It took two Burnaby men less than six hours to complete a 50-kilometre off-road race, good enough to snag a spot on the podium.
Brian Beharrall and Paul Ruben secured a third-place title in the category of two-men teams at this year’s Mind Over Mountain Adventure Race held Sept. 26 in Cumberland on Vancouver Island.
The endurance race has participants navigate through a series of checkpoints in order to finish within the eight-hour time limit. Along the way, racers have to compete in various disciplines, including mountain biking, paddling and trail running.
Beharrall and Ruben’s time of 5:55:28 not only won them the third place title for their category, but also the 10th spot overall out of 516 racers. Vernon resident Matt Hewitt and Penticton resident Tim Musselman came in first in the male team category with a time of 4:51:53.
The No. 1 overall winner was Cumberland native Brad Crowe who finished in 4:51:21, while the first-place female racer scored a time of 5:59:55.
