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SHINES
THE
SPOTLIGHT ON
1397 Brookdale Ave.,
Cornwall OUR MEMBERS
Martin Callan Talks Local Multisport
Bill Kingston, Local Journalist, Talks Multisport
get involved with more events.
By Molly Kett
“I like the fact that it’s a sport
orty-two-year-old Bill where you are, for the most part,
FKingston not only works competing against yourself,”
hard running Cornwall says Kingston. “Training in
Newswatch, he’s also avidly different disciplines always
involved with the Cornwall keeps it interesting and finding
Multisport Club. Also involved new running and cycling
with sports outside of the routes always makes it a new
Cornwall Multisport Club, he experience.”
calls himself an avid hiker,
who is “working on becoming Currently, Kingston is
an Adirondack 46er; hiking training for The Canadian Half
to the summits of all forty-six Ironman Duathlon on Labour
High Peaks of the Adirondack Day weekend. After this event,
Kingston will be transitioning
Mountains.
into running races with the
Kingston began getting Army Run Half Marathon
involved with multisport when
this September followed by
he was working in Parry Sound. the Atlantic City Marathon in
“I started cycling year-round to October.
work primarily because I drove
a big truck and the gas was For Kingston, the
getting expensive at the time. Cornwall Multisport Club has
The cycling grew into a regular inspired him to try new sports
habit for me. When I moved to and events. “When I started
Cornwall in 2007, I wanted to with the Cornwall Multisport
try something new and decided Club, if you would have
that I wanted to add running asked me if I would ever run a
into my list of activities,” says marathon or do a half ironman
Kingston. “I took the ‘Learn to duathlon, I would tell you you’re
Run’ program with the Cornwall crazy,” says Kingston. “I did
Multisport Club the next the ‘Learn to Run’ to complete
year and that’s how I became a five kilometre race, but the
introduced to CMC. Because sport is addictive. Next it was a
I’m not a swimmer, the idea of 10K, then a half marathon, and
duathlons piqued my interest so on. It’s also self-rewarding,
and that’s when I started doing not only at the finish line, but in
them competitively.” your overall health. I have been
Kingston participates in healthier, had fewer colds, and
both the spring and fall duathlons have a better health-wise overall
with the Cornwall Multisport Bill Kingston with fellow CMC Club member Kathleen Hay. since taking up a religious
Club, but says he would like to Photo Submitted running and cycling regime.”
