FOR TERRY LEWIS it was.
just too much — choppy,
cool water, strong  head-
winds and temperatures that
struggled over the 30 degree
Celsius mark.

After challenging the race
leader Tom Price through
the first two-thirds of the
first-ever Canadian Inter-
national Ironperson

yele
‘finished in a tie for 15th
place.

., Triathlon — and actually
leading'the race at one point
Lewis bowed to the
elements, settling for third
place.

It was still a satisfying
finish for the North Van-
couver athlete, competing in
his first Lronman event and
finishing the 2.4 mile swim,
112 mile bicycle race and
26.2 mile run in a mere 11
hours, 28 minutes and 34
seconds.

A second North Shore en-
trant — Glen Colwill

finished in a 15th place tie.
newspaper .

with Whistler
publisher Tom Sutherland
with a time of 13:56:52.

The event was held in Pen-
tiction a week ago, attrac-
ting 25 entrants to what is
only the fifth event of its
kind in the world.

They hit the waters of
Okanagan Lake at 7:11 a.m.
— scant minutes after the
sun had risen — and the
22nd man, the last to
finish the event, didn’t
stop running until 16 and a
half hours later.

Lewis was in contention
from the start. Although he
trailed Price by seven
minutes after the swim, he
closed the gap quickly dur-
ing the cycling event.

Trailing by as much as
nine minutes at various times
on the Penticton to Osoyoos
route, Lewis pushed Price
hard in the final miles to
finish a minute and a half
behind him.

The pace was too- much
for Price — a mile into the
marathon, he was felled by
back spasms, severe enough
to put him in hospital.

Lewis's’ subsequent lead
was short lived. By the mid-
way point in the run, New
Zealander Mike Wagstaff
had passed Lewis and was on
his way to the Ironman title.
He finished with a time of 10
hours, 41 minutes and 51
seconds.

Before he finished Lewis
was also passed by Ron Adl-
ington of Banff who finished
the course 12 and a half
minutes ahead of the North
Van athiete.

Ron Zalko, one of the
organizers of the event, said
weather conditions made the
event slower than it should
have been.

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