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W5 Why 1 first job as a professor in Edmon- ’ 1 , {A 1, k8 . , ‘ ton in tileearly 1970s .3 ‘ l . ,1 s- w pt it up. Its ‘ l The relationship. which took a , a ‘ 3'; ,, been my "mic meet- , hiatus during his studies at the a '" , ‘ _ (’ ‘ J . 1e . df 1 University of Toronto. somehow \ , a ‘ . . -' ‘] mgmp 1” mm,“ managed to survive decades of a“ , «it .7 wuntn'fi." 3 upheaval, from cross-country " J“ " . 7 ,4! moves to New Brunswick and E, ' a \ Balsam Waterloo and eventually retire- .: ‘1 say". “"3“”qu ment ”J 3‘" he couldn't be happier. ‘ I i to connect with the people who 'meabout 1957 to i970.lwas = arealreadyint‘heirllves. ' working on my mind and then I r i For m. Manning m her started to work on my body as *- a common ground with her 15- well,‘ said Lenard. who learned ‘1 year-old nephew. For Valencia. it ‘ howtoswiminhisnativeliungtry ._ WM” ghisfi ll â€"â€"i Ill when he decided one day he was , _ a,“ 7' h‘s son and daughterâ€" watch him going to let go ofthe pool'sedge. ~ " 13‘? ,7?" compete and feel pride in what he Lenard is one of the few dozen twists I wasdoing, swimmers who come out during ‘ $2» ' ’r » ‘lf you have somebody that the early weekday mornings and .\‘ believes in you and you can shim weekends to practice with the a them that you can do something Golden Hawks Masters Swim Club very tangible. it’s great.” he said. no matter what theirageor ability. For Lenard, the hope is his However. when it comes to age daughter and granddaughter will group swimming lenard is one of come to watch him swim in the the best among his peer group in “M: v 2014 world championships in Ontario- Despite their mean haul recently at the 0mm masters championships swimmers Helen Turner, Alvaro Valencia Montreal. an event that is on the The distinguished professor and John Lenard don‘tmeasurethelrslxcesslnthepoolwithpodium finishes horizon forValenciaand'mmeras emeritus with the University of WWW well Walt-nods mechanical and mecha- Swimming has become a spiri- tronics engineering department metre backstroke while 52-year- on your race and you don't look at to home. tual balance for Lenard. a physical was one of three club members to old Alvaro Valencia picked up one anybody “firmer got back into the pool as yin to the yangs in his life â€"- the win a medal at the 20l2 Ontario medal of every colour â€" he won "Here. it‘s a) challenge yourself a Leeds Metro litan University books, music and sudoku puzzles masters championships in Etobi- mid in the zoo-metre breaststroke. and see if you can beat your own student in Engmid and kept at it that take up his downtime in coke. silver in the loo-metres and goals. it's great. the environment is as she jumped from job to job in retirement. lthasalsobeenasocial Lenard won a pair of gold bronzelntheso. emenent' the United Kingdom. New centrepiece. from early morning medals in the looâ€" and «too-metre But to hear them tell it. the real In fact. it's almost therapeutic in Zealand. Germany. the Nether- breakfast clubs after practice to freestyle events and silver in the reward isntbasedonpladng. nature. And for Turner. it's been a landsandCanada. bumping into the same dedicated j 50-metres. finishing second to a “it's a different mild in termsof way to keep mnnected while tnv- ‘11ut's the lay of swimming â€" competitors at various masters former Olympian and fellow Hun- meeting people. talking to people.’ elingthe world for work. it doesn't matter the languap. you meetsoverthe lawn-rs garian-(Lanadian Jeno Ms. who said Valencia. who was born in A specialist in medical field can figure out what's happening The sport has become an inter- broke a long-standing Ontario Columbhand raced-amuveraity adult education. Turner took up and it a great way to meet peo- mined with his weekly routine. record. student in Germany We putting competltive swimming at a 10- pie.” the said. "That's why I‘ve kept Lenard couldn’t imagine life withâ€" lenard was joined on the podi- down root; In Waterloo. 'In the year-old but had to quit when she it up It‘s been my way of meeting omit. ‘ um by ”year-old Helen firmer. top-level competition. you don‘t moved to the Middle Fm because peopleindiflerent cotmtrlet' “Life would be dry.’ Lenard ; whowonahmnrx medal in 200‘ talkto anybody.youconoentrate therewunowheretoswimcloae lt'lahoagoodwaylnrthetluee said. . E215. YHAYS THE POWEQ OF :1: WE HAVE A GROWING NETWORK w I - 32;; WITH OVER 400,000 HAPPY CUSTOMERS. WIN D- : I t ‘ ’ g: JOIN AND FIND OUT WHAY ALL THE HAPPINESS l5 ABOUT 3 a ' g s s . l g 3 WINDmoblle.ca