32 ~ Wednesday, September 30. 1998 - North Shore News

Brady Fotheringham
Contributing Writer

“BEAR!” someone
yelled, as 1 turned
around and looked at
500 pounds of black
bear standing 15 feet
away beside the road-
way.

As Teveled past Mr. Bear |

couldn't help but wonder it

he had had his lunch vet. Did
he preter red bieveles: over
blue ones? | took comtort in
the fact mine is dull grev.

f was three hours and 40
kilometres into the
Cheakamus Challenge moun-
tain bike race when I heard
the warning. Mr.Bear, it
seemed was having a tine time
checking out the morning's
samples — approximately
1,000) riders outtitted in
brightly coloured Ivcra cloth-
ing racing along one of the

Brackendaic home te bald

i this tall Classi race
hinks asenes ot ort road truls
that wind their wan beside the
Whreiler dughway A) pain
mMdaced adrenaline rush tol
tows the inevitable 1.000
metre limb ap the mount
side to the microwave tower

Visions oof volunteer
Ausscuses AMA nthe
Whistler village help some
riders vet through mie los
points. Sone simply honk
their bodies shutting down,
depleted of all resources.

Vhis weald be my fourth

Kaus face, a maclstrom
of masochistic anguish and
sheer endurance. My patho
logical reluctance to depleting
all my body fluids and carbo
hydrates is usually dimited to
ONCe OF WWice 2 ver.

Only the night betore the
race, omy" ride to the
Cheakamus was still up in the
air when a phone call came
through salvaging everything.

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7 him ‘
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aN Caster GUC OPN Pin sure
he plied in the rop 1s. I
waoghid to be rime with
hon

We hadnt raced togerher
for three vears and despite
bemy 14 veare vounge: than
me and quicker on the hills. |
Anew his weaknesses Dilan
scoms to sufter tram: bad
hamstang and quad cramps
when we nde and van usually
be tound hing on hi back
mar othe cand of a rice
writhing in pai Sure
enough, [ke clogkwork this
occurred alow my me to cain

Citizen

SPORTS
Meeting the Cheakamus Chailenge

mia ti reueal

more oot loss lev 6
nines
Ha WINN CITpy attect a
Jota riders dt 268 kilo
metre rac : thy
Cheakamus. Eo had a ten
minor cramps but naniaged te
walk most ofthenpout -- hills
are My Weakness. many oat
Which P pushed mia bike up.
Vhroughout the litter halt
“rhe races a familar “beep,
could be heard: bebind
me. Suzanne Wemp. another
North Shore rider, oSeniar
Baperto caught up and passed
ne. after a severe mechwmical
problem with her dike.
Itscems Pwas hutting and

ap the dlls while her
run us Wee peeping aM ay
ashe picked off ders enc bs
~ Making up tor lost ame
We all have our strengths
wid weaknesses and some
Aeurses suit sage tiders better
than others. By the end of the
races tscemed | would Anock
aofull hour att oime nme te
searsago. PE hadn't thatted. my
cramps cominor and |
had dots of warer lett over,
Clark Bayles. one of the
top three North Shore racers
in’ Junior Expert. finished
with a disgustingly sickening
ume of 3:35 -- an hour and a
half ahead of me! What legs!
On a semewhat disap

ayy

pouTAA notes at huge man
Mocked the trad and Mopped
the fead Pro Elite rider
Roland Green, mid course,
The oman toreed the World
Cup rider off his bike. and
Green had to fight with the
“Mountain Man” te cet back
his bike and) continue
onwards. He won the race
and ROMP are investigating
the meident -- possibh a tand
access issue that some resident
is upset about.

Tonly hoped that Mr. Bear
would meetup with
Mountain Man and teach him
who ranked higher on the
pecking order ‘of the food
chain,

Miyyoriding buddy
Roche would be racing

access roads.
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AT THE LINE — 8rady Fotheringham (above)
describes the 68 km Cheakamus Challenge Mountain
Bike Race as “a maelstrom of masochistic arguish
and sheer endurance.” Over one thousand riders
took part in the 16th annual race this past Saturday.

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