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West Vancouver
Half Marathon

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AND THEY'RE off! Competitors in the West Van Half Marathon set off from the Ambleside start (above).
A runner, right, strides past onlookers.

Craig takes women’s title

VANCOUVER’S MARION
Craig raced to victory almost a
full five minutes ahead of her
nearest competitor to take top

spot in the women’s category of
the West Vancouver Half Mara-

thon recently.

Crossing the finish line at
1:25:56, Craig was followed by
“North Vancouver’s Patricia Daw
at 1:30:25 and Vancouver’s San-

dra Bogart at 1:31:27.

Leslie Nyberg, Liz St. Jacques,
Rosemary
Lawrence, Karen Smith and B.J.

Janet Keetley,

Local says, it's
never toc late
to lift weights

WHEN NATHAN Andrews went
to the gym six years ago, he had
trouble lifting a 10-pound weight,
and doing two sit-ups was almost
impossible for him.

This weekend Andrews, 62, will
be competing against men 20 years
his junior in the B.C. Open
Bodybuilding Championships in
New Westminster.

“T feel great. I’m very confident
I’m going to beat them,’ said the
Jamaica-born Andrews, who has
written a book on fulfilling dreams
through physical fitness.

When he gave up a burgeoning
acting career to pursue his goal of
writing his own screenplay, An-
drews realized he had to be in good
shape to get the most out of his ef-
forts.

Going by the axiom that ‘‘a man
is as old or as young as he wants to
be,’”’ he has through determination
and a regular training program
molded himself into a trim 165-
pounds.

A culmination of his efforts
comes Aug. 6 when he represents
Gold’s Gym in the provincial
competition.

The secret behind his transfor-
mation from a 56-year- -old who
could not do two sit-ups to a body
building competitor: ‘‘motivation
— I’m just motivated to ac-
complish my dreams.

“don’t think because you're 60
or 70 years old you have to stop
living.”’

McHugh all finished first in their
respective categories and received
either medals or trophies for their
showings.

In the men’s category, Vic-
toria’s Pierre Zakarauskas wus
first at 1:12:23, followed five se-
conds later by Vancouver’s Sean
Mullany at 1:12:28.

Completing the tight kno: of
top finishers was Vancouver's
Calvin Robertson in third spot at
1:12:34.

Ashley Barrington, Phillip
Bell, Al Thompson, Herb
Phillips, Art Everton, Frank

Kurucz, Ron Atherton, Cliff Hall
and Cyrill Tobias also finished
first in their classes, receiving
cither medals or trophies.

In the five-kilometre race held
in conjunction with the half-
marathon, top men’s finishers
were Mike King at 15:09,
Cameron Ross at 16:10 and
Walter Hobj at 16:16.

Top women’s finishers in the
five-kilometre run were Mary
Ross at 17:24, Sharon Johnson at
21:29 and Maureen Boldt at
22:45.

SIXTY-TWO year old Nathan Andrews strikes a hulking pose in this re-
cent photograph. The local resident will be competing in the B.C. Open

Photo submitted

Bodybuilding Championships in New Westminster.

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