Canadian Running

The Unlikely Superstar: Paul McCloy

- By Steve Boyd

Newfoundla­nd’s Paul McCloy, an overly tall, awkward runner who trained through blizzards in hockey rinks and parking garages, became a world-beating star. Steve Boyd competed against McCloy in the late ’80s and early ’90s, and explores how McCloy became perhaps Canada’s most unlikely running star, and one of our greatest.

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