If you want to cheer for someone in the Men's 3000SC Final, you should cheer for the young Canadian, John MF Gay:
- Ran a SOLO lifetime best in Canadian Trials to qualify in his last chance
- Ran another lifetime best to qualify for the Olympic final
- British Columbia boy who stayed local and competed for UBC in the NAIA
- Stuck with his college coach and kept training in Vancouver
- Extremely generous at pacing several athletes of all different levels all throughout the season
- Works full time as manager of his track club, not only being a working man runner but also giving back to the community
- Hard worker who has steadily improved over 10 years
- Mileage monster who still competes in XC at the highest level
- Nicest guy in the world
- Loyal Nickelback fan
There is still plenty of room on the bandwagon - or should I say, the Toboggan from the Okanagan. LET'S GO JOHN GAY!!!