Written
and voiced by George William Smith
(c) All rights reserved, August 11, 2020
based on the Smith Family Christmases 1950-1967 Download Here
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Advice: "It
is dangerous
to be right
when the
government is
wrong."....Voltaire
Proof that Climate Change is a Hoax.
The Western
Canadian Championship Baseball Team of 1926.
My father, George Rayburn
Johnson Smith is 4th from the left.
Their pitcher, Frank P. Minckler, is 7th from
the left. My dad played 2nd/SS/
Outfield. Note: there were only ten players on
the team and that Minckler pitched every
inning & game in the season and
playoffs. Minckler was 42 years old at
the time. Mink is famous for beating the
Chicago White Sox 2-0 and 1-0 in a double
header. The photo was taken in the
Abbottsford Baseball Stadium after winning the
Championship.
My Track Workouts of February
1963
Photo
taken
by Aunt Della's with Dad and Mom celebrating my 3 Gold
Medals in the 400m, 400mH and 800m in the 1985 Masters World
Championships.
I was selected as the 'Outstanding Male Athlete from Ages 40
- 44'.
George
William Smith Canadian Track and Field Results after
moving back to Canada in 1967
First two races showed versatility from 25 miles to 660
yards
1st Oxfam
Miles For Millions
25 miles Edmonton 30,000 runners
3:01 hrs
1st 660 yards
Scona
Canadian Indoor
University Champion 1970 50m Hurdles
1st and Canadian Outdoor Champion 400m Hurdles
7.20
Canadian Big Meet
results
Time
Dec 19, 1974 Indoor
600m age 31
01:21.1
Feb 8, 1975 Indoor 400m
age 31
49.6
Feb 22, 1975 Sled Dog
600 yds age 31
01:13.7
Mar 8, 1975 Cdn
Champion age 31
49.92
My Alberta Indoor
Records as of 2023
Time
50m HH, March 4, 1979
Age 35
7.8
200m Jan 10, 1982 Age
38
23.8
300m Dec 17, 1983 Age
40
36.4
400m March 6, 1982 Age
38
49.96
400m Feb 2, 1985 Age 41
50.96
600m Dec 12, 1979 Age
36
01:21.1
600m Jan 20, 1984 Age
40
01:22.4
800m March 1, 1980 Age
36
01:55.1
800m March 8, 1987 Age
43
01:57.4
800m Feb 4, 1989 Age 45
02:00.5
1000m Dec 16, 1978 Age
35
02:33.1
1500m Feb 16, 1980 Age
36
04:09.6
Alberta / Canadian
Records Outdoors
400m Aug 5, 1985 Italy,
Age 41
50.10
400m Aug 5, 1989 Eugene
Age 45
52.81
400mH July 6, 1981 Age
37
53.40
400mH Sept 27, 1983 Age
40 San Juan
54.76
400mH August 3, 1989
Age 45 Eugene
58.42
800m August 14, 1982
Age 38
01:55.7
800m Sept 29, 1983 Age
40 San Juan
01:56.3
800m August 1, 1989 Age
45 Eugene
01:59.4
10Km Sept 18, 1982 Age
39
34:21:00
My 1985 Rome times were as follows:
Originally
I saw my 400m win was 49.95; the time was
changed to 50:05; then later rounded up to 50.10 in the
Official results, which was still a Canadian record.
400m Hurdles: 56.74, 800m: 1:56.92. I still hold the Canadian Outdoor Records from
Age 35-49 in the 400m Hurdles.
I am most proud of the range of my
indoor records: from the 50m hurdles and 200m (Age 35-39),
300m (40-44), 400m and 600m (35-44), 800m (35-49) and 1000m
and 1500m (35-39).
3 Plantar
Fasciitis Exercises Left: To strengthen arch muscles, place a towel on the
floor, grab the towel with your toes and pull it toward
you. Top: While sitting, grasp your toes and gently pull
them toward you until you feel a stretch in the arch of
your foot. Right: Stand as shown, with your back leg
straight and heel down. Move your hips forward until you
feel a stretch in your calf. Switch legs and repeat. Hold
each stretch for at least 30 seconds — don't bounce — and
do one or two repetitions two to three times a
day.....credit: Mayo Clinic
Personally, I think these are three of the best preventive
and/or exercise if you are a runner and have plantar
fasciitis.
The percent of incline of a hill is very
important to the track or cross country event you are targeting
to race in the near future. If you live in Edmonton, you
are blessed with hills that can help you in every event.
The steeper the hill, the stronger you will get from the
hill. If the course you are targeting has lots of hills,
doing steep hills will improve your results. If you are to
run a rolling hills cross country race, then the hills upon
which you train must be less steep so you can run much further
in each rep. Steep hills have a real purpose if you are a
sprinter, but the further you race, the hills must have a less
incline so you are building speed strength that you need in your
race.
In Edmonton, here are some hills that should advance your
running career. Target these for your race.
1. Legislative Hill (Garneau Tennis to Legislative
Grounds (Cross Country; track events 5000m and up)
2. Walterdale Hill (Cross Country races with a lot of hills)
or use sections of the hill for track events 400-mile)
3. Groat Road [from entrance of Hawrelak Park to top] (Ideal
for all sprints and middle distance events)
4. Ernies Hill [steep hill from horse stables, Fox Drive]
(very hill Cross Country courses, track 100m to 300m)
5. Barts Hill [Kinsmen road east to west of LRT compound,
paved] (track 100m-400m)
6. Lookout Hill [southeast end of Walterdale
Bridge to top of Lookout Hill] All Cross Country courses; Road
races 5 miles and up)
As 'The Matchmaker' I invented an entirely new breeding theory
for mating thoroughbreds, which is still followed world
wide. Many thoroughbred mares and stallions I helped
produce are found in the pedigrees of todays Champions.
Theoretically,
Holmes–a part-time accountant whose breeding business is
called Phoenix Rising Farms–could have two horses in the
Plate. Not bad for a crop of six foals produced by her
broodmare band three years ago. She bought two more mares last
year.
“Six
was a big crop for us and some are going to Classics?” she
asked with amazement. “It's beyond anything I could have
imagined. How does that even happen?”
Flameawaywas
nicknamed Hercules as a foal, while Silent Sting was called
Caesar. They were both born in Hillsburgh, Ontario at Gail
Wood's Woodlands Farm, and it was Wood who gave the colts
their early monikers because of their size. Holmes credited
her success to John Penn and George William Smith. Penn does
her confirmation analysis and raises her U.S.-based horses at
his family's Pennland Farm in Paris, Kentucky. Smith, a
Canadian pedigree expert, has a company called The Matchmaker.
“My
plan in this business is to surround myself with experts,”
Holmes said. “That's why I'm with the Penns. That's why I have
George Smith advising me. That's why I have Gail Wood. She has
downsized farms and now I'm with Susan Foreman. I work with
the best. I have John Penn look at every mare before I buy
them and make sure I'm not missing something on the physical
side, and I obviously couldn't have bred sich good yearlings
without my pedigree guy.
“I
put in place good people. I can go to sleep each night
knowing my horses are in good hands. I breed the best I
can possibly afford to the best. But there's always luck.
There has to be luck. I mean, come on, there are very rich
people in this business that do exactly what I'm doing
that don't have a Derby and a Queen's Plate contender this
year. So, of course there's luck. It takes a team. I make
the final decisions, but I rely on the expertise of all
these horsemen and horsewomen to make the right
decisions.” Full
Interview Link Here
