News Archives: Tairas Fournier - Featured Athlete of the Week
Tuesday, January 28th, 2020
Name: Tairas Fournier
Hometown: Grande Prairie, AB
High School: St. Joseph Catholic High School
At what age did you start playing your sport? What drew you to the game? I’ve always loved running but was drawn to basketball from a young age. As such I began my college years playing basketball and only recently switched in my second year, to running. I enjoyed staying fit, but mostly what drew me was the psychological training involved. Mental prep and stamina is extremely valuable and presented a new and exciting challenge in sport for me.
What is your fondest memory of your sport? Travelling across the country and doing all sorts of Bill Corcoran things.
Any pre or post-race rituals that you would be willing to share? How do you prepare? My pre-race ritual follows a particular order. The morning begins with meditation to relax my brain and stay present. It follows with journaling and mental prep for my day. Towards the beginning of the meet, I start visualizing my race in as much detail as possible about the location, my competitors, what lane I’m in, and how my body feels. Then right before the race I do some quick specific breathing techniques to prepare my body for heavy exertion. The last part is to just run. Post race is of course all about the cookies and bananas.
What are your future goals? Presently, I am in open studies but hope to pursue my passion for astro-theoretical physics with a primary focus in Noetic sciences, and to continue my work in voice and performance with more operas, voice-over work, and everything in between.
From Head Coach, Fabio Minozzo:
Any special game moments, stats you’d like to share? Tairas is currently focused on lowering his 60m and 300m PBs, and he had a good sub 60s (according to my stop watch) on the 400m.
What does this player bring to the dynamics of the team? Tairas is a great kid who balances training commitment and fun at the same time. He is highly motivated especially now that we are focusing more on sprinters!