t-and-f: Fw: Jason Bunston

[Martin J. Dixon]

Forwarded with permission. Regards,     Martin     ----- Original Message ----- From: Jason Bunston To: 'Martin J. Dixon' ; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 8:59 PM Subject: RE: Jason Bunston Ryan is not competing as far as I can tell...I am sure he is on the track list and may answer or update you.   Actually - I was 3rd in the 5k and second in the 10k the year Godfrey came 2nd and 1st. In that order.   You can see a better record of those events here:   http://webhome.idirect.com/~jbunston/history.html http://webhome.idirect.com/~jbunston/runresume.html   1997 and 1998 were make-or-break years for me, and 1998 was the worst. I had some weird dealings with the Global Athletics and Marketing (GAM) group and there were questions surrounding contract forgeries on their part so I decided to stay in Hamilton Ontario to rebuild and to formulate an extraction procedure for my belongings which at the time remained in Arkansas (the return to Canada was not entirely voluntary). I waited about six to seven months for overdue pay and race earnings and that pretty much sunk me. Most of my training funds were out of pocket, and I owed money to boot so it was time to simplify and reorganize my life which was devoted to running at that point. I think the hardest part was having to sell off my NCAA rings to pay back rent I owed to a friend in Fayetteville.   Since then I have managed running stores in Hamilton and Toronto, and I'm now managing the network and IT resources for the Toronto 2008 Olympic Bid (utilizing my real skills), working with the TO-2008.com webmaster. I am also a Team 2008 member and occassionally appear to support the Toronto Olympic Bid in area events and cultural presentations.   I had intended to take this job as a means to return to training but future possibilities (and the crazy workaholic atmosphere here) have contributed to my running delinquency. I have been scrambling to position myself in something lucrative enough to allow me to run and train as I like to so maybe we'll see that happen yet but who knows.   I'm also getting married in August so that might be slight distraction ;)   All the best!   ____________________________________________ Jason Bunston  Director of Information Services Toronto Olympic Bid Corporation 207 Queen's Quay West, Suite 401 Toronto ON M5J 1A7 (416) 603-2008 x2256 (416) 884-0482 Cell   From: Martin J. Dixon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 7:42 PM To: Track & Field List; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Jason Bunston   Jason can speak for himself because I think he is a lister but here is a slightly out of date website. I'm pretty sure he is involved in the Toronto 2008 bid. I think he has been fighting a few injuries of late.   http://webhome.idirect.com/~jbunston/schedule.html Regards,     Martin     Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 16:24:58 -0400 From: "Michael Contopoulos" Subject: Re: t-and-f: Ryan Wilson Ryan Wilson, just 2 years ago at 25 years of age ran 13:19 (at Pre I believe) and 7:41 (in  February in Australia).  These times this year have given Goucher and Kennedy labels of "bulletproof" and a "two-man show" at Nationals.  Where is Ryan?  He seemed to have such a bright future in running... was part of Kim McDonald's training group with Komen and Bob... was popping some fast times, and was fairly new to the 5k having been a miler til his junior year at Arkansas.  He was a 3k indoor Champ his junior year and I think got around 5th or so his junior year at NCAA Cross.  Has he hung up the spikes?  In addition, what about Jason Bunston?  I think he came in 3rd in the 5k the year Godfrey Siamuyse won the 5 and 10.  Any info would be greatly appeciated. Mike _________________________________________________________________