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These administrative responsibilities took him away from the track during the 19h0's, "My weight ballooned to 238 pounds No I dieted down to 19tt before taking up running at a Toronto Y [was soon running about 2 miles a day By 1972 I was jogging ten miles a week regularly at the Waterloo Y." Coughlin said A hero who inspired his efforts at that point was Panto Nurmi, the world class Norwegian runner Coughlin. who resides with wife Catherine in the Village on the Green complex in Waterloo says he has always been active, A native of England he excelled in short distance track events in public and high schools, During the two and one half )ears of British Navy seaman duty he boxed and played rugger - skills he put to playing and coaching use at University of Toronto in the 1930's, “Dad trained the thrve of us from an early age to use our hands capatrly." he chuckled His boyhood sports hero was Jack 19vmpstsy "it's an amazing accomplishment for a man of any age," remarked Ken Brooks, adult program coordinator at Waterloo Family Y. "During I983 he would often start at 7 a.m. to get his five daily miles in. When he was closing in on his goal of 1,000 miles, we would see him running two or three times a day just to maintain his pave." Last year he stepped up his participation at the Waterloo Y, pushing his trim 173 pound frame to a personal best - 1,300 miles. A special "Y" plaque in his living room attests to his 1984 accomplishment. Dan Coughlin likes to keep busy - it's been a lifelong habit. As the first Director of Probations in Ontario he travelled 35,000 miles a year from 1953-60 to set up the province's original Family and Juvenile Court System. Now retired, the 71-year-old Coughlin still logs lots of road mileage. In 1983, as a senior member of the Waterloo YMCA Health Club he jogged 1,000 miles along Waterloo streets, avenues and pathways. Peter Grainger Chronicle Special Waterloo resident Dan Coughlin has logged a lot of roadtime in the pursuit of business and leisure through the yea's. Hort Bryson photo 'lllllL.seesAll, seven! designs and cobra for DRIVEWAYS SIDEWALKS PATIOS PARKING LOTS AROUND SWIMMING POOLS B Y D. Barnett a co. LTD. 60 SCHAEFER WATERLOO PAVING STONE (off Wow Shoot ttqt-et King ond AM) WATERLOO CHRONICLE. WEDNESDAY, JULY 17. 1985 - PAGE 5 Coughlin's stamina is still respected hy his I9 year old son. a body builder. who reeently challenged his dad to a round of arm wrestling. "Sure." retorted the elder Cough lin, "if you'll go three rounds in the ring with me first â€" without head gear qq His Non politely refused Yes. Dan Coughlin is still on the run at 71 __ and is fit as a Don Messer fiddle But then he ('omex by it naturally Said our xenior mitrdistance runner: "Us Irish have been running away from each other for cert tunes?" ttne knows Coughlinrs life will always be active, But will running always be a part of it? “I‘ll run as long as I can -- it's arc-at for the circulatory system And when I can nu lungor run. I'll begin swimming regularly r. Not wanting to slow down too much, and with a dedication carried over from his business career. he set a goal of running so many miles a year - (broken down into a regular weekly schedule). During I982 he jogged 600 miles along the byways and paths of Waterloo. So now hv's only jogging thrve miles a day, six days a week. (not bad for a man of 71 whose regular daily run would still loun- behind most men half his age ) Coughlin also enjoys cooking This hohb) affords a practical advantage he can have supper rvady when his wire arrives ttume from an afu-rnmm teaching wssiun Coughlin's other interests include the regular feeding of a family of ducks that waddle up to their back patio from nearby Laurel Creek, Coughlin retired from the civil service in 1979 as Chairman of the Ontario Parole Board. Ilis best mileage - L300 miles in 19trt - obviously required drive and dedication. But he knows when to take a time-out loo. "Dan shows up here every day ol the week," said Gwyn Redford who works at the Waterloo Y office. "and he's never too busy to pop in and say hello and tell you another story". (The fact that he is Irish may explain part of that! ). Coughlin decided to slow down a little bit this year. He had to leave extra time for his responsibilities as president of the Waterloo Senior Kiwanis Club. (Members of this service club donate about 100 hours of volunteer time a month to supply transporta tion for the Meals-on Wheels programs and for cancer patients) Curb-Loc . . . (wovvdes a gummy frame frw mammmmg your pavmq edge ttt mun-ways walkways pawns , J, / HIT; _ L, J l f _ ; it TRt -- LOC RUSYICO OUAD- LOO OLYMPIC PROVINCIAL COBBLESTONE