Whistler

biathlon

fun: for everyone

“WHETHER 3 you’ tea jock ora couch. potato, you're invited
to Whistler” s first biathlon. this Saturday, July 2.

Some wil obviously: be more
ready. than others. Bul those with
extra padding have an excuse jto
get ‘motivated to lose weight: and
he ‘Bel into shape.

According, to - organizer Kathy.
Trerise, the biathlon is open to all

‘no matter. what’ your shape or age, °
“We're expecting a huge. range

of. pcaple, : from: professionals to.

the curidus,”” she says. | ae
The ‘race. begins: at R a.m. at

-Whistler’s' Mountain Square,’ The

- first‘part of. the® biathlon -inéludes
a five-kilometie. run to: Lost: Lake
and ‘back to Myrtle Philip Elemen-

7 tary: School. Then, a 30-kilometre
* cycling race, ‘takes: over; from ‘the:

“school; 15 . kilometres” “towards °

7 Pemberton, and back.

The». biathlon. “Wraps “| up = - with :

another ‘five-kilometre run to Lost
Lake,’ ending at.Mountain ‘Square

‘Organizer: ‘Don’ ‘Andrews.’ says
“just over :100. people: have. signed

‘up forthe ‘race; so far, but he ex. :

. pects that between. 200, and. 300 wil
* show up on the'day of the. event

Trevis s advice 19. entrants is to:
continue to train up until: ‘the’ day
ofthe race,,and to-get a “good,
night's sleep before the race.

“In the days.before the race. you

should | cat what. you": normally ©

would, but on the day of the race
cat lightly," she stresses. - Parti
pants should not forget. to drink
plenty af water, particularly if the,
day of the race is warm.

Ron: Andrews, organizer of the

-Vancouver International

. Triathlon; .says the Whistler race *

vis the third biathlon in five to be?

“held, throughout B.C: this summier. ~"
Other races will be: held’ in’ Vic- ..

toria, Vancouver: and Harrison.

<:.He ‘said ‘the purpose of! the’.

biathlons is, to help people to get:
involved in the Aug. 7.Vancouver
“Triathlon, now, in'its fourth year.
"~The Triathlon takes place-at

“English , Bay. and includes’ a. one-’
smile-swim race,~a 25- mile, ode.

race tothe “University” of British ©
‘Columbia; .and , a -seven-mile run
around Stanicy Park's sea’ wall.”

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