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FEBRUARY 2014
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TRIATHLON CLUB OF SAN DIEGO
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Sunday, February 9th Featuring Mirinda Carfrae and Tim O‘Donnell Schedule: 2:30pm Setup 3:00pm Food 3:45pm Announcements/Raffle 4:30pm Interview 5:30pm Autographs Location: Function Smart/UCPT 11468 Sorrento Valley Rd San Diego, CA 92122
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the same height and strength by By Barbara Javor the time I entered high school. By then it was hard to beat him in a foot race. I could ride my bike faster, but only because he didn’t really understand changing gears. We took swim lessons together where he spent most of the time splashing and making noises. While I learned to swim free-style, somehow he figured out how to scull across the pool with round-house strokes, usually on his back with plenty of splashing. Whatever athletic endeavor he tried, he did it with amazing strength and a grin that rarely left his face even though it was often inappropriate. But that was Axel. We entered Axel in several Special Olympics events, and he usually did well—when he underI was three years old, my par- stood the rules. He competed in a Special ents announced I’d soon have a sibling.. I could Olympics triathlon with me as his buddy hardly wait for my little brother’s birth. When throughout the race. My voice was hoarse afterAxel was still a baby, they knew something was- wards, even though it was a short, sprint-disn’t quite right with him. By the time he was a tance race in a pool and around the surrounding toddler, they knew he’d never develop normal park. He didn’t need encouragement, just direcmental skills, although physically he was fine. My tion. folks were always after me to include Axel in Following high school, I took courses in the games I played with other kids, hoping it would community college, but my heart was set on help his development. It wasn’t easy because he leaving home and seeing the world. After two often didn’t understand the game rules, and it years of not finding a major that suited me, I was hard to interpret his speech. Still, I tried to joined the Navy. I was ready for independence be a good brother most of the time. Axel nearly from the on-going brotherly obligations of helpworshipped me. ing Axel develop his own skills of independence. While I was in grade school, I could outrun The Navy was a perfect fit. It even gave me an Axel. Despite our age difference, we were nearly continued on page 6 A Tale of Fiction
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