19 ~ Wednesday, August 31, 1988 - North Shore News

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pest will finish, said
ONLY THE gal material for the
‘Alestraz allenge Triathlon, a
face that has peen called the most
intimidating 0 North America,
Shane collins of West Van-
n count himself among
couver nose best after finishing
ene oF al ng (athlon 23rd out of
a fell of 200 invited competitors.
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It was said last week of the

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slated

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von JOGO imal Coho Festival
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Organi yom Ambleside Park
Coho RO now attracts entrants
to Kitsilay ver the Lower Mainland;
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more an a up '© 700 are expected.
this year. se 14-kilometre route

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whi i, eserves One lane for _run-
which ri is around Stanley Park,
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al ong e ridge and via Vanier
Park to Kitsilaf> Pool ack
Transpo tation is provided bac
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ceremony: time from Ambleside
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Park is 7:5 ts Teceive a Coho Fes-

All entra! afd should preregister }

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North van OF West Vancouver

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hikers from
to Clevelan'
delightful
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eight-kilometre stroll
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surely paced fitness |

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TRIATHLON

jV athlete conquers Alcatraz race

choppy shark-filled waters between
the Alcatraz Penitentiary and San
Fransisco's Aquatic Park.

“They had to drag 40 people out
of the water this year.”

After braving the frigid bay
waters, the athletes took off on a
20-mile cycle before tackling one
of the most demanding running

SPORTS

trials in the world — the Dipsea
Trail, a 15-mile up-and-down route
some runners call self-inflicted tor-
ture.

Taking up triathlon competition
six years ago, the England-born
and -raised advertising executive
has made the toughest of these
races his speciality.

This summer he was 500 miles
north of the Arctic Circle com-
peting in a 100-mile footrace
through freezing-level
temperatures,

Out of 40 runners — again
competing by invitation only — he
was fifth.

“It's my physiology, frankly,’’

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he explained of his attraction to
the toughest races. ‘‘I’m
reasonably strong, though I’m not
much on technique.

“I tend to do better in the longer
faces. The longer the race the more
mentally prepared for it you have
to be — that’s where experience
comes in.””

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