Wednesday, June 21, 2000

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Robyn Chambers ee
Peninsula News Review

It was a goal for the millennium.

While at the stroke of midnight
last new year, most people around
the world were vowing to eat less,
travel more, work less, and enjoy
life more, Wayne Coulson and Tom
Weightman were planning their

“Escape from Alcatraz.”

- Coulson and Weightman, mem- ~

bers of the Team West Coast

Triathlon club, joined 1,000 other

_ athletes from around the world in

San Francisco for the much antici-
pated May 26 race.

- “We were setting goals for the

millennium and were looking for .
something different than the Cana-
dian Ironman Triathlon,” said Coul-. ~
son. (Coulson had. already. com-
peted. in: the Penticton Tronman *

race 10 years earlier)”

- After challenging himself at the Be
age of 40, he. was again looking for.
ay something new for his 50th j year. In°

Pie semi-retirement

She ‘Tes was wet and cold in Boa.
ell River as the “Peninsula ©
* Track Club were in town bat: -
_tling for spots on the Zone 6.
~ B.C: Summer Games team. :
- “In'spite of the. conditions,”
both Tamara Willock, 15, and
Blake Strukoff, 14,-were suc-
cessful in being named to the.
Zone 6: team."
-Willock will compete in the
high jump as a result of her’
-_ wind-affected second place ef-
fort of 1:40m.; : In Victoria; she
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choice in his selection: By win-
“ning the demanding five event
- pentathlon competition with a
- solid 2,950 point performance,
‘he had to chose between that-:.
“and the pole vault, which he’
had-also-won two weeks ear-
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~ bypassed the high-flying pole
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ing in fourth place provincially i in
his age-group.

But he noted that Alcatraz was
his first big event since coming
back:

The grueling “Escape from Al-
catraz” event consists of a1.5 mile
swim from Alcatraz, an 18 mile bike
around San Francisco and an 8 mile
beach/road run.

~ “It’s not the longest triathlon, but

_ itis the hardest,” said Coulson.

I thought telling people that I
swam from Alcatraz would: be a

“Tt was a: neat race, something

‘different to add to a collection ofac-
: complishments.”. :
For Coulson: aiid. Weightman,
‘training was imperative to survival * :
and successful completion of the:

event.

~.water is close to what the | ocean is —
: down there,” said Coulson.
“The: water (around Alcatraz)

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: swimming: to. our training. «We
~ swam in Elk Lake and Coles Bay -

_ the te ture in those bodies of -
_ between 40 and 50h he had g gone into ee € temperature in those Podies 0

“However, by reason of hi
third place finish in the 100m
’ sprint (11.9); he was named to
the Zone 4x100 ‘relay team.
His Powell River results also.
% included a third place in the .
: discus. with a 36.48 throw, - od
Among the younger club.
athletes, Peter Root, 11, had an
outstanding weekend. He col- °
lected first place ribbons in the:
shot (8.70m), discus (21.62m),
javelin (22.40), and the 800m
~Race/Walk (5: 32.9), as well as.
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Due to the temperature as well
as the tides and currents, Coulson

and Weightman were nervous

about the swim portion.
“It was long and very cold and

we had to jump off the ferry .

straight into the water for the start, ”
he said.

“When we jumped in there were

800 people already in the water al-

ready.”
But in spite of their trepidation
over the swim, both came through

_ with flying colors.
neat thing to tell people, he said as *:
‘one of his reasons for doing it.

‘Weightman recorded the fastest
swim time in the 50-54 age-group.
In the final standings he. placed

‘third in the 50-54 age-group with a:
"time of.2 hours and.57 minutes.
: Coulson crossed in eighth place.::

Both competitors finished i in the
top third of all the racers:

“When its over, usually; Iam ex-
hilarated, quite tired, happy that it”
“is over, usually some. pain is in- ~
” volved, relief that it is over, a feeling.
: of accomplishment,”,said Coulson. :
. “Then I start to think about how.”
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_jump (1. 45m) and the triple
»: jump (8.66m).
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Track athletes brought, back -
“an. additional 15. fourthto
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triathlons because he was “reason-
ably good” at each sport individu-
ally, and therefore. felt that he
should try his hand by combining
the three together.

“When you put three sports to-
gether you don’t have to bea star in
any one of them. If you are okay in
the three you can do very well,” he
said. Although he. admits ® that

swimming is his favorite - giving

him acomfortable start in the swim
— bike - run event.

» “We had all heard of triathlons, it
was another matter of who would
do it,” he said of the big decision to
become a triathlete competitor. :

= “TL have competed in the SriCh-
inmoy event ever since its inception

at Elk Lake and have been Rocked’
since the first one.”

So now just escaping froin Alca-
traz is no longer enough for Coul-

. son, he is looking for still greater:

challenges... :
“%n.the future I am: looking fo

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