& PSS yemente gr Ug tnt nent Ete EN eee aE SOF Rg en RN mY e Ueemerteematenpnpemeetse E. notice has been served on the _ February, 1984. "WEATHER: Warm Wednesday, sunny in the morning and cloudy in the afternoon. Thursday _cloudy with showers. coverage. news photo Terry Peters MARATHON MAN Hugh - Clifford of West Vancouver outrunnning the aging process in one of 12 marathons he has entered in the past five years, The 78-year-old will be running in his fifth Vancouver Marathon, May 5. He will be the run’s eldest entrant. . : PROVINCIAL MEDIATOR Fred Geddes has been asked by the unions to book out of ‘B.C. Railway negotiations. But Geddes says he has taken their request under advisement and that he feels both sides will meet again. B.C. Rail spokesman Barry Wall says no strike company. Wall added B.C. Rail is more optimistic a set- tlement could be reached without a strike taking place. .Union officials were not available for comment. B.C. Rail unions have been without a contract since SPORTS: 20 North Shore spring soccer kids. HUGH CLIFFORD is running rings around Father Time. At 78, an age when most of his contemporaries have slowed to a walk, the West Vancouver resident is in training for his fifth Van- couver Marathon, his 32th marathon overall. “It's something that gets _into your bones,’’ he smiles with feisty nonchalance. Clifford began his running career late in life, several years after his retirement. He knew nothing about the sport, but he was bored with swimming the lengths and at- tending the keep fit classes, that his doctor had insisted | he do to stay active. “*T saw a few joggers every now and then, and [ thought well that looks interesting.” Clifford says he was initial- ly very self-conscious about tunning. It was not con- sidered a fitting pursuit for a retired person,“People my age asked me what I was do- ing, ‘trying to kill yourself’, so } went out at night with absvulutely no idea what I was doing and absolutely no jogg- LIFESTYLES: 45 Proposed school for brainy BOB HUNTER: 4 Houseboat happiness and the curse of False Creek. 3 - Wednesday, May 1, 1985 - North Shore News Business..........22 Cor Market........17 Doug Collins........8 Entertainment ..... 23 Bob Hunter.........4 Llifostyles......... 45 Mailbox...........7 Sports............20 | h' re.) What’s Going On. ..24 ill running» ing gear. Of course, there was nobody back then to tell you how to run or what you should be wearing.” He wore an old pair of hik- ing boots. He jogged a bit and he walked a bit. “And I thought, this is ter- rible. { didn’t like it a bit.”’ But, shrugging off the caustic remarks of his peers with characteristic deter- mination, Clifford persevered. At the urgings of a friend, he turned out for a West Vancouver Fun Run, ‘Sit was only a mile and a bit,”’ laughs Clifford. But it changed -his whole attitude towards himself as a runner. “I'd never seen the kind of crowds that turned out for those things,’? he says, “mothers, small children, older people, and not a smoker in the bunch. It made me feel much’ less self- conscious because nobody noticed anyone’s age. We were all just runners, nothing more.”’ After a year of entering fun runs on a social non- competitive level, Clifford felt growing confidence in his running and he began meeting younger runners. His competitive spirit caught fire. He became vitally interested in the art.of running and its almost limitless Tange for improvement, Clifford enrolled in the North Shore YMCA’s, Marathon Clinic where he immersed himself in training techniques and swapped run- ning problems and solutions with other marathoners. He is currently running 40 miles per week in Preparation for Sunday's marathon, . From his five years of marathon experience, Clif- ford has amassed a deep reservoir of running knowledge. He cautions em- aspiring: phatically against over- training and over-running, vices to which he says so many young runners are * prone. At. a certain point, says Clifford, runners must become acquainted with their physical being. Pain should - never be ingnored or siniply “run out’’, he says. As a member of the Cana- dian Masters Athletic Association (CMAA), a na- tional organization of run- ners over 40, Clifford won three gold and one silver medal in the CMAA. Pan American Games held last year in Ottawa. 1 in marathons he competes in an age group all his own: 75 years and over. Clifford’s best time in the standard 26-mile _ 385-yard distance is 4:01:21,: .and though he ‘says that. this year’s marathon will be his last, he vows to break four hours, ’ And when does he plan‘ to trade in his running shoes for footwear more suiting a per- son of his age: ‘‘When | totally fall to’ pieces!’’. he laughs. NORTH Vancouver RCMP question a pedes- -trisn in the neighborhood of the armed robbery that took place Monday at Lions Gate Market around 4 p.m. The lone male described as about 23 entered the store arm- ed with 3 handgun demanding the cash from the lone male cashier. The culprit was fast seen fleeing on foot from the store in the 1900 block of Marine Drive. The robber was described as a white maie, 5°9"’ to 6°, 130 to 150 ‘bs., short dark brown hair, wearing blue jeans and jean jacket, a blue Y-shirt, a black baseball cap and sunglasses. Anyone with any information can con- tact police at 985-1311.