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The day dawned blustery and grey and I knew it would be my turn to run. My other half just does not like to be out in the rain.

Being my meticulous Germanic self, I showed up at the deserted Centennial Theatre parking lot about 30min before the official start. A small group of enthusiastic runners slowly assembled and huddled around Craig's car. Where was the guest of honour, Jesper, and his host Karl? Luckily Jesper had mentioned Friday night at the presentation that he was not a morning person. A quick phone call threw him out of bed. He looked slightly hung over when he finally hopped out of the car. Where did you take him, Karl?

18 Starters

On October 23, 2005 Dane Jesper Kenn Olsen, 34 became the first person to successfully run, in daily increments ranging from 14-93km, one lap around the Earth on land masses, setting a Guinness Book of World Records record.

What began from the Old Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London, England on January 1, 2004, ended there 26,323 km later - One lap around the World - on October 23, 2005.

If you like to see Jesper before his upcoming presentation at the Centennial Theatre you can get a taste on  ShawTV during Urban Rush on Wednesday March 22 at 5:00pm, 7:00pm and 11:00pm and following day (Thursday 23) at 1:00am, 7:00am & 12 noon.

It's not too late to get your tickets for the show on Friday here

The Club Fat Ass website will be upgraded tonight, Wednesday 22 March, starting at 21:30 PST. We appreciate your understanding should there be unexpected interruptions.

Mountain Highway Madness - 19 March 2006
(The Year of the Big Snow)

27 starters, 27 finishers


Saturday evening 8:00 pm. I get a call from my buddy Scott Riddell. Since neither he nor fellow ultrarunner Curb Ivanic could join us on Sunday morning, Scott tells me how they ran the Mountain Highway Madness course a day early. His message: "Be prepared for snow!" Too late to contact everyone in the event, I jog up the street to the local scoutmaster and borrow a trunkload of snowshoes.

Sunday morning 6:00 am. A frigging woodpecker starts pecking on my aluminum fireplace cap. I race downstairs for the slingshot, half forgetting that I'm supposed to be at the run start in about an hour. It's a gorgeous morning.

Mountain Highway Madness is coming up soon.

Mountain Highway Madness is an interval run. About 15K long, in the woods
on a wide, dirt and gravel road... it goes up and down a big mountain in
North Vancouver. While you don't need a doctor's certificate, you have to
be at least a bit crazy to even consider the challenge. Details at:
www.clubfatass.com/events/springmhm

Shoot for bragging rights and a place in the records book. Word on the
street is that someone might go for the second level of Platinum this

I'm still in shock and awe even though it has been over 12 hours after the Lottery Night at NorthShoreAthletics for Knee Knacker.

I still can't get my head wrapped around the fact that I will be participating at Knee Knacker for the first time and I get the additional benefit of cross training with Curb Ivancic as preparation for KK!