Bd Terrace Review — Wednesday, May 2, 1990.

Tough winter training pays o

Contributed by Ed Ansems

Well, it’s not quite race time
in the Skeena Valley region of
the province, but that doesn’t
mean we're not on the move.
Runners can be seen anytime of
the day fighting bone-chilling
winds, or running on snow that
makes training on a beach seem
like one of your rest days, All of
us were beginning to think that
Vancouver weather had _per-
manently settled into our area,
but having more ‘normal’
weather for the last two months
has now changed our outlook.

We in the ‘Northland?’ like to
believe that braving a winter in

this region better prepares a per-
son, physically and mentally, for
the demands of a race. In fact,
many times as I competed in the
Vancouver Marathon I thought
that with those early morning
training runs in —10 to —20
degree weather, snow swirling
into my face, and the darkness
of it all, I must be that much
stronger than other runners in
that race. Maybe it is true, for a
number of local athletes have
done extremely well in provin-
cial and international events,
Since I have no race results to
mention this time, I would like
to spotlight one of our more
famous runners.

Smithers strong in track

Smithers’ competitors cleaned
up :t the opening high school
track and field meet of the
season at Prince Rupert on April
21.

Smithers athletes more than
doubled their closest opponents
to win in a breeze. They ran up
365 points overall, while the
Caledonia-Skeena combines of
Terrace plac 4 second with 163.

Host Prine Rupert won third
place on 158 oints, with Kit-
wanga picking up 21 points and
Nisga’a getting, seven.

Terrace at.:letes sparkled in
some events,

Kirsten Holkestad won the
bantam girls’ long jump and
high jump. Lana Guyer, in the
same age group, won the
200-dash and placed second in
the 100. She was also a member
of the four-by-100 winning relay
team.

Another bantam — Debbie
Casey — won the 100, came sec-

ond in the shot and third on the
200.

Bantam’s Aaron Leblanc
came up with first in discus, sec-
ond in shot, fourth in javelin
and second with his relay team.

In midget division, Shawn
Carson won the long jump, the

Over the years, Terrace’s Sue
Simpson (formerly Walker) has
proven to be in a class of her
own in regional races, and with-
out a doubt one of the best Iong-
‘distance runners in the province.
Sue started running in the spring’

of 1978 to lose weight after hav- ©

ing a baby. By the time the 1980.

Vancouver . Marathon’ rolled -

‘around, she was running 50

miles a week. She managed a.

37th in the women’s field in a
time of 3:31.

Sue then brought her time for.
the marathon down to 3:11 with
a third place finish in the: 1982
Richmond Marathon. In the
spring of ‘83, she broke the

and field ©

100, the 400, and had a second.
with his relay team,
Chris Oldham had first in the
shot, second in javelin, third in
discus, and was on the relay
team. .
Next meet is this Saturday at
Skeena school in Terrace.

Seniors lay Games plan

Plans for several events in
B.C. Senior Games zone 10
playdowns were set up during a
recent meeting in the Terrace
Happy Gang Centre.

The third annual games are
coming up Sept. 5 to 7 at Com-
ox. With representatives present
from Kitimat and Prince Rupert
at the Terrace gathering, it was
decided they’d travel by
chartered bus and B.C. Ferry to
Comox. A repeat of last year’s
Riverboat Days ‘Seniors’ Mile’

for runners and walkers was in- |

cluded in the plans, with par-
ticipants to pick up fundraising
pledge sheets very soon, Playoff
dates for three sports were set.

Carpet bowlers roiled for
team positions in Terrace last
week. Bowlers in five-pin had
their playoff on April 29 at

Prince Rupert, and tennis -

players have their session at
Kitimat om May 12. Other
playoff dates will be announced
shortly.

season schedule set for
Terrace men’s soccer league

The local men’s soccer league
is lined up for a season of games
Tuesdays and Thursdays at
Skeena, Caledonia and Thorn-
hili fields.

Games list
drawn up

Here’s the tentative list of
sports submitted for approval
for the 1991 Terrace Northern
B.C. Winter Games, Feb. 1 to 3:

Archery, badminton, basket-
ball, black powder shooting,
bowling, boxing, chess, crib-
bage, cross-country skiing, curl-
ing, darts, duplicate bridge,
figure skating, gymnastics, old-
timers’ hockey, minor. hockey,

- ladies’ hockey, karate, downhill
skiing, special olympics (bow]-
‘ing and swimming), short track
speed skating, snowmobiling,
swimming, indoor soccer,

’ volleyball, water polo, weight-

- lifting, wrestling.

’ Events’ chairman Bob Dahl
says there could be changes this
summer before the list is resub-

“mitted at

’ meeting. =. woe

the fall general

The mid-week play for the
Terrace circuit is a switch from
Past seasons when games were
played on weekends. Also, it’s
strictly an all-Terrace setup with
no representation from the Nass
Valley. .

To balance the league, tearns
were selected by a draft draw
two weeks ago, A complete list
of team names is expected short-

President Joe Dubin said they
could use more players. Those
interested should contact Joe at
635-9338 or 635-4410. .

Meanwhile, this Saturday is

the entry deadline for men’s and
women’s teams planning to
‘enter zone soccer playdown at
Terrace on May 19 weekend.
Phone Flip Cervo at 635-7445
evenings, or 635-6511 during the
day.

MAY 7 -

above dates.

Residents are reminded
Calendars, as garbage
all Statutory Holidays. —

SPRING CLEAN-UP WEEK.

The City of Terrace’s. Public Works Department will
pick up extra garbage and refuse, free of charge, on the

This service does NOT Include car bodies, stumps or
industrial waste. Kindly arrange to have this extra gar-
bage and waste material set out on your regular pick
up day. Please have garbage and waste material in
plastic bags or cartons to assist In the pick up.

—

11, 1990

to check their Add-A-Day .

pick up days change following |

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The City of Terrace ‘

three-hour barrier with a time of
2:59.54, and achieved a 10th
place finish in the Vancouver
Marathon. Numerous local

‘Taces were won at this time, in-

cluding the Labour Day Classic
in Prince George. In the fall of
*83, Sue was the second woman
across the line in the Kamloops
Marathon in 3:01.

‘A hard winter of training in
the Terrace area helped to

‘prepare Sue for the 1984 Van-

couver Marathon. She was the -

first B.C. woman (second Cana-
dian and in a time of 2:53.54),

-and as a result won an all-

expenses-paid trip to the Lake
Kawaguchi Marathon in Japan.
Unfortunately, training did not

go well for this race and many

miles had to be squeezed into a

short period of time just before

the big day. But, as I stated pre-
viously, there’s a toughness
brought about through training
in this area, and Sue proved that
fact. She finished as the second
woman in the race in a time of
3:06.

The Vancouver Marathon of
1985 produced Sue’s fastest
marathon time. She led this race
for over 23 miles, just ahead of
the Japanese runner who won

the Lake Kawaguchi Marathon
the previous year. At that point
in the race, she was passed by
the Japanese runner, but she
continued to push herself and

finished in a time of 2:55.34. It -

was then back to. Japan for -
revenge as she won another trip
to the Orient. This time Sue
placed second again, but to a
different Japanese runner. She
did so'in a quick time of 2:56. —
Since 1985, Sue has trained at
varying degrees of intensity. She
continues to win local. and
regional races but has not had
that initial determination that
we all experience as we start out

. in this game. That is; until last

fall. Sue, now. a Masters’ run-
ner, placed first in that division .
in the Royal Victoria Marathon |
in October, This also gave her
fourth place overall.

With increasing family com-.
mitments, Sue has found it
harder to train at the level of in-
tensity she did earlier in her —
career, However, the desire to
excel is still there. I’m sure that
others in the province will soon
be hearing her name again, and
will'soon be following in her
footsteps at races around the
province.

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