He had taken a McKee course three times, and he had read McKee's 1997 book, "Story," many more times.
Before the Culpeper contest, he walked the cross-country course three times and drew a map, with extensive annotations.
Most professors don't teach the same course six times in a row, as I had with Journalism 1.
Austria's Michael Walchhofer added another victory to his farewell season yesterday, becoming the first skier to win the gruelling World Cup downhill on the Stelvio course three times.
I have sat the graduate entry test into the course four times, putting in various degrees of effort, but never to the best of my ability.
Each played the front nine at a championship-quality Denver-area course four times on different days - walking with a push cart, walking with a caddie, walking and carrying their golf bag, and riding in a golf cart.
Finally, the king, dressed in a short kilt with an animal's tail in back, ran a ritual course four times and was then carried away in a great procession to visit the chapels of the gods of Upper and Lower Egypt.
So by the end each finalist has raced the course ten times: 200 seconds of sheer adrenaline.Unlike the standard slalom, where rhythm is vital, this is a cavalry charge.
She regularly presented the trophy for the Whitbread Gold Cup, and her colours were carried to victory four times in the Horse and Hound Grand Military Gold Cup at the Esher course, three times by Special Cargo, and by The Argonaut in 1990.
