Ann and I were driving in the car a few weeks ago listening to CBC Radio 1, and heard a reading from a book that was a finalist in a contest called Canada Reads. The author described "power skating" like this -
"Here's what you do. You puff up your spirit till it won't fit in your body anymore. You get your feet to dance across the ice belly of the world. You get empty except for life and the winter wind.
Then, you're going like hell."
As speed skaters, these words connected with us immediately - so we scribbled down the author's name. Ann went out the next day and bought the book which is King Leary by Paul Quarrington.
Today, I heard it won the Canada Reads competition. For readers, skaters and hockey fans - this book is a definite must-read.
"Here's what you do. You puff up your spirit till it won't fit in your body anymore. You get your feet to dance across the ice belly of the world. You get empty except for life and the winter wind.
Then, you're going like hell."
As speed skaters, these words connected with us immediately - so we scribbled down the author's name. Ann went out the next day and bought the book which is King Leary by Paul Quarrington.
Today, I heard it won the Canada Reads competition. For readers, skaters and hockey fans - this book is a definite must-read.
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