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Tommy’s 25th Birthday party…you’re invited by video!

December 24, 2016 Tommy’s 25th birthday party was lots of fun, and there was also a lot of video footage…some of which was filmed by Tommy himself 🙂 We ended up with 5 parts to the story…which we made into a playlist on his channel. Here is the link to the playlist! Hope it makes … Continue reading “Tommy’s 25th Birthday party…you’re invited by video!”

Tommy wins Road Racer of the Year Ottawa Lions Track Club

December 2, 2016 Tommy was honoured to receive the award for Road Racer of the Year at the Ottawa Lions Track and Field Club banquet 🙂 And, of course, he quoted a Disney character when he went up to receive his award! The video is here: At 9:54 in this video you will see him … Continue reading “Tommy wins Road Racer of the Year Ottawa Lions Track Club”

New Personal Best Half Marathon 1:10:34 at 9 Run Run

October 15, 2016 Tommy Des Brisay finished 1st place in the 9 Run Run Half Marathon today with a new personal best time of 1:10:34! Thank you to everyone who supported Tommy today and cheered him on! #Whee Thank you to everyone who makes this race so amazing! Thank you to our first responders here … Continue reading “New Personal Best Half Marathon 1:10:34 at 9 Run Run”

Tommy ran 10k personal best 32:14 at Chelsea Challenge

October 13, 2016 Tommy raced the 10k again this year at the wonderful Chelsea Challenge race, and finished 1st place with a new personal best time of 32:14! Thank you to everyone who worked hard to make the Chelsea Challenge a huge success again in 2016! Tommy and Peter love this beautiful road race in … Continue reading “Tommy ran 10k personal best 32:14 at Chelsea Challenge”

Tommy wins Half Marathon in Vancouver

October 5, 2016 Tommy raced in the Spirit of the Shore Half Marathon in Vancouver and finished 1st place! Thank you so much to Dave, Carlee, and all the wonderful people at the race for embracing Tommy and for all your hard working making this event so amazing! The most magical thing was the incredible … Continue reading “Tommy wins Half Marathon in Vancouver”

Tommy wins Sports Excellence Award at ANCA World Autism Festival 2016

October 3, 2016 Tommy was honored to receive a Sports Excellence Award at ANCA World Autism Festival 2016. It was wonderful to take part in such an amazing celebration of the abilities, accomplishments and talents of autistic people from all over the world, all together attending the World Autism Festival to celebrate! Whee! Thank you … Continue reading “Tommy wins Sports Excellence Award at ANCA World Autism Festival 2016”

Tommy wins Wakefield Moonlight River Run 10k

September 25, 2016 Thank you to everyone who worked hard to make this year’s Wakefield Moonlight River Run such a success last night! Congratulations to all the runners! Tommy finished 1st place in the 10k, enjoyed amazing gluten free vegetarian chili, danced Zumba as a warm up and later danced to a very cool local … Continue reading “Tommy wins Wakefield Moonlight River Run 10k”

Tommy wins Army Run Half Marathon!

September 24, 2016 New Youtube video today on Tommy’s channel! It features Dad Cam and Mom Cam footage of last weekend, when Tommy finished 1st Place at the Canada Army Run 2016, with a new personal best of 1:12:24! We hope you enjoy this video of that day! Congratulations to all the runners who participated … Continue reading “Tommy wins Army Run Half Marathon!”

Canadian Running Magazine story about Tommy’s half marathon win

September 18, 2016 Thank you, Canadian Running Magazine, for this story about Tommy! 🙂 And thank you, Canada Army Run, Ottawa Lions Track and Field Club, and all the amazing people in the running community who are so supportive of Tommy Des Brisay. Congratulations to all the runners today who ran the Army Run, and … Continue reading “Canadian Running Magazine story about Tommy’s half marathon win”

Tommy cheers for Rio Paralympic T20 1500m Race

September 15, 2016 Below is the link to a new video- Tommy cheering for Mikey Brannigan, a most amazing T20 runner with Autism from the USA. Congratulations Mikey on your Rio Paralympics Gold medal!!!! Tommy and Mikey raced together in Arizona in May 2016 at the Desert Challenge Games. Mikey is such a great guy, … Continue reading “Tommy cheers for Rio Paralympic T20 1500m Race”