9am on a sunny May 12th morning at the UBC track for the Vancouver High School track meet. With Douglas playing field hockey in Bordeaux France and Candy helping deliver babies, Doco and I were the family Thomson-rooters. Thomson, having trained hard for field hockey but not track this year, pulled off a tremendous second-place in the senior boys' 1500m final. A personal best by 4 seconds, 4:06.
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| admiring fans before the race |
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| lap #1, Thomson in 3rd place |
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| lap #2, Thomson still in 3rd |
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| Coming up to the bell lap - Thomson passing Kieran (hidden), leader out of sight |
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| winner (Thomas) just in, Thomson in sight |
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| Thomson at the finish (across the line, he folded) |
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| some admiring fans after the race |
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| "Oh oh, meo's got me" |
