There’s few people in Canadian Triathlon that are as well known as Penticton’s Steve King. He’s right up there with Lori Bowden, Simon Whitfield, Lisa Bentley, and Peter Reid.
Of course most people will recognize Steve King’s voice from the finish line of the Granfondo Axel Merckx, Vancouver Marathon, and Ironman Canada from the 1980s to the 2000s but there is a whole lot more to this man than just the voice!
At age 70, Steve King keeps a schedule that would tax most folks half his age. In addition to keeping up his ambitious announcing duties, he holds a day job as an addictions counselor and a night job as an aspiring rock star. In Fitspeek’s feature interview, we speak with Steve King about how he fell into the role as a race announcer, his views on Canada’s “Golden Age of Triathlon” and of course what the return of the Ironman to Penticton means to him. Hear that interview, plus our Fit Tip of the Week on how to improve your short-term memory by pressing play below:
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