By Tish Diamond
Twenty-nine participants competed in the 10th Annual Poker Face Adventure Race recently.
Participants came from Williams Lake, Kamloops and there were a lot of local Canim Lake and 100 Mile House residents.
We also had tons of volunteers from Canim Lake and 100 Mile House who helped make the race run smoothly.
The race involved a 12-kilometre bike ride starting at Eliza Archie Memorial School, going through the main subdivision, up the mountain towards Bobbs Lake and ended with a thrilling descent back down towards the school.
Then they continued on with a four-km paddle on Bridge Creek, which resulted with a few paddlers ending up in the water.
The last leg of the race involved a gruelling eight-km run up the mountain and back down to the finish line.
In the iron man division, Dennis Wick defended his title, once again for the 10th consecutive year, with a total time of 1:32:35.
Steve Law was second with a time of 1:40:09, and Dustin Price took third place at 1:41:48. Not far behind was Dwayne Chamberlain at 1:47:01, and Adam Courtney finished in 2:03:09.
Kristie Iverson was the soul iron woman completing all three components in a time of 2:25:35.
Jack and Donna Fitzel (For Better or Worse) took first place in the team-of-two category with a time of 1:44:40. Second place went to Cam and Colleen Robb (Cariboo Eco Tours) at 2:06:43. Close on their tails were Brent Dixon and Marcia Gilbert (The Speedy Cousins) who finished in 2:11:03.
The team-of-three-or-four category was won by Shawn Melville, Kam Taylor and Margie Lobsiger (Focused Fitness) with a time of 1:47:28.
Second place went to the Kamloops team of Harry Spahan, Jennifer Morrison and Lynn Morrison (Foot Loose) at 2:23:05. David Sumption, Beverly Sell, Brett Archie and Michelle Archie (Red Neck Nobels) were very close behind in 2:25:50.
This year, there was an eight-km walk/run race and it was very successful. Andrea Flett took first place with a time of 34:31.
Kathryn Barrick was second at 41:50, followed closely by Ashley Watson at 41:54 and Claire Ford in 42 minutes flat.
Heidi Hagan crossed the finish line in 48:42 and Tiffany Keating was one second behind her at 48:43.