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I was overwhelmed and I’m sure of that one

December 13, 2011
By Reid Coolsaet

This year I had my best North American ranking ever, with a 3rd in the marathon (Ryan Hall and Meb Keflezighi are ahead of me).  I thought maybe it was a weaker year because most marathoners didn’t race this fall in anticipation of the US Olympic Trials Jan 14th.  However my 2:10:55 would rank anywhere from 2nd-4th in N.A. in any of the past four years.  Needless to say I’m very happy about how my races (and training) went this year.  In a similar theme to Vankayak’s recent blog, I’m overwhelmed with the all of the media attention that I and the marathon in general are getting in Canada.  It’s great to have Canadian marathoners getting ready for the Olympics once again and that people are excited about us.

On the other hand I have been underwhelmed (if that’s a word, I know it’s not ’cause I looked it up) by the coverage from the Hamilton Spectator.  I even Tweeted about it last week “2011 articles mentioning me: Globe and Mail 12. Guelph Mercury 18. Hamtilton Spectator 2 (one written by Guelph Mercury).