The Matchmaker

Contact: George William Smith, #102, 10808  84th Avenue NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6E 2J2
Email::  thematchmaker@shaw.ca
Email:   gwsmith3@shaw.ca
Written and voiced by George William Smith
(c) All rights reserved, August 11, 2020
based on the Smith Family Christmases 1950-1967
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Paul Hughes: Rest In Peace my good friend
RIP Paul Hughes
I could post a much more flattering photo of Paul.  He would leave us for heaven only a couple days later.  Sept 10, 1943 to Nov 5, 2023. 
Our friendship never wavered!  My parents were proud that I had found such a friend in my life.

Determining the risks and benefits of each recommended vaccine from all sides: positive and negative.
Now you can make your own informed decisions rather than take "their word for it"
A Midwestern Doctor's Research.  "Brilliant and Eye-Opening"...GWSmith3 (5/30/24)
The forgotten side of medicine.


Think you're missing something?  Needs some guidance, then just listen to Lou Holtz; not just hear it, LISTEN TO IT!
Lou Holtz inspirational speech - YouTube

The Sound of Silence ...Todd Hoffman version....over 16 million views on YouTube

"Life is never dull when you live it".  George William Smith, September 15, 2023

“In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing.  The worst thing you can do is nothing.

…Theodore Roosevelt


My Mom was a redhead.  When she got really mad, her face turned beet red.  I quickly learned her face was a "STOP" sign!

Wise Advice: "It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong."....Voltaire

The joy of youth is to have fun without worrying about the baggage you might leave behind if your intent is moral…George William Smith III April 4, 2023


''I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.'' …MARK TWAIN

Behold!  See how a real, loving man acts when his daughter is upset.  ...Credit: Epoch Times


Proof that Climate Change is 2023 Hoax.


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My dad always said, "Look for the good in people.  Because if you start looking for the bad, you'll spend the rest of your life finding it." 
He lived his life always looking for good in people and finding it.


The Western Canadian Championship Baseball Team of 1926.  My father, George Rayburn Johnson Smith is 4th from the left.  Their pitcher, Frank P. Minckler, is 7th from the left.  My dad played 2nd / SS/ Outfield. Note: there will only ten players on the rooster and that Minckler pitched every game in the season and playoffs.  Minckler was 42 years old at the time. Mink is famous for beating the Chicago White Sox 2-0 and 1-0 in a double header.  The photo was taken in the Abbottsford Baseball Stadium after winning the Championship.

1926 Western Canada Semi-Pro Championship Team
How I got this photo is an interesting story.  The short version was that mom and dad were traveling up to see me in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.  This time they drove first to New Westminster, BC to visit his sister (Abby) and husband (Merv), then east across British Columbia to Edmonton.  They stopped for lunch at a restaurant that was filled with photos of famous athletes who had once ate there and whom had autographed their photos.  While they were eating the manager came over to their table and started chatting with my dad.  In the conversation dad (then 83) mentioned that he played Semi-Professional baseball with the Abbottsford Team and they had won the Championship in 1926.  He then said, "I have something you might like."  He and dad went over to the walls that were filled with photos.  On one of the walls was the picture I posted above.  For quite awhile, dad just wanted the picture to stay where it was.  That is until the manager said, "Didn't you say you were traveling to Alberta to see your son?"  Dad said, "Yes".   "Well then, maybe your son might like it to see what you looked like in the prime of your youth."   Ever since then it is one of my most cherished treasures in my house and proudly displayed next to photos of me in my youth.   


Track Workouts of February 1963
 1963 Workouts


1985 Photo at Aunt Della's with Dad and Mom celebrating my 3 World Master Gold Medals in the 400m, 400mH and 800m in the Rome World Championships. 

I was selected '1985 World Outstanding Master Male Athlete from ages 40-44'. 

DadGeorgeMom1985 

My Rome times were as follows:

400m: 49.95, which is still a Canadian record. 400m Hurdles: 56.74, 800m: 1:56.92.  
I still hold the Canadian Outdoor Records from Age 35-49 in the 400m Hurdles. 

I am most proud of the range of my indoor records: from the 50m hurdles and 200m (Age 35-39), 300m (40-44), 400m and 600m (35-44), 800m (35-49) and 1000m and 1500m (35-39).

 

Christmas 1990 from Ted Nugent, whose moral direction has never changed.

Look Mom, I'm Flying!
I'm Flying 1976


Sciatica and Sciatic nerve possible treatments
 
If you or your athlete has shin splints here is the link to my Shin Splint research and how to heal them forever!

What I learned from running track and field for 60 years: Download my tips here

Download here a True or False test on what you read in my Track Tips document above


3 Plantar Fasciitis Exercises


Left: To strengthen arch muscles, place a towel on the floor, grab the towel with your toes and pull it toward you. Top: While sitting, grasp your toes and gently pull them toward you until you feel a stretch in the arch of your foot. Right: Stand as shown, with your back leg straight and heel down. Move your hips forward until you feel a stretch in your calf. Switch legs and repeat. Hold each stretch for at least 30 seconds — don't bounce — and do one or two repetitions two to three times a day.....credit: Mayo Clinic  
Personally, I think these are three of the best preventive and/or exercise if you are a runner and have plantar fasciitis.

The percent of incline of a hill is very important to the track or cross country event you are targeting to race in the near future.  If you live in Edmonton, you are blessed with hills that can help you in every event.  The steeper the hill, the stronger you will get from the hill.  If the course you are targeting has lots of hills, doing steep hills will improve your results.  If you are to run a rolling hills cross country race, then the hills upon which you train must be less steep so you can run much further in each rep.  Steep hills have a real purpose if you are a sprinter, but the further you race, the hills must have a less incline so you are building speed strength that you need in your race.

In Edmonton, here are some hills that should advance your running career.  Target these for your race.
1.  Legislative Hill (Garneau Tennis to Legislative Grounds (Cross Country; track events 5000m and up)
2. Walterdale Hill (Cross Country races with a lot of hills) or use sections of the hill for track events 400-mile)
3. Groat Road [from entrance of Hawrelak Park to top] (Ideal for all sprints and middle distance events)
4. Ernies Hill [steep hill from horse stables, Fox Drive] (very hill Cross Country courses, track 100m to 300m) 
5. Barts Hill [Kinsmen road east to west of LRT compound, paved] (track 100m-400m)
6. Lookout Hill [southeast end of Walterdale Bridge to top of Lookout Hill] All Cross Country courses; Road races 5 miles and up)

Theoretically, Holmes–a part-time accountant whose breeding business is called Phoenix Rising Farms–could have two horses in the Plate. Not bad for a crop of six foals produced by her broodmare band three years ago. She bought two more mares last year.

“Six was a big crop for us and some are going to Classics?” she asked with amazement. “It's beyond anything I could have imagined. How does that even happen?”

Flameaway was nicknamed Hercules as a foal, while Silent Sting was called Caesar. They were both born in Hillsburgh, Ontario at Gail Wood's Woodlands Farm, and it was Wood who gave the colts their early monikers because of their size. Holmes credited her success to John Penn and George William Smith. Penn does her confirmation analysis and raises her U.S.-based horses at his family's Pennland Farm in Paris, Kentucky. Smith, a Canadian pedigree expert, has a company called The Matchmaker.

“My plan in this business is to surround myself with experts,” Holmes said. “That's why I'm with the Penns. That's why I have George Smith advising me. That's why I have Gail Wood. She has downsized farms and now I'm with Susan Foreman. I work with the best. I have John Penn look at every mare before I buy them and make sure I'm not missing something on the physical side, and I obviously couldn't have bred sich good yearlings without my pedigree guy.

“I put in place good people. I can go to sleep each night knowing my horses are in good hands. I breed the best I can possibly afford to the best. But there's always luck. There has to be luck. I mean, come on, there are very rich people in this business that do exactly what I'm doing that don't have a Derby and a Queen's Plate contender this year. So, of course there's luck. It takes a team. I make the final decisions, but I rely on the expertise of all these horsemen and horsewomen to make the right decisions.”  Full Interview Link Here