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Reid Coolsaet placed third in the Toronto Waterfront Marathon in order to qualify for the Olympic Marathon. The Canadian record time for marathon has held strong for 36 years. The first time he ran a marathon he won the national championship. His website is reidcoolsaet.com and Twitter handle is @reidcoolsaet. I started reading his blog and really enjoyed it. I recommend it, especially for runners. Oh! I also forgot to mention- he's from Hamilton.

Sarah Hunter is a wheelchair tennis player aptly nicknamed the hunter. Her background as explained on paralympic.ca is impressive "A hockey injury left her disabled in 1997. Discovered tennis and fell in love with the sport. Headed to Florida for the first tournament of her career. She then became the first woman to compete at the pro men’s level in the Quad Division. Now the top-ranked player in Canada and 5th in the world".

I'm definitely going to be looking forward to see how she fares at the games. Also on paralympic.ca her training regime: "Four to five days on the court every week. Works out three times a week. Swims twice a week. Sees a sports psychologist to make sure her mental game is as sharp as her physical one." A really great article about Sarah can be found here: http://www.macleans.ca/article.jsp?content=20070924_109277_109277