Jessica O'Connell
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Jessica O'Connell
@jess__oconnell
Canadian track and field Olympian. Loves learning, racing, and witty jokes.
Calgary Katılım Kasım 2012
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@TStellingwerff @gstafford13 Incredible!! He looks great!
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Our son Willem has been asking for "rock n' roller hair that is coloured like Gabriela's" for months. Today it happened - thanks @gstafford13 (obviously the expert doing the expert work!)




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@cailynnk Seriously!! I’ve run there twice this week and was wondering the same thing!!!
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@jess__oconnell @Lemire_Marcel @FredericSPast @thibault_besson @Univ_St_Etienne Hi Jess,
Part 1 here: youtu.be/snBIp6vzkwk
Replay of part 2 coming soon.
Hope all is good on your side.

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D-day: Part 2 of the free trail running webinar (DOWNHILL) is today! ujmstetienne.webex.com/meet/guillaume…
@woutersinas @MountainRoche @GiandoliniM @khassetarash @Lemire_Marcel
#trailrunning #biomechanics #running #training #Physiology
@FredericSPast @thibault_besson @Univ_St_Etienne

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WATCH: Our BRAND-NEW Heritage Minute about Tom Longboat, an Onondaga long-distance runner who became one of the most celebrated athletes of the early 20th century. #HeritageMinute #TomLongboatDay
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@K8VBeast Same with me Kate! It finally caught me last week, and I wasn’t expecting so much sneezing!! Heal up !
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This is fascinating.
After muscle damage from exercise, myonuclei move towards the injury and start the repair process by delivering mRNA to start reconstructing the muscle.
In the video below, you can see the myonuclei scooting towards the damage:
science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…
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@MirelaRahneva @EvanDunfee @AnneMerklinger @harrisoncbc @CBCOlympics Hearing stories from people I respect and trust about how BCS operates and how funding/team selection/resources are allocated breaks my brain.Kudos to many of these athletes for succeeding in spite of chaos.
SO different than track& field-at least *most* selection is objective!
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There is a big discrepancy somewhere then… @AnneMerklinger @harrisoncbc @CBCOlympics The National Skeleton Team was not only sent to compete with No Coach this season, but also paid out of pocket for every flight, hotel and car rental. We saw $0 in support this important year.

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@TStellingwerff @K8VBeast I literally said the “cramming for an exam” line on a podcast about season planning yesterday!
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@K8VBeast 100% agreed. I have said to athletes before: "Cramming for an exam usually works (or it did for me, most times), but you can't cram for a race."
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@urimiscott @Olympics @nycmarathon @ShalaneFlanagan @usatf @UNCTrack_Field @Nike @BowermanTC @fast_women @WomensRunning @RRCAnational @runnerspace @runnersworld @usatfne I spy @MalindiElmore right beside her!
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Before she was an @Olympics medalist or the @nycmarathon champion, @ShalaneFlanagan was @USATF champion in cross country & represented Team USA at #WorldXC. Here’s Shalane at the 2004 World Cross Championship in Brussels, where she finished 14th.
#CrossCountry

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So much wisdom in this reply (@StephenSeiler you must be one proud father).
Essential reading for all female athletes and anyone who coaches female athletes!
Stephen Seiler@StephenSeiler
I got the question below from a father about endurance training in adolescent female athletes and peripubertal weight gain. I could have answered, but I thought it was better for my dancer/runner daughter to answer this one:
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@JessFC3 @ParksCanada I did, but my three day Rockwall trip has now become a very aggressive two night affair😵
Have fun!
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@jess__oconnell @ParksCanada Did you manage to get a booking? I lucked out this morning, feeling blessed by the Parks Canada gods!
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Me, getting ready for @ParksCanada backcountry camping resos opening at 8am this morning - “I have a feeling booking sites will be easy this year!”
Me, at 9am this morning, finally in the system after starting in 8791st place in the queue: “😬😬😬”
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Today is #BellLetsTalk Day! For every tweet and retweet using #BellLetsTalk or view of the official Bell Let's Talk Day video, Bell will donate 5c to Canadian mental health initiatives. Please share! #BellAthletesConnect
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It’s Bell Let’s Talk Day! Check out how these celebrities look after their own mental health and join the conversation. For each video view, Bell donates an additional 5¢ to Canadian mental health initiatives. #BellLetsTalk
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