st ” Running club to trek over the ‘original’ marathon route THE FIVE-YEAR © plan may have not worked wonders for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics but it’s certainly keeping the Nomads on schedule. By Elizabeth Collings News Reporter The goal of this ambitious North Shore men’s running club is to run the original mar- athon course from Marathon, Greece ta Athens — a 26.285-mile endeavor through heat and air pollution. The 11 Nomads, who leave today with their wives and two additional Nomads, have been planning the run for five years, says Frank Kurucz, the former director of parks and recre- ation for West Vancouver District. “The idea came to us’ five years ago: ‘Let’s go to Greece and run the original marathon in 1990,’ ’’ says Kurucz. Since then the group has been working towards the 1990 marathon, saving their pennies and training for the event. “Everybody thought we were crazy. ‘Five years? You'll never pull it off.* But now it’s a real- ity,” he says. And that reality means that this Sunday, 11 North Share marathoners of “all ages and conditions’’ will be leaving the starting line to retrace the orig- inal route a Greek messenger ran thousands of years ago to deliver a message of battlefield victory to the ruler — before dying of exhaustion. But Kurucz says the Nomads are not prepared to carry authenticity that far. The main obstacles the run- ners are anticipating are the heat, estimated to be between 20°C and 23°C, and the air pollution they will encounter during the last five miles of the course as they wind their way into Athens. Kurucz estimates the fastest Nomad will put in a three-hour time with the last runner of the team finishing an hour tater. However, as any long distance runner knows, lors of unknown factors can pop up N omads to ru Greek course Poe Ota Be ae ena SE MN ST Re el A SR a RE ORR ME METRE RR re ee na eg tS cent end letter hhe 1a ws _SPORTS NEWS photo Neil Lucente THESE WILD and crazy guys lead double lives; one as various high-powered executives and retirees, another as the Nomads — a group of jetsetting runners ranging in age from 49 (save one 31-year-old) to 65 years cf mean, running power. These Nomads will compete in the original marathon this Sunday with approximately 2,000 marathoners in Greece. Hunter, Fred MacDonald, Don MacKay, Dale Matthews, Ar- tell. You can train all you want thur Mudry, Darcy Padmoroff, and you can get a blister or a Al Tone and Rob Williamson. stomach cramp and not After the run Kurucz finish,’ says Kurucz. predicts the sociable Nomads Designed by Nomad runner will have a big party and spend and Dome Advertising presi- a few days in Athens together dent Charlie Mayrs, the before heading out on their Nomads’ uniform features a separate holidays. shirt with a graphic of a beaver wearing a Mounties’ hat. After all, they’lH need time Including Kurucz and Mayrs, off to recoup their energy be- the Greece-bound Nomads in- fore embarking on another clude Conway Chun, Carl five-year plan. during # 26-mile course. “In marathons you just can’t Hamilton enters lacrosse hall of fame RECOGNITION IN sports both as a player and a motivator for other athletes is all Trophy as the most valuable goaltender and four too rare but this times was named to the League Second Team All- Saturday some well-earned recognition will be — Stars, delivered to North Vancouver's Don Hamilton. The former lacrosse goaltender and coach will be inducted into the players category in the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame. The ceremony will be held at the Royal Towers Hotel in New Westminster. Best known as the only goaltender to record a shutout during Mann Cup Canadian Championship play (over Brampton in 1961), Hamilton has a track record worthy of accolades. From 1974 to 1979, he joined forces with Bob Babcock, organizing and conducting box facrosse clinics throughout B.C. In 1977, Hamilton assumed the mantle as the first commissioner for the Lower Mainland Field Lacrosse League, helping establish scholarships for players who graduated to play at such notable American universities as Syracuse, John Hopkins and Whittier Three times Hamilton won the Leo Nicholson College. ESSER IRE ES Eat SN a Re EAR TOR LUA BU RHE RS Bo oe Véednesuay. October 17. 1990 - North Snore News - 15 Fe te ce EE ane Aa TR tal en Ae A ee ty eA TREN Ge AN tens RAN peter ts ey montane nest Rreithednh eiye npn PLY wabenenrenper arene Soccer Blues suffer carnage on the field OCPOBPR FAS beer creel to the Capiline © olieve soccer teams On the omens TE, midtielder By Guido Marziali Contntbutinig Writer frank Lore began the mondi bs distocatine his shoulder. Soon atieewards othe flu claimed wo more revulars, and on Thanksgivs- ing weekend Dine Condilenios, while pacime his side fo a 4-0 mashing of ‘Prinits Western Uni- sersits. tell two minutes from the end with torn ankle ligaments. The losses left) couch foe lacobellis with one central mid- fielder and litth bench support Oct. 10 at Swangard Stadium, as Jacobellis’ improvised lineup lost the first annual Presidents’ Cup match §-0 to the BCET Cougars, AN spirited crowd of around 300 supporters were the unfortunate witnesses to the sloppy contest. Linkage was poor and random as each team tried to open up the other with untikely balls. While the Blues could plead a depleted side, the Cougars’ prob- lem was just the opposite: with the Canadian Soccer League season now over, BCIT has recruited Dave Fiorvento of the 86ers and Geoff Aunger of the Victoria Vistas, and the aew Hineup will rake some time to gel. Nevertheless, these are timely reinforcements to a squad that was 1-3) going into Wednesday night’s match. Fiorvento brought speed up front, and Aunger, the XPRE Graphite oversized Reg. $139.99 sate *109" Graphite oversized Reg. $124.99 CAPILANO COLLEGE SPORTS chiss ot the eld and the night's MVP for BOCED. orchestrated neatly all midfield play. Unfortu- nates his teammates couldn't finish what he started, sa 10 minutes from othe end Aunger went on a break himself. took a Pass of a good run from Fiorven- to, and sha the ball under keeper Jason Macros for the game's only goal. On Saturdays in Castlewar. Capilano discovered the killer in- stinct with a 6-0 rout of Selkirk College. Lacabellis moved sweeper Leone Corra, Blues MVP at the Presidents’ Cup, into the centre, with spectacular results as Carra scored in the fifth minute and generally rescued the faltering midfield. The curse of October continued unabated, however, as Ken Campbell suffered an ankle injury. 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