GRANT:
This morning I get an email from Vicky. She is at a meeting. She just got invited to an impromptu pep rally/appearance by John Furlong, Chief Executive Officer, Vancouver 2010 Olympics. She will meet the Vancouver 2010 mascots and of course only Vicky would be this excited about this stuff…after all, she does cry every time she hears O Canada…
VICKY:
Hey! I get “emotional” because I’m patriotic! He made a very good point about the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in that they are a national event ALL Canadians should be proud of and not just residents of Vancouver. He repeated numerously that he wants ALL Canadians to feel like they are hosting this event together from Coast to Coast. I basically felt like I should go out and buy those Olympic glasses (my mother collected every single one from the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary) to show my support.
GRANT:
Ok get to the running part Vicky…
VICKY:
Alright, alright. What can I say, the man inspired me and rekindled my Olympic dream! Yes, there is a connection between Mr. Furlong’s speech and running. He spoke of one of the moments in his childhood that inspired him to dream of becoming an Olympian. He talked about one specific Olympic moment that had a profound effect on him and that was when Billy Mills, an Aboriginal American, ran his heart out to a gold medal finish at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Japan. Besides being one of the greatest running moments in Olympic history, this was the moment Mr. Furlong felt the Olympic energy go through his body and in his own words “got me all jacked up”. That inspired him to run upstairs and put on his pair of basketball shoes and go out for a run with the energy and fierceness of someone who was racing for a gold medal himself. This was obviously a defining moment in his life that solidified his passion for the Olympic movement. Anyways, I thought I was pretty lucky to be a part of the audience when he spoke this morning. I certainly didn’t expect that when I got up this morning!
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