Seymour Reserve hosts Cayuse Endurance event Bob Mackin Sports Reporter bmackin@nsnews.com THE first weekend of spring brings the Cayuse E:durance Duathlon Series back to the North Shore. The 19-evenz series gets under way at 9 a.m. Sunday in the Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve (the former Seyinour Demonstration Forest) with the 11th annual Canadian Spring Duathion. The series bears the dle sponsorship of Cavuse Mountaisi Bike Experience, 2 privately owned mountain bike resort near Whistler. Participants will run five kilometres in the inter- pretive loop trail, cycle 30 km in a nwo-loop Seymour Dam route and run another 5 kin. [t's the first of three such events in the Greater Vancouver Regional District park. Observers are welcome to watch. Race organizer Brent Kamenka says Langley dairy farmer and perennial favourite Tom Barichello is already registered. Barichello, who has entered triathlons and duathlons since the 1980s, holds the course record of one hour, 26 minutes. Kamenka says the series, which wraps up Oct. 28 with the Maui Extreme Duathlon in Hawaii, will attract more than 1,200 participants. Races range from 50 to 500 competitors, depending on the size of the event and the weather. Kamenka is expecting at least 40 to challenge the gruelling course Sunday. It ail started in 1988 with a half triathlon in Point Grey, but it has advanced to the point where new ideas have come into play. The Canadian Spring Duathlon will be the debut of the Athletes’ Choice Triathion program. Kamenka describes ACT as a profit-sharing pro- gram that ultimately sets guidelines for athletes and race organizers. The goal is to enhance the sport of triathion at the grassroots and international levels. “The athletes like to know what's happening, every event organizer is completely different,” Kamenka says. “This way it’s setting an international standard that other races can follow.” Prize money for elite athletes will be guaranteed based on the number of athletes who cross the fin- ish line. Kamenka says the top 10% of male and female competitors will win a cut of the pool. Those who aren't registered as professionals will carn points. At the end of the season, age-group athletcs who have amassed enough points will be entitled to some of the proceeds of merchandise sales through the series’ Web site. Kamenka says three of the events will be video- taped with hopes of selling to domestic and foreign sports and recreation specialty TV outlets. CAYUSE ENDURANCE DUATHLON SERIES es he cr 7 — NEWS photo Paul McGrath MOMENTUM Events’ Rebecca Gardner (left) and Nicole Zaharko and Canadian Endurence Sport's Brent Kamenka ate getting ready for Sunday's duathion in North Vancouver. To hype the series and reach out to duathlon and triathlon rookies, Kamenka has hired Deep Cove’s Momentum Events. The duo of Nicole Zaharke and Rebecca Gardner is focused on pro- moting and managing outdoor adventure sports events and was involved in the recent Outdoor Adventure Sports Show at B.C. Place Stdium. “We saw them in action at the show,” Kamenka says. “Everyday people came and were exposed to it. Whereas a lot of people who do triathlons and duathlons are sea- soned veterans, we want to broaden the base. We've retained them to help us make the events bigger and get more people involved in the community and to develop Sunday: Canadian Spring Duathlon, Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve; April 23: Rainforest Duathlon, LSCR; May 27: Sasquatch Sprint Duathlon, Harrison Hot Springs; May 28: Sasquatch Duathlon, Harrison; June 10: Rambo’s Off-Road Duathlon, Hope; June 11: Rambo’s Duathlon, Hope; July 2: Cultus Lake Duathion/Cultus Lake Sprint Duathlon; July 8: Summer Evening Duathion, LSCR; July 30: Golden Ears Duathion, Maple Ridge; Aug. 5: Little Bigfoot Duathlon, Harrison; Aug. 6: Bigfoot Half-[ron Duathlon, Harrison; Aug. 22-25: Prospector Adventure Race, Cayuse; Sept. 3: Gold Rush Duathlon, Cayuse; Sept. 24: World Endurance Duathlon X/World Sprint Duathlon/1/2 World Endurance Duathlon, Langley; Oct. 8: Octoberfest Duathlon, Victoria; Oct. 28: Maui Extreme Duathlon. 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