Mackie is back to school... which doesn't mean the season ends. He is still riding his bike almost everyday. A couple of weeks ago he had a death defying crash coming down a 6% grade at Blue Mountain near Collingwood. He struck the pavement at 45 kilometres per hour and after a trip to emergency to clean the wound on his elbow he was up on his bike for a 10 k ride the next day. His season didn't end.
A week later he did a great ride in Montreal some of which you can see on youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEOfmtBdKHY) After getting to ride with one of his heroes, his season didn't end.
He has exceeded 2500 kilometres this summer but that also doesn't mean the season ends.
He completed his last triathlon of the summer on Saturday in Milton with his fastest time ever. 10 minutes, 34 seconds to swim 50 meters bike 1.5 kilometres and run 500 metres. But I still don't think he'd say his season is ended.
He is truly an inspiration.
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