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Coodeh: Guess who I just saw?
OK I'll go first. I was in Unionville with a friend relaxing browsing through shops and art galleries. We stopped for ice cream and sat outside relaxing and enjoying the cool breeze.
Then, he was there on the other side of the street plain as day walking with a Chinese woman. I said "Look, there is _______ ." My friend said "No it isn't....". I said "Yes, it is I've met him before."
After a while he headed back and started crossing the street. I said "He's coming right towards us, you'll see." He came closer my friend said "Not it isn't him." As he approached us I waved and said "Hi." He said "Hi and stopped." I said "My friend doesn't believe me....doesn't believe it's you." He smiled and said "Really?" I said "Yeah". He took off his glasses and smiled. My friend said "Oh it is you." We all had a good laugh. I reminded him of where I last met him and wished him a nice day. He smiled put on his glasses and he and his friend continued their walk.
Guess: So who did I just see not even an hour ago? Hint: Athlete. Jamaican. He isn't as bulky as he used to be.
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No guesses...with all the hints I gave....wow!!
Okay see im yah:
3rd time in mi life mi bless mi yeye dem pon him.Comment
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Sorry Kanadian... he never run for Jamaica.....Originally posted by Tropicana View PostOK I'll go first. I was in Unionville with a friend relaxing browsing through shops and art galleries. We stopped for ice cream and sat outside relaxing and enjoying the cool breeze.
Then, he was there on the other side of the street plain as day walking with a Chinese woman. I said "Look, there is _______ ." My friend said "No it isn't....". I said "Yes, it is I've met him before."
After a while he headed back and started crossing the street. I said "He's coming right towards us, you'll see." He came closer my friend said "Not it isn't him." As he approached us I waved and said "Hi." He said "Hi and stopped." I said "My friend doesn't believe me....doesn't believe it's you." He smiled and said "Really?" I said "Yeah". He took off his glasses and smiled. My friend said "Oh it is you." We all had a good laugh. I reminded him of where I last met him and wished him a nice day. He smiled put on his glasses and he and his friend continued their walk.
Guess: So who did I just see not even an hour ago? Hint: Athlete. Jamaican. He isn't as bulky as he used to be.Comment
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He is Jamaican whether you like it or not. It does not matter who he ran for.Comment
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he became a Jamaican after the great fall, so typical a dese ppl
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Yes before that it was "so proud to be Canadian" that the Canadian TV newscasters would say. After the fall they would say "Jamaican-born" or Jamaican. Typical Canadian ting.
Anyway he looked very relaxed and didn't stammer even once. He seemed happy. I hope he has found his peace.Last edited by Tropicana; 08-04-2013, 12:20 PM.Comment
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I wonder what he is doing now. Coaching track perhaps?Originally posted by Tropicana View PostComment
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He has had some lucartive coaching jobs overseas with members of royal families I believe and
Ben Johnson runs first race in two decades
Ben Johnson ran in his first “competitive” race in about two decades on Tuesday, as he took part in a celebrity 4x100m relay at the Toronto International Track and Field Games. So how did he feel after anchoring his team to victory in two heats?“Exhausted,” Johnson admitted to the National Post after running only 100 meters. “I’m in good shape, but my cardio is really bad. My breathing, you know? It’s bad. But my running style is OK.”
The Jamaican-born Canadian sprinter said he got the call about two weeks ago, and added that if he had been given more time he would have spent a couple of months training. For a 100-meters race. Against out-of-shape journalists who already weren’t within shouting distance when he crossed the line.
Johnson, 51, the subject of ESPN’s 30 for 30 documentary *9.79 about the infamous 1988 Olympics 100m final that he won before his medal was stripped for doping, then hung out to take pictures with fans, some of whom weren’t alive when Johnson was on the top of the track world a quarter-century ago.
“I got lots of fans, you know?” Johnson said after hearing his hometown crowd roar as he ran down the track. “It’s just a few people in track and field that don’t like me. I’ve got great fans all over the world.”
That’s probably news to Carl Lewis, who lost to Johnson in the ’88 race before being bumped up to the gold medal when the doping results came in. And I can only assume the always bitter Lewis is hard at work preparing for the ultimate rematch at next year’s celebrity race. God willing.
Ben Johnson still running. Now works out once a week
http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/250...ut-once-a-week
Last edited by Tropicana; 08-04-2013, 12:56 PM.Comment
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