Jennifer's Results:
swim: 35:03 1.5 k
Bike: 1:46:50 38 k
Run: 1:02:37 10 k
Total: 3:24:29

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Jennifer's triathlon messages:

- Pre triathlon:

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An Update from Jennifer Beals

- Post triathlon:

Report
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You can donate to Jennifer's chosen charities below:

I Live Here Foundation
Matthew Shepard Foundation
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles

 

 

 

 

 

 

Report by Gcl:
With over 490 participants, the 7th Annual Vancouver Triathlon took place today, in Ceperley Field – Stanley Park and our very own Jennifer Beals competed on her first Olympic distance triathlon to help raise funds for three different charities: Childrens Hospital Los Angeles-Center For Cancer & Blood Diseases, The Matthew Shepard Foundation, and I Live Here Foundation.
Not quite sure how the swimming portion of the event went down but I was fortunate enough to be a race
marshal for both the bike and run courses. Barely recognizable with her glasses and white jacket, Jennifer
crosses the bike finish line with me saying “Good job Jennifer!” (thank goodness I still had some sense to say
that to her upon realization that I was less than a feet away from Goddess LOL) surprising her but she was very appreciative of the volunteers nonetheless and said that we’re so nice...heheh...
On to the last part of the race, Jennifer donned on what appears to me as her signature running outfit
(which I’ve seen her wear on a couple of occasions) and thought she did this latter part very well because
she was done in no time.
A fan was screaming her name and run to the finish line with her from the other side of the fence and the announcer was also commenting on the banner that another fan made to support Jennifer.
On behalf of tibette.com, we’d like to congratulate Jennifer on her successful triathlon and good luck on your future races!

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Report by HeartOfArtemis:
JB's Winged Victory at the Vancouver Triathlon

At 6:30 a.m. Monday morning September 1, I left my hotel near Stanley Park with my pug Po on a leash, four poster board signs under one arm and a cup of Starbucks coffee in a thermos. I walked along the causeway on English Bay about a mile to the site of the Triathlon. It was 47 degrees F according to my new IPHONE but felt colder. Dawn was just breaking and I could see the outline of hundreds of people in wetsuits milling around at Second Beach where the swimming portion of the Triathlon would begin at 7:05 a.m. Olympic men in green caps first, followed by Olympic women in red caps. I spotted Jennifer with Alexandra Hedison and a friend but
couldn't get a very good picture on my IPHONE.

I had spent the evening before making signs to cheer JB on. Because I had read so much hope and anxiety
for JB on the message boards the week before the race from fans all over the world, I decided to try to give
them voice. My first sign, that I held up for JB as she exited the water after her first lap said GO JENNIFER/ We (Heart) You/ --Tibette Nation. She had a big grin on her face and plunged back in the water for her final lap.

Po and I moved on to the north side of the transition zone (where the bike racks were located) and staked out
a spot just at the place where the riders entered the street winding its way around Stanley Park.
I held up a small sign as she passed by the that said GO JENNIFER / The Wind is at Your Back / You Make Us Proud /--Tibetters Everywhere. I yelled GO JENNI FER at the top of my lungs and she gave us a thumbs up.
She looked great in her bike outfit!

I had driven the route the day before and thought it was long and very hilly. JB would need to make 4 laps around. We stayed until JB came flying down the hill at the end of her first lap and held up our large sign
with an " Obama 08 " bumper sticker in the upper right hand corner. The sign read " GO JENNIFER GO! / We love you and LH / --.Tibette Nation." By now other fans and friends had showed up and we all yelled GO JENNIFER GO.
We got a big grin from the goddess.

Po and I moved on to the south side of the transition zone near where the runners had to go under an
underpass. I leaned the large sign against the wall and pulled out my last small sign "JENNIFER/ You Go Girl!/
We (heart) You / --Your Fans All Over the World. "It was warmer now but the grass still had the morning dew
so I took off my parka to sit on. Po promptly sat on my lap with muddy paws and then knocked my open
thermos of coffee over my pantleg. After about a half hour JB cam e out of the transition shute and did a little dance to the cheers of her friends and fans. She slowed down as she started to pass us and go through the underpass. She pointed both index fingers at me and said "God bless YOU!" Fortunately I was already sitting
down or I might have keeled over. She had two 5 K laps to run before the race was over.

I went over to the adjacent playground and collected my friend Maxine and her 4 year old daughter Morgan.
We headed over to the finish line and squeezed into a great spot along the security fence next to the medals table. . When we spotted JB nearing the finish line she started to SPRINT! I got a picture of her as she came home, looking just radiant. She was greeted by Alexandra Hedison, Mia Kirshner, and Elizabeth Berkley

I asked 4 year old Morgan if she would like to give JB the small sign that said '"JENNIFER / You Go Girl! / We (heart) You./ --Your Fans from around the World." Maxine and Morgan moved forward with the sign and
Jennifer immediately knelt down with a banana in her left hand and hugged Morgan. Maxine got a great picture of them.
I hung back about ten feet being muddy and coffee-stained. Jennifer looked up and saw me--the STALKER--and said come here. She gave me a hug and I started to say I drove up from Olympia, Washington where the silent retreat you escaped from in Season 3 was located. My voice failed after Olympia and the picture Maxine took shows me staring at JB's "medal" and an absolutely ravishing Jennifer. It is now my screensaver!

It was a great day for a whole lot of reasons. Not the least of which is that it was a true "Winged Victory" for
one of the world's greatest actresses and humanitarians.

 

 

thanks to HeartOfArtemis for these pictures