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l i mu in r n it mum“ u- - tsunami“, in mm. ti mil-i - u l . r_‘r_ ___*_\_1 S Age is just another number 0 O . C Q 0 Ron VanKoughnett wins hrs first World Championship duathlon title at the age of 64 Ht BollVRMMt another competitor Amateur racers like i honor is shill lumsell are not allowed to draft. . ' “It s just like when a guy gets a penalty III on \.inkotighrrett is pronng that age is hot key â€" he never desertesit,"sa1d Yankâ€" Riust a number alter Winning his lirst ottghnett latighing. "I did not deserverl." gold medal at the I ll] lhralhlou World In total it rntght have been a second here i lrriinpiouslnps H] the h") to M agegroup or a second there but it all added up In the \iid the Waterloo man is prool that get end So instead of being lll the lead those ting older doesn‘t necessarily mean you hate wasted seconds cost him the race. to go slime! In tat t. the M warâ€"old is get " l'hat intght have been the difference." he ting taster In his at totints. meticulously said trat king his progress [It a log book that A it caused \'altl\'ottghrtett to redouble lus â€" words his training times and the methods ellorts to make stire something similar he‘s used to get ready tor the race. 1; l . wouldn't befall him at the World (Shampr ‘ I here‘s something specific recorded J- i a \ v, . onships. Ilis revised training Included extenr t‘\t‘r\ day.” lie \A“d " l'hat incitides corn :' ' L, ~ _ site work on his transitions front the bike to merits like strong winds encountered " .% ' , M Qt the runntngstage. arotiudt ouestoga lake in March. ~ - ‘ - "- He's men gone so far as to mark ottt his "i plan what l‘m going to do and l keep a f % transitions on it trail just off Beaver (lreek (talk ofit ‘ r c. . "anâ€"- t Road heading into the laurel Creek (Ionserr lhat training started in earnest hack in . f' vatlon Area. So if you see a man hoping on “art it in total there are more than 500 J’ i" ' » x and offhis hike. that‘sjttst Ron. hours oi preparation recorded in that jour- ..:.’-' (lne thirtg he couldn't anticipate at the ital lhe retired high sthool English teacher . ‘ ‘ Q . World Championships was the weather. l'he tan open it tip to any page over the past it“ ' ‘ 0” rain got so heavy he found he couldn‘t see se\ en months and remarkably tell you wltal "' "L .. “1, V, with his regular corrective race glasses on, so he did that day . 5 f“ " _f’ f "i; ‘ . he discarded them making the rest of the "I do something almost everyday," said 3 , @ * ”Ely? “ racea blur. the fitness hull. who has no problems blowâ€" 5» v» y .. ti”: 3}? The rain also made the technical course trig in competition less than half his age. “I g . “J N ' f" especially treacherous with all the sharp always keep busy â€" i don't really take a day i _ . A“: _ ' ' , ttirns and hills he had to navigate. At the till litist never stop training. is.“ a". “his, . ' 3: three-quarter mark of the bike race all he i\ud it sil()\\('tl at the World l)uarh|on 5 as?” - ' heard was a stone "ping" off his front tire championships held in (xincord. North (Zar- ' \ » . if . . ,_,. and it was enough to send him crashing to _ olina, at the end of September. VanKough- \ . "\ ; ' the pavement. nett‘s previous best result was a silver medal ‘H “ “x W “l was going dovm this long grade and it in the so to (14 age group back in 2005 in " just happened." said VanKoughnett. "My Australia. bike went down and l went down and iffact Since then he‘s finished in the top seven m I'm still healing it took otit hunks of flesh in the other four world championships he's N for about a foot»and-a-halfon the side of my entered in. btit he was never satisfied with “ - leg." just coming close. He recently had a second- While down his main competitor in the place finish at the US. Duathlon (Ihampi- 65 to 69 age group passed him. VanKough- onship early this season. nett later realized it was the same competi- Ile lost the age group title by a couple of tor who beat him at the US. Nationals. mllltllt‘s. But what didn’t sit well with VanK- “He was close enough to pass me when l oughnett was that a couple of factors con» went down." he said, "But I didn't think of spired against him that day including a race anything but getting back on the bike as fast marshal giving him the wrong directions. as l could and getting after him." "l had a series of mishaps." he said. "My He caught up with him a couple of kilo- .ierohars weren‘t tightened up enough and metres later. He came up on him slowly and dropped down over my front wheel. decided to make a move on the British ".\nd then the race marshal directed me national on a hill they were quickly oft (nurse and i had to come back. 1 also approaching. thought I picked up a sharp stone in my “the best place to pass someone on a hill shoe while 1 was running ~ it turned out to because you're sending him a message." said he a sheet metal screw." VanKoughnetl. “As l passed him he looked to lhe topper was that he was given a two- Local Duathlete Ron VanKoughnett Overcame a number of obstacles. including a crash in the me and said, ‘l'rn dying.’ "' rnintite penalty for illegally drafting behind bike portion of the race, to win his first World Championship title. loom-AN“ mom Continued on page 26 HERE, 5 A ONTARIO JUNIOR CMZEN or THE YEAR AWARDS - r we T ‘ if you know a young person aged 6 to W who is involved in worthwhile community servrte a special person who is ‘ _ i s > _ 1,55; ,, ~ contributing while livtng with a limitation. a youth who has performed an act of herotsrn or a good ind who shows a ‘u‘ ‘ ' ONE - 33:1 » . y, commitment to making life better for others. dotng more than is normally expetted of someone their age HELP US \ \ z ’ ' ”W \ ' RECOGNIZE {one (ONTRlBUTION VNOMINATE THEMTOOAVl , if i N i EV ERY' Contact this newspaper or the Ontario Community Newspapers Nominations will be accepted ’ s‘ i I i it: . 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