me an Olympic junkie, but I just can’t get enough insight on what’s happening in the lives of athletes just like me. There’s always a lesson to be learned.
I’ve come to realize I’m one of few athletes to take interest in other sports. I’m never really surprised when a fellow athlete I’ve known for years is surprised that I am ‘still’ skating. It’s not that I expect people to know everything I’ve done, it’s more that I don’t understand this insulated way of going through life. I am fascinated by process and can’t imagine not knowing or caring about the paths that fellow athletes are on.
