TOC Open House

[davidchristiani]

Toronto Olympic Club Open House
When: Saturday, March 20, 2010, 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Location: Dark Horse Pub, 2401 Bloor Street West, Toronto, M6S 1P7, right across the street from the Jane Street subway station (complimentary refreshments)
Invited Guests: Senior and Graduating (university/college) distance athletes (not currently affiliated with a registered club) moving or relocating to Toronto.
We'd like to introduce you to our club and athlete development programme. Meet former Olympians, our current university and post collegiate athletes and learn about the culture of the Toronto Olympic Club.

If you're moving to Toronto for employment or just interested in relocating, then we would like to present you with an opportunity to continue running/racing. Whether the reason is purely for the love of the sport, or making your first national team, or perhaps wanting to see how far running may take you, we can provide a supportive training environment where you can pursue those goals.

For More Information contact Dave Christiani at [e-mail], visit our website www.torontoolympicclub.com or visit Toronto Olympic Club's Facebook Group

[hancock]

Toronto seems like a great place to live and train, where are the locations that you train, just to give people an idea of what life would be like with the club.

[scott]

I'll take a stab at that one. I've been with the club since my senior yeah of high school, so I think that works out to almost six years at this point. The club trains out of three major locations over the course of the year. For the outdoor track season, we have trained at the new U of T facility the past two summers, for cross-country we're at Swansea community centre (High Park) and during the indoor season we're at York university for the indoor stuff and High Park for long runs and tempos.

I'm originally from the suburbs and spent the last two summers living downtown and training, which has been a great experience. TOC has has done a lot for me and continues to do a lot to support its athletes. The financial support is unbelievable. They have helped me fund trips California, BC, Nova Scotia and Mexico to compete. And, were it not for an injury, I would have been part of our club's tour in Belgium last summer.

The coaching is great. Dave Christiani has coached me since high school and I've had more success under him than I ever thought I would. Not only is he well connected and knowledgable, he is always interested in learning more. He's open about communicating with his athletes and appreciates feedback, which I've always found very helpful for my own development. Dave is committed to building a strong post-collegiate group at TOC, which I think will thrive with a strong core of athletes.

TOC is a great club with a rich history and firm focus on long-term development. If anyone has any other questions regarding the club and the opportunities it can provide, please don't hesitate to contact me.

Scott Emberley
[e-mail]

[sdrew]

I would like to second Scott's comment about the exceptional coaching and support offered by TOC.

TOC has been incredibly supportive in terms of my own development and those in my training group (TOC @ Waterloo).

The coaches at TOC are very supportive of each other always learning and drawing upon each others' wealth of experiences and knowledge. It is quite handy to have generations of proven coaches and athletes who are continually challenging each other and accessible right at your fingertips.

Stephen Drew
TOC @ Waterloo
sjdrew (at) rogers.com

[fastrunner155]

Is anyone going to this today? Was thinking about dropping by and checking out the club/coaches.

[maser]

TOC always had good coaches and athletes. They were a good bunch to compete against. Back in the 80's (1982) they put a team together for the Jasper to Banff relay and won it. Next year
we beat their record. Lots of good rivalry then, but a good bunch of folks.

Cheers