14 — Wednesday, June 5, 1996 — North Shore News A buck-a-day education From page 13 timely. “Ejust wanted to back off,” he says of his decision to move, “I realized there was sa much | wanted to do with my life and in Toronto you just get caught up in working.” “The reason we get more things done down out here.” he adds, “is because we're not running around trying to impress each other.” Indeed, a constant’ in Collins’ life has been ‘a dis- dain for the superficial. Take his experience with triathlons. Back in the early 1980s Collins stumbled upon an arcane new sport that demanded not only physical prowess but ‘also mental toughness. In 1985 at the Hawaiian Iron Man triathlon — a year after American Julie Moss. defined the . then- unknown sport in a heroic {00-yard finish televised around the world on ABC ‘Wide World of “Sports — Collins finished the Iron Man in 11 hours... He had found his sport. Or so he thought. : first involved in the sport got > BIRBEAGE . (Mature) Nightly at 7:05 pin & 9:20 pm “a4 yrs.) Nightly at 9:15 pm : ‘Ends Thursday : Served with Caesar * “Salad and Sundried ° ‘Tomato Bread.. ““The- people who were Thawing the cold and firisid soul It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could hive done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marked by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, and spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while doing greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat. into it to stretch themselves, and there was a lot more friendship involved —— out on the course you'd chat with someone, not try to bury~ them,” he says. The encroach- ing yuppie-fixation — of triathlons drove him away. Then came ultra-running — Collins is a founder of the Knee-Knackering Race — and his current love: open- water swimming. “Marathon swimming is just’ another way of express- ing a need to push myself a little further than I really want to go,” he says, trying to — Theodure Roosevelt " explain the unexplainable. To date he's swam the Georgia Strait twice and the English Channel once. His wife Debbie, a sports medi- cine doctor, holds the women's record for’ the Georgia Strait. The pair were brought together thanks to their common interest - in swimming. “She was captain of the Canadian Ocean Swimming Team that was preparing to attempt to break a relay dou- ble-crossing of the English Channel] and they had a spot on the team,” Collins says of | ~ (14 yrs.) Nightly at 9:10 pm (14 yrs.) Nightly at 7:00 pm | ~; Ends Thursday ua years) Nightly at 7-95 pm Ends Thursday © SACARS 6 THE GIANT award winning MARGARET'S MUSEUM & EXECUTIVE DECISION, : Once again, Caprice brings you great entertainment. Ly . {Mature - may trighten some small children) Sat. & Sun. at 1:35 pm Extra Big Meals are 50% larger than our regular entrees! Plus Tax the six-member co-ed team put together for the 1992 attempt. “My name came.up so Deb called me (they'd never met), f tried out for the team and made it, and we went to England and fell in love.” Sound investments over the past 20 years have allowed Collins to step back from his business life and concentrate on running open- water swim clubs (he’s start- ed four in the past four years). He's also the founder and chief organizer of the annual West Vancouver Seaside Classic Swim Race (taking place on July 14). On the back of his busi- ness card is a quote by Theodore Rossevelt (see this page). Collins and Debbie repeated it during their wed- ding vows three years ago, and he has it hanging on the wall of his home. Safe to say Shane Collins will never find a place with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat. performed by | The Pro Nova Ensemb e featuring works by . Schumann * Beethoven ° Hindemith . with guest artist Norleen Scott (piano) | Seturday, June 8, 7: 30 pm, Mt. Seymour United Church, N Van : ADMISSION $19 (S5 seniors /students) ap Looking for controversy? :. READ DOUG COLLINS egret! lon 3 Sfor a new. Come join us and participate recreation facility Planning! : Vancouver Location wtll be sold at fstastit discounts at the Kervisdale location. . Save up to 75% on selected fabrics Prices from $1.99 _ Draperies ¢ Upholstery ¢ Trims: 2045 West 41st Ave. (41st Ave. & Arbutus) 266-3611 Mon. to Sat. 9:30-5:30 Sunday 12:00 - 5:00 Ais