B.C. couple taking on 18 triathlons across Canada to fundraise for ALS research

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Two B.C. athletes will take part in 18 triathlons all across Canada as part of a fundraising journey for ALS research.
Donna Bartel, 60, and Mike Pearson, 64, will start this weekend in Nanaimo on their four-month effort to race 450 kilometres of triathlons to try to raise $600,000 for the ALS Society of B.C. and the society's Project Hope research at the University of British Columbia.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, formerly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a fatal neurological disease that attacks brain and spinal cells, leading to paralysis and the inability to breathe. The remaining life expectancy for those diagnosed is typically between two to five years.
According to the ALS Society of B.C., approximately 390 people in B.C. live with the disease at any given time.