Evan Dunfee
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Evan Dunfee
@EvanDunfee
- I should have slowed down a little bit 😬 To think that me walking in circles for nearly 4 hours could result in something so unbelievably positive for my community is making me cry happy tears. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you..@EvanDunfee of Team Canada wins BRONZE for the 50km race walk!!! 🥉 Here’s one more thing to be proud of Evan. In honour of your final race time of 3:50:59, we're donating 35,059 boxes of mac and cheese to the Richmond BC Food Bank in your name #KDRaceWalkers
- 🥺 I’m disappointed that I have to scratch from the 20km. We briefly held out hope of recovery but an MRI has confirmed the crippling pain I’m in is a fairly bad tear. I’m in the best shape of my life, I was focusing my training and preparations on the 20km and I wanted to prove
- As a professional pedestrian in Richmond it’s fun to know that if I am murdered by a distracted driver while in a crosswalk that the @RichmondRCMP will blame me.Pedestrian safety is a two-way street. What pedestrians and drivers can do to make our roadways safer ow.ly/zRzo50PWEkq
00:00Readers added contextThe province of British Columbia has a Distracted Driving Law that prohibits the use of hand held devices such as cell phones. www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/tr… No laws prohibit the use of headphones or hoodies while pedestrians use marked crosswalks. In this video, only the driver performing an illegal act. - I think I’ve only ever had one real hero in my life: Terry Fox. This week I’ve been reflecting on my race, but also missing out on the Terry Fox runs back home that I’d usually be out to support. I’ve taken so much inspiration from Terry. His dedication, his humility, and his
00:00 - Elation. Today’s goal was to believe in myself as much as my family and closest friends believe in me. I wavered in the middle but found it again in the closing stages. It hasn’t quite set in yet. But it will. Thank you to everyone who told me I could do this ❤️
- I owe so much thanks to @TeamCanada and @AirCanada! One thing I have been very nervous about since my hamstring tear is the flight home. Sitting is still very painful/ uncomfortable and a 9 hour flight was making me quite anxious. I reached out to our Olympic Team and asked if
- Get the fuck outta here with this shit. Competing in a weight class 5kg lighter than Tokyo and she lifted the same 236kg! Inspiring Silver for Maude Charron is more like it!
- Nooooo 😭😩 Ugh. My heart breaks for Damian. No height in the pole vault. The decathlon is so beautiful and so cruel. Still a superstar, still a hero, still one of the best role models Canada could ever ask for.
- The work is done. Now I just get to see what I’m capable of. I’m going to leave every ounce I have on that race course. Wings on my feet. Thursday 1:30pm PST Watch it on TSN or stream it at gem.CBC.ca/olympics (click on 50km race walk). Or directly… instagr.am/p/CSMJrmtpapG/
- Summer sport athletes: ‘sorry I can’t come for a walk with you and your dog. I can’t risk turning an ankle and getting hurt’ Winter sport athletes:For the boys
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