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: Contributed by
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Look Back — - Time does seem to:

speed along much-more quickly.
these days. Race organizers must -

wonder, as: the years pass by,
‘where the time has gone. Here in

organizing such an event. °

-Well,.21 hardy souls: ‘from:
around the area displayed the’

enthusiasm: to inspire us to do it all’
again ‘the following year. In our:

” inaugural race, ‘Local fisheries offi

_ cer Randy Nelson‘captured.the
men's title in a time of 1: 15.29,:
while, Kathleen McKinnon won .

the women’s race in1:34.52.

The second race in: 1982 ¥ was
| aptly titled the “Turkey Tamer” as
the overall fastest participant

received a livé‘turkey. Luckily for w
annual edition’ of this popular fall.
; - Back in 1981, as’ ‘members |
of the Skeena Valley Runners’
. Chub, we wondered how long this :
event. would last, or whether. there -
would: be the numbers to warrant

the winner, who had visions of.a

gobbler, the race organizers: ‘made .

“ Pounded the pavement. -

. Then-in 1986, came our largest.

‘half: marathon field of 38 competi-

tors. The course has changed twice

-over the years, but neither course

has attempted to avoid the hills of

midnight plucking ordeal with this”

a prompt. ‘exchange for the frozen
variety. This time’31 runners.

out-of-town participants a good
tour ofthe area..
The last three races: have
included a 5K and 10K run, in an
effort to attract more runners to
the race. This strategy* ‘seems to
have worked, -as,the: number of
half-marathon entrants has stayed
approximately the’ same. But now
we've had fields of. 70: to: 90.
entrants. _
The Race. Today .

The 1991, running of this event
took place on Sunday, Oct. 13.
under less than ideal weather con. ,
-.ditions. For weeks the clouds had |
.decided ‘that. the North. Coast was °

the place to drop. their precipita-:.
tion, and rain it did — day after .
-day. While those residents in: ‘the -
southem part of the province were.

‘wondering if it. : might e ever rain’
again, we were ‘wondering if it.
might: ever stop. Hopes of a break”
in the downpour were encouraged
as the sun shone for most of Satur: .
day. However, it was: not to be...
‘Thank goodness for preregistra-
tion, with.a no-refund clause: :
“Maybe it was the money of maybe *.
dt was the fact that runners had
‘acclimatized to being. out in the’
‘Tain, but all entrants appeared for:
the race,

‘fn fact, it didn't slow the male.
- Yepd runners at all., Atight—~andt
nigan tight — group of: four:”
“emerged and ran stride for. stride,
mneck and neck for 10 milés, It.was
“only at that point: ‘that a. former
-winner, Richard: ‘Harrison, fell-off;

the steady pace set by the Nelson

clan of. Prince Rupert. The final :
hill to the finish managed to sepa-

tate Charles Nelson (1:12:12) -

from his .two brothers Joe.

(1411p and John Nelson: Ire:

(1:13:00).
The fastest female time went to

| Diana Wood and Gail Sheasby

(1:45:00) of Terrace; who decided.”

- that their months of training -
together deserved a tie: Gord Bux-

; ton (1:16:31) of Terrace and: Frank: .
-‘Falvo (1:16:37) of Prince Rupert -

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rain. Janis German (1:52:33) and
. Ray. Leonard.(1:18:12) of Prince

Rupert crossed the finish line first -

’ in the Masters’ division.

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' They trimmed. Nisga’a. 101-46

. and bounced Smithers 116-76. Jeff
- McKay was: the leader in both

‘games with 20 and 28 points
respectfully. He also pumped up
1 in their third game, a 77-73 loss

” ‘to Kitimat.

Mike Newhouse’ also had a

‘good series with game scores or
18,25 and. 11 points.

marathotiers had headed fot the:
hills, the SK and 40K races were
started, There. Were. 64. runners: in.

these two events, while the half.
“marathon entries were down to 21. -
A quick pace was set by: the: SK.
‘runners,:as the winning ‘overall:
“times in this event were turned in -
by Ed Ansems.— Terrace: Masters.

C6: 40) and Mark Zielinski’.

Kitimat: Open. (17:40). A contir - : 7

gency of runners from’ Smithers
cand Telkwa ran. extremely well,as
"a. humber. of: them: finished i in the’
‘tap three: of their age groups. °
‘David:Liscumb (20:22), Dawn:
“Hanson (20:24) and Donelle‘Mur- «
dock (20: 56) were just three of -
‘these runners. In the: Under-20.
division, Justin Cheer of Prince -
Rupert (19:23), ‘Noah Gellner of .
Terrace:(19:39) ‘and Dale Young
“of Kitimat (19: 40) secured the top
three positions,. Diana .Penner.of
Terrace won the Masters. Women
‘category in 27:41, while Kim Bar-- = —
-fiere of Terrace (21:01) crossed
first in’ ‘the Open division... oe
The fastest 10K: time. of 34:52 -
went to Bemie Irvin (Open. Men)
of Prince Rupert. The Mclean
brothers of Telkwa, placed first
and second in the Under 20 divi-
sion, as Graham posted 36:04 and
- Sandy ran 36:18,- Anna Bernard
(42:09) of Kitimat won ‘the Open
“Women’s division by §:00. Inthe
‘Masters’ division, Neil Fleisch- |
mann (41:08)-and, Rose Schibli_
(48:26). of Terrace rounded off the -
notable winners in, this 1 race. a

“As much as. I've resisted, the

". sweats'are now oa, With tempera-

tures below. freezing, it was.
inevitable. Along with:snow on. —
_ the road, it's*the Far North’s ver-
sion of resistance training, and it
has slowed.thie pace of running.
And maybe that’s good. Maybe
Mother nature is telling us some-
_ thing. _ something that many of _
“us tend to‘ forget: All of us need a .
‘rest. period, a‘time to run without
‘stopwatch i in hand and without the
_ pressure of the next race weighing |
-on our minds. A time to recuper-
ate. For myself, I plan to take the
next few months to get back to the —
basics of running. It might be hard

to smell the roses at this time of

‘year, but the scenery is just that:
“much better when you travel at a
_ Slower than normal pace,

ev eiveyenteteted