Tom Longboat, distance runner and winner of the 1907 Boston Marathon, was Canada’s most celebrated athlete. An Onondaga from Six Nations, Tom volunteered as a dispatch runner during WWI, but was never awarded his pension. Voted the #1 sports figure of the 20th century by Maclean's Magazine, his legacy lives on through the prestigious Tom Longboat Award, presented every year to Canada’s top Aboriginal athlete.
Running in the morning always seems like such a good idea - until your warm in bed, trying to decide between running and half an hour more of sleep...