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The Spirit of Kitchissippi
May 23, 2013
He’s got sole. Coach Geordie McConnell runs for fun, fitness and to raise awareness. Photo by Justin Van Leeuwen
Sole man shoe run
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Big shoe sightings on the race course By Kathleen Wilker
Running 21.1 kilometres in a twenty pound shoe roughly the size of a smart car is, believe it or not, a dream come true for Wellington West’s Geordie McConnell. The triathlon coach and marathon runner spent years living in London, England and always admired the costumed runners who are a big
part of the tradition of the London marathon. “I wanted to help introduce that tradition of raising awareness for a cause to Ottawa,” says McConnell. Now, twenty years later, he has done just that. “Whenever we’d watch a parade, or see a mascot in a fuzzy costume, my wife would give me a funny look because she knew I was trying
to figure out if that was a costume you could run in or not,” laughs McConnell who successfully completed the Ottawa Marathon in 2012 in his Sole Man shoe. The giant shoe is intended to raise awareness for Sole Responsibility (soleresponsibility. org) an organization that collects Continued on page 16
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