Club Events

An alphabetical list of all Club Fat Ass events around the world is at the bottom of this page. You can also see a list of upcoming events by date.

Club Fat Ass offers three different event types. The Scheduled Event, the Speaker Event and the Flash Event. To find out more about the differences, click here.

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Have fun...and happy trails!

Sibylle Tinsel
Chief Executive Fat Ass

5Peaks Course Orientation Runs

What:

Course orientation runs for the BC 5 Peaks events
Fun and free group runs with some old friends and maybe some new ones
Combination of single / double track. Moderate technical difficulties
faster and slower pace groups on each course, so there's something for everyone

Who:

trail runners of any ability who would like to discover some new, but might not want to go it alone
trail runners who are registered or thinking of signing up for the popular 5Peaks races. Get to know the trail you will race on so you can kick some butt on race day!

When:

15 April 2012 - Golden Ears
2 June 2012 - Squamish
15 July 2012 - Cypress
22 September 2012 - Buntzen Lake

Entry:

Registration is required. Click on the links above to register for the individual events.
Sign-up early and be entered in a draw for a complimentary entry to the new 5Peak 50 Miler Solo or Relay, Meet Your Maker in September (draw will be held 10 July 2012).
There is no fee and you don't need to be a member of Club Fat Ass to participate in a Flash event, however whining is not allowed. You are responsible for your own well being and safety and should be self sufficient.
Please read the Release of All Claims. By participating in these event you agree to the terms of the Release of All Claims.

Notes:

Want to lead a group? Group leaders receive a free entry into the Club Fat Ass and 5Peaks event of their choice between now and the end of 2012. First come, first served. Group leaders will also be entered in a draw for a complimentary entry to the new 5Peak 50 Miler Solo or Relay, Meet Your Maker, in September (draw will be held 10 July 2012). If interested, contact Sibylle

Flash - 5Peaks Golden Ears WarmUp 2012

Start: 15 Apr 2012 09:00

Location:

Golden Ears Park, BC Canada

What:

A fun and free group run with some old friends and maybe some new ones
8.8km and 14km distances on some great trails
low-key familiarization run on the Sport (8.8K) and Enduro (14K) courses of the 5Peaks season premiere race in Golden Ears Provincial Park
Combination of single / double track. Moderate technical difficulty. Sport Course: Total elevation gain 292m. Enduro Course: Total elevation gain 682m
faster and slower pace groups on each course, so there's something for everyone

Who:

trail runners of any ability who would like to discover some new trails, but might not want to go alone
trail runners who are registered or thinking of signing up for the popular 5Peaks race at Golden Ears Provincial Park on Saturday 21 April 2012. Get to know the trail you will race on so you can kick some butt on race day!

When: Sunday, 15 April 2012 at 9:00am

Entry:

Please register for this free event here.
Sign-up before Tuesday, April 10th and be entered in a draw for a complimentary entry to the new 5Peak 50 Miler Solo or Relay, Meet Your Maker in September (draw will be held 10 July 2012)
There is no fee and you don't need to be a member of Club Fat Ass to participate in a Flash event, however whining is not allowed. You are responsible for your own well being and safety and should be self sufficient.
Please read the Release of All Claims. By participating in this event you agree to the terms of the Release of All Claims.

Notes:

Can't make it on the 15th, but would like to pre-run the courses? You can find maps of the Enduro course here and Sports course here.
Want to lead a group? Group leaders receive a free entry into the Club Fat Ass and 5Peaks event of their choice between now and the end of 2012. First come, first served. You will also be entered into a draw for a complimentary entry to the Meet the Maker race in September.
If interested, contact Sibylle.

How to get to the start

Golden Ears Provincial Park lies in the Coast Mountains 11 km north of Maple Ridge on the north side of the Fraser River.
Access to the park is by vehicle via Highway 7 or Dewdney Trunk Road through the Municipality of Maple Ridge.
If heading west, turn right onto 232nd and if heading east, turn left onto 232nd; then turn right onto Fern Crescent and follow road into park.
Drive a long way into the park, do not turn to park headquarters on the left (first turn off), do not stop at the first pull out on right with the parking machine (you can pay at the beach) and drive til you see the sign pointing to “beach parking” on the right. Turn and go to beach parking

Registration - Flash - 5Peaks Golden Ears Warm-Up

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Flash - 5Peaks Squamish Warm Up 2012

Start: 2 Jun 2012 09:00

Location:

Squamish, BC Canada

What:

A fun and free group run with some old friends and maybe some new ones
Distances to be announced
low-key familiarization run on the Sport and Enduro courses of the 5Peaks race in Squamish.
Combination of single track and technical hiking trails.
faster and slower pace groups on each course, so there's something for everyone

Who:

trail runners of any ability who would like to discover some new, but might not want to go it alone
trail runners who are registered or thinking of signing up for the popular 5Peaks race in Squamish on Saturday 9 June 2012. Get to know the trail you will race on so you can kick some butt on race day!

When: Saturday, 2 June 2012 at 9:00am

Entry:

Please register for this free event here. There is no fee and you don't need to be a member of Club Fat Ass to participate in a Flash event, however whining is not allowed. You are responsible for your own well being and safety and should be self sufficient.
Please read the Release of All Claims. By participating in this event you agree to the terms of the Release of All Claims.

Notes:

Want to lead a group? Group leaders receive a free entry into the Club Fat Ass and 5Peaks event of their choice between now and the end of 2012. First come, first served. If interested, contact Sibylle

Registration - Flash - Squamish Warm-Up

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Flash - 5Peaks Cypress Warm Up 2012

Start: 15 Jul 2012 09:00

Location:

Squamish, BC Canada

What:

A fun and free group run with some old friends and maybe some new ones
Distances to be announced
low-key familiarization run on the Sport and Enduro courses of the 5Peaks race on Cypress Mountain.
Combination of single track and technical hiking trails.
faster and slower pace groups on each course, so there's something for everyone

Who:

trail runners of any ability who would like to discover some new, but might not want to go it alone
trail runners who are registered or thinking of signing up for the popular 5Peaks race on Cypress Mountain on Saturday 21 July 2012. Get to know the trail you will race on so you can kick some butt on race day!

When: Sunday, 15 July 2012 at 9:00am

Entry:

Please register for this free event here. There is no fee and you don't need to be a member of Club Fat Ass to participate in a Flash event, however whining is not allowed. You are responsible for your own well being and safety and should be self sufficient.
Please read the Release of All Claims. By participating in this event you agree to the terms of the Release of All Claims.

Notes:

Want to lead a group? Group leaders receive a free entry into the Club Fat Ass and 5Peaks event of their choice between now and the end of 2012. First come, first served. If interested, contact Sibylle

How to get to the start

coming soon.

Registration - Flash - Cypress Warm-Up

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Flash - 5Peaks Buntzen Lake WarmUp 2012

Start: 22 Sep 2012 09:00

Location:

Buntzen Lake, Port Coquitlam, BC Canada

What:

A fun and free group run with some old friends and maybe some new ones
11K and 15K distances on some great trails not far from downtown Vancouver
low-key familiarization run on the Enduro (15K) and Sport (11K) courses of the 5Peaks season finale race at Buntzen Lake
faster and slower pace groups on each course, so there's something for everyone

Who:

trail runners of any ability who would like to discover some popular trails, but might not want to go it alone
trail runners who are registered or thinking of signing up for the popular 5Peaks race at Buntzen Lake on Saturday 29 September 2012. Get to know the trail you will race on so you can kick some butt on race day!

When: Saturday 22 September 2012 at 9:00am

Entry:

Please register for this free event here. There is no fee and you don't need to be a member of Club Fat Ass to participate in a Flash event, however whining is not allowed. You are responsible for your own well being and safety and should be self sufficient.
Please read the Release of All Claims. By participating in this event you agree to the terms of the Release of All Claims.

Notes:

the CFA Fluffy Bunny and the 5Peaks Buntzen events use the identical trails. We thought this would be a nice way to contribute another low-key event to the trail running community
Can't make it on the 22nd, but would like to pre-run the courses? Print-off detailed descriptions for Sport and Enduro courses.
Want to lead a group? Group leaders receive a free entry into the Club Fat Ass and 5Peaks event of their choice between now and the end of 2012 ($75 value!) First come, first served. If interested, contact Sibylle

How to get to the start (Buntzen Lake South Beach Parking lot)

Find your way to Port Moody, BC.
From where St. John’s Street meets the Barnet Hwy, take IoCo Road North
IoCo Rd. will turn into Heritage Mountain Blvd. There is a sign to Buntzen Lake here. Continue on Heritage Mountain Road until you hit the traffic circle
Take the first exit out of the traffic circle onto David Street. There is a Buntzen Lake sign here
Go left onto Forrest Park Way. There is a Buntzen Lake sign here.
Take an immediate Left on Aspenwood Dr. (it’s going to look like you are heading into a residential area here…. Your just going to have to trust me… this is the right way)
Aspenwood will turn into East Rd. Follow East Rd. for about 2km then make a right onto Sunnyside Drive.
Sunnyside Drive will take you directly to the Park. Follow the Park Rd. to the South Beach parking lot.

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5 Peak Warm-Up Runs - Event Reports

2010 5Peaks Burnaby Mountain Warm Up - Results

Starter Photo: May 22, 2010 - 21 Starters

Report - We had a nice cool day for a group run on top of Burnaby Mountain. In fact it was only about 8C with a breeze that lacked the warmth of the previous few days when temperatures where up to double that. I for one kept my sweatshirt on until we started to run.

Starting in parking lot C was the right place to be for access to the race day course, but, as many of us hadn't been there before it was a little fun to find. Slowly everyone trickled in after driving in circles a bit and making phone calls to help locate the lot. Then we had the challenge of buying a parking ticket to steer clear of the campus security forces that I saw driving around. Actually, that was a nice way for some of us to get a little warm up run because the ticket meter was quite a distance from the area where we parked (it was $3.25 per hour or $6.50 for the day).

A quick survey at the start showed us there was a good balance between first timers and veterans to the course and also several Club Fat Ass members to share in the fun. We headed out a few minutes after 9:00 am and quickly split into small groups. Once we got into the trees, we found the first part of the trail is an exciting and very twisty downhill before coming out much lower on the hill at the Power Line Trail. Janice and I were carefully corralling the rear of the group while Debra and John were happily keeping us company.

John and I stuck to the shorter Sport Course after seeing Janice and Debra circle around for the second loop of the Enduro Course. And that meant we got to experience the thrill of Cardiac Trail before everyone else. There wasn't a lot of talking up there as John steamed ahead of me. And eventually we watched as the leaders, Byron and Heather, came back to parking lot C, with the others finishing soon thereafter.

Thankfully, this event was uneventful except for the adventures in parking. And for those of us doing the race on Saturday June 12, we now know what to expect, when to push it hard, and how to avoid the heartbreak of Cardiac Trail. Lastly, thanks to the leaders as always for helping out.

First Name	Last Name	Event
Brent	Davidson	Enduro - 9.8km
Byron	Vallis	Enduro - 9.8km
David	Pollock	Enduro - 9.8km
Debby	Clarke	Enduro - 9.8km
Eric	Lorenz	Enduro - 9.8km
Gabi	Nagtova	Enduro - 9.8km
Heather	Urquhart	Enduro - 9.8km
Jami	Bennett	Enduro - 9.8km
Janice	Vallis	Enduro - 9.8km
Jiyoung	Cho	Enduro - 9.8km
Ken	Fun	Enduro - 9.8km
Lana	McGarry	Enduro - 9.8km
Pamela	Keck	Enduro - 9.8km
Susan	Kamachi	Enduro - 9.8km


John	Pickles	Sport - 6.3km

Ward	Beemer	Leader
Pamela	Keck	Leader
Eric	Lorenz	Leader
Janice	Vallis	Leader
Craig	Moore	Leader

Gabriela	Stoian	DNS
Greg	Richardson	DNS
Lisa	Richardson	DNS

2010 5Peaks Golden Ear Warm Up - Results

17 April 2010: Starter Photo - 35 Starters

Report: It was a perfect day for a run in a rain forest. The sky was overcast when our car pool arrived at the parking lot near Alouette Lake in Golden Ears Provincial Park. Soon excited chatter bonded the runners trying to figure out which group to sign-up for. We had 9 run leaders for about 30 runners, not a bad ratio.

There were two different distances, 8.8km Sports- and 14km Enduro to choose from. We set out together on the Valley Trail, following Eric, who had devlish fun guiding via his GPS. The rest of us leaders navigated from our memory of the course from years past and maps.

I had forgotten, how beautiful the area is. Moss covered trees, gentle, runable trails, waterfalls, lots of creeks and some mud. Duncan and Craig had set out on a custom course and saw a huge owl shortly after they left the main group. The rest of us didn't see any wild life or maybe we were too occupied huffing and puffing up the Lookout Trail to notice. The long downhill back into the Valley was well deserved and Spirea Trail brought us safely back to Alouette Lake.

Thanks to Jackie, who baked and brought along yummy date bars, MEC, who provided the PowerBar Gel Blasts and all the run leaders who came out and guided a group through the forest.

Photos of the day are posted in the slideshow below. If you have more photos of this event, please upload them to Flickr, add them to the Club Fat Ass Flickr Group, tag with 5PeaksGoldenEarsWarmUp2010 5PeaksGoldenEarsWarmUp ClubFatAssEvents2010 ClubFatAssEvents and they will automatically appear in the slideshow and in the Members In Action section on the right.

Survey: Please take a moment to fill out the post event survey.

Note: 5Peaks and Club Fat Ass already are planning orientation runs for the Burnaby Mountain Run 2010. Details here.

Results: (please note this was an orientation run with an emphasis on staying together and we did not keep times)

First Name	Last Name	Event
Caroline	Bentley	Enduro - 14km
sharon	davison	Enduro - 14km
Liza	Flemming	Enduro - 14km
Susan	Kamachi	Enduro - 14km
Ross	Laird	Enduro - 14km
NAM HEE	LEE	Enduro - 14km
Christie	Lynn
Lana	McGarry	Enduro - 14km
Cory	Ratke	Enduro - 14km
Jennifer	Roberts	Enduro - 14km
Walter	Scott	Enduro - 14km
lara	spence	Enduro - 14km

Sharon	Dillon	Sport - 8.8km
Pamela	Felix	Sport - 8.8km
Kristin	Hilts	Sport - 8.8km
Ian	Hilts	Sport - 8.8km
Wan Sook	Lee	Sport - 8.8km
Kirstin	Lindquist	Sport - 8.8km
cristy	maltese	Sport - 8.8km
Jackie	Montgomery	Sport - 8.8km
David	Montgomery	Sport - 8.8km
Shawn	Nelson	Sport - 8.8km
Derek	Sakamoto	Sport - 8.8km
Imelda	Wong	Sport - 8.8km
Kirsten	Solli

Ward	Beemer	Leader
Brad	Deabreu	Leader
Katie	Drechsel	Leader
Pamela	Keck	Leader
Katie	Longworth	Leader
Eric	Lorenz	Leader
Simon	Adams
Sibylle	Tinsel	Leader
Craig	Moore

Nathan	Livingston	DNS
Joy	Andreassen	DNS
Janice	Bennett	DNS
Stacey	Harman	DNS
Vera	Horsman	DNS
Jen	Jackson	DNS
Tristan	Jenkin	DNS
Jennifer	Lackey	DNS
Kelly	Mikkelson	DNS
STEEN	SKAANING	DNS
GABRIELA	STOIAN	DNS
Janice	Vallis	DNS
Kathryn	Webb	DNS
gerda	wever	DNS

Buntzen Lake Warm Up Run - Report

Despite teagirl's mess-up (more details below!) a fun time was had by the 4 run leaders and 4 participants who showed up to the 5Peaks Buntzen Warm-Up on a beautiful Saturday-of-the-long-weekend morning.

Teagirl (Katie) arrived at 8.30a only to realize the parking lot was *already* getting full and she hadn't specified a meeting place & time. Luckily people in running gear stick out like a sore thumb, and Eric was wearing his bright orange 5Peaks vest, so we gathered our group.

Katie had also not quite realized that posting information for run leaders on the website only (as opposed to sending them individual emails) was no guarantee of getting in touch... big oops, guys. I will do better next time! Because of this major muck-up, only Tim (& Dario, who got roped in to leading!) had actually planned to come. My apologies to the other two folks who had volunteered, Ward & Christine. I've been in touch now and am planning to make amends! (slaps self on forehead)

However, it all worked out in the end, because only 4 runners showed up, and the groups worked out perfectly. All participants had planned to run the Enduro, but Anna had a time limit of 2 hours so we recommended she try the Sport course instead (in the company of Eric) since it's fairly challenging to do the Enduro in less than 2h.

Tim, Dario & Katie led the Enduro group: 3 Lions Gate Road Runners (Josh, Ray & Kelly - Dario had encouraged them to come out - they're from his "other" club!), some of whom were fairly new to trails. This was Tim's first long-ish run after being away due to injuries - but he's still a speed-demon on the ups! He waited for us a few times, but then Dario volunteered to stick with us less-quick folk so Tim could enjoy his run. The rest of us slowed on the uphill slog (there were cries for "MEDIC!" in the first few metres, then later some fascinating analyses of every Star Trek movie in which the Borg featured) and then had a great time bombing the Diez Vistas (we missed #7 & #9 because you have to head uphill off the trail... extra uphill bits?! no thanks...). We met up at the bottom where Dario informed us the rest was on "baby trails". The flatlanders' speed picked up showcasing their road skills and we all eventually met up at the very end (in just over 2h I think? Tim must have been quite a bit under 2h). Teagirl jumped in the lake, after making sure Eric & Anna were also back safely from their 1.5h sojourn 'round the Sport course.

Lessons learned: email is good; the Buntzen lake parking lot is huge and daunting, especially if you've never been there before; cell phones don't work at Buntzen; and the lake feels GREAT after running 15km.

Thanks to all our leaders (both the ones who did come, and the ones who didn't come through no fault of their own!).

See you on the trails,

Teagirl Katie

5Peaks Mount Seymour Warm Up 2011 Event Report

When Chief Executive Fat Ass Sibylle put out a request back in January for event host volunteers for the 2011 5 Peaks Warm Up (orientation run) events, I jumped at the chance to host the Mt. Seymour event. Visions of warm and dusty trails on a mountain I love but was mostly unfamiliar with (at the time) sounded great. Alas, the extended spring followed by an early winter June-uary and July-uary set a slightly different scene. The formula goes something like this: 4-feet of snow minus 3-feet of snow by way of rapid melting over 30 days, does not equal dust.

6 keen 5Peaks runners along with 2 Fat Ass volunteers made the most of a moist and foggy Mt. Seymour earlier this morning at Club Fat Ass' 5Peaks Mount Seymour Warm Up 2011. Optimism reigned at the start and for the first several kilometers. As a group, led by run leader, Ryan Conroy, and tailed by event host and sweep, yours truly, we sloshed and mostly ran our way around the first part of the Sport course. A "trail closed due to washed out bridge" sign gave us pause on our way to the Flower Lake trail junction, but we pushed on, noting that the same sign was here back on July 1st when the snow was 4-5 ft deep in places (and arguably dangerous).

By this time, we were tromping on more continuous stretches of snowpack broken up occasionally by bits of trail or a tiny 4-foot washed out bridge over a 6-inch deep stream, making our way around the lower half of Flower Lake trail clockwise. I may have overheard some whining about the snow and deep mud and puddles, and I may have heard some comments to the effect of "these conditions would suck on raceday". I tried to empathize with the runners, none of whom were Club Fat Ass members (club events, afterall, soldier on in just about any trail and weather condition you can think of) -- the 5Peaks runners probably deserve a better course than what they saw today which was mostly unrunnable. According to one runner, if today had been raceday, it would have been ugly with no way to safely pass people.

Next thing I know I pop-out of the forest near a chairlift. Hmm, where am I, this doesn't look familiar. Lloyd and Christine, Sport Course entrants, were nearly up the hill with Ryan and the others. When we huddled at the parking lot shortly thereafter, I theorized that we made an unintentional ~2km short cut, somehow missing the top half of the Flower Lake loop and climb back to the lot from a different direction. I also pointed out that come race day, an aid station is indicated on the map at the precise junction we happened to miss. A couple of the runners asked themselves if they wanted to backtrack and complete the Sport course and said "nahh", and instead headed off to an afternoon tee time.

At this point Ryan and his group of 4 Enduro course runners headed off. I was uplifted to see Kristiina look back and give her second two big thumbs up of the day (the first one is in the starter photo) - positive attitude now that's what I'm talking about!

The day ended without a complete running of the longer Enduro course however, with Ryan and company finding the course too difficult to navigate due to remaining snowpack, returning to the parking lot within an hour.

Thank you Ryan for your run leadership, and for Marianne, Dave, Megan, Kristiina, Christine, and Lloyd for coming out for the run (aka voyage of discovery).

Best wishes to the 5Peaks Mt Seymour 2011 runners. Be prepared for some challenging conditions and most of all, have fun!

Happy trails!

2011 Golden Ears Orientation Run Report

Club Fat Ass - Starter Photo - Golden Ears 5Peaks Warm-Up Run

Starter Photo

Event Report: Pam will add an report on "How best to get lost in and around Golden Ears Park" soon.

From what I heard so far, the conditions were chilly, but perfect and after both the Enduro and the Sports course runners added about 1.5k extra to each route, everybody had a great run. Thanks to the run leaders, Helen, Ward, Janice and Pam.

Happy Trails,

Sibylle
Photo above: Hm, which of these trails are we taking...

First Name	Last Name	City	Event	Time
James	Wanless	Vancouver	Enduro custom 14km+	1:22
Helen	Tilley	White Rock	Enduro custom 14km+	1:50
Lara	Spence	Vancouver	Enduro custom 14km+	1:50
Mathew	Hill	Vancouver	Enduro custom 14km+	1:50
Jessica	Glowacki	Vancouver	Sport custom 8.8km +	1:35
Rob	Ruff	Surrey	custom	1:03
Ward	Beemer	White Rock	Sport custom 8.8km +	1:35
Janice	Vallis	Coquitlam	Sport custom 8.8km +	1:35
Jon	Shaw	New Westminster	Sport custom 8.8km +	1:28
Pamela	Keck	North Vancouver	Sport custom 8.8km +	1:28
Christine	Bradstock	Richmond	Sport custom 8.8km +	1:35
Lloyd	Scrubb	Richmond	Sport custom 8.8km +	1:35

Ann's Get Your Fat Ass Off The Couch Run

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What?

A fun run on winding trails and back roads of lower Seymour Mountain
"Old Chesterfield" 20km or "Cushy Couch" 10km
free trial membership for CFA virgins
Enjoy the fall atmosphere in a temperate rain forest
Brunch finisher party at the Mosquito Creek Grill at 12:30PM

When and Where?

Saturday 20 October 2012 (3rd Saturday in October)
Start: 08:30am
Start at the Ron Andrews Recreation Center, North Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA
See agenda for details on how to get there and course description

Who is registered?

Find out who is registered.

How Much?

Free for Club Fat Ass members and Club Fat Virgins (click here for current info on member benefits and fee)
To keep hassles on the morning of the run to a minimum and allow the host to participate as well we ask to please sign up for both, the club membership and the event online and in advance.

Event Registration - Get Your Fat Ass Off The Couch

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Agenda - Ann's Get Your Fat Ass Off The Couch

Saturday 15 October 2011
07:00?	Have breakfast. Check the weather. Print off your route instructions and this page so you know how to get to the start
08:00	Arrive at the start - Ron Andrews Recreation Center. Check-in.
08:15	Welcome and final briefing
08:25	Photo
08:30	Start
9:30	First finishers - "Cushy Couch" route
10:15	First finishers - "Big Chesterfield" route
11:30	Last finishers (hopefully!)
12:00
?	End of party

Directions to the Start and Finish

The run starts promptly at 08:30 at the Ron Andrews Recreation Center at 931 Lytton Street (corner of Lytton Street and Mount Seymour Parkway) in North Vancouver. Please plan to arrive by 8:00 to get checked in and briefed.

For a map please click here.

From Burnaby on highway #1 heading west from the Second Narrows Bridge, take the Mount Seymour Parkway exit towards Deep Cove. You will pass by the Real Canadian Superstore. Pass Berkley Street at the top of the hill. The Ron Andrews Recreation Center will be on your right at the next stop sign.

From West Van on highway #1 heading east, pass the Lynn Valley exit, go down the long hill and take the exit after the orange bridge. Turn left at the lights, then stay in the right lane. Continue as above.

From downtown cross to the north shore via the bridge of your choice then as above.

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What to Bring?

Aid. (Whatever food, water or electrolyte drink you need for the distance you are running and whatever clothing you need for the weather.) If you expect and are prepared for no external aid, you may be pleasantly surprised... but do not count on it!
Official timing system. (A watch will do, even if the second hand doesn't work.) Please be sure to keep track of your finish time and to give it to the timekeeper.
Change of clothes. A bathing suit if you want to use the pool or hot tub at the rec center.
Course directions.

Pre- and Post-Event

free parking at the rec center.
showers and rec center facilities are available at the start/finish. Entry for a shower is $ 2.00
runners, volunteers, friends and family are encouraged to meet at 12:30 at the Mosquito Creek Grill for what we anticipate will be an absolutely awesome party. We'll recognize the great accomplishments of the run, share war stories, photos, gather stats and otherwise enjoy the afternoon.

Other Notes

please read the FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
please, please, please do not drop litter on the trail. (Consider picking it up if you find any.)
this event is not sponsored, sanctioned, permitted or anything else that would qualify it as an official event. It's a party!
be sure to bring a copy of the course directions for the event you are attempting. We recommend you put them in a baggie so they don't turn to mush.

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Big Chesterfield 20km

This course winds in and around the Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve (LSCR) on moderately technical trails. There are some hills, but they are not overly challenging. Roots, logs and rocks can be extremely slippery this time of year so please use caution. Note: If in doubt at an intersection, stay on the larger, more travelled trail! This is a Club Fat Ass event so the course is environmentally friendly and is not marked, so please make sure you print out this course description (scroll down for a printer friendly version) and bring it and a plastic baggie to protect it with you on the day of the run. Better yet, train on the course and bring the directions! Here is a link to a course map.

Fast Time	Big Chesterfield	km
08:00	Reference Point – Ron Andrews Recreation Center - Start / Finish Ron Andrews Rec Center is at 931 Lytton Street at the corner of Mount Seymour Parkway in North Vancouver. There are free parking spaces for about 50 cars and more next door. Toilets are free. Showers and other facilities available for a $4.50 drop in fee for the day.
08:30	Start. Opposite the Chevron station. The white stop line on the road on the south side of Bendale Road at the corner of Lytton.	0.0
	1. Warmup. This relatively flat section takes you approximately 2 km to Canyon Creek Park and the trails. Use this section to warm up and chat with your fellow runners.
	- go straight along Bendale one block to Berkley Road. Go right onto Berkley.
	- follow Berkley approximately 2 km until it ends at Hyannis Drive. Turn left on Hyannis and run one block to entrance of Canyon Creek Park.
	2. Lower Loop Trail. This is a relatively tame section of trail that goes down to the river and back.	2.2
	- Go through cement barriers. You will see a large sign: "Welcome to the Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve" and a trail leading into the woods
	- After about 600m, go left and onto a long section of boardwalk then about 30m to a fork in the trail. Go left and then left again onto a long downhill section on the side of a ravine	2.8
	- When you come to a T-intersection with a wooden gate, go left. Continue along the wide trail (Fisherman’s Trail) parallel to Seymour River for about 200m to a well-marked intersection with the Baden Powell Trail. Go left and slightly uphill on a winding trail.
	-You will cross a small wooden bridge and then go left and up a ravine with a creek until you come out on a paved road (Hyannis Drive). Turn left and run down the road 20 meters to the entrance of Canyon Creek Park to where you started onto the trail earlier.
	3. Scenic Route. This section takes you up and down the Seymour River valley a couple of times back to where you stand.	5.0
	- continue as before along main trail, then left onto the boardwalk. At the intersection 30m after the boardwalk, stay right and uphill.
	- At the T-intersection about 50m up the trail, go left and uphill. At the intersection with Bridle Path trail, stay straight. After about 500m, you will cross a bridge. Go steeply uphill to a clearing under the power lines.	5.0
09:00	- Go left and downhill on trail just to the right of power lines. About half way between the first 2 towers, turn right onto a small trail that makes a tunnel through some scrubby bushes. (If you come to an open area with a single bike jump, turn back 20m…you’ve gone too far!)
	- go straight onto a narrow trail that goes up a small ravine. After 50m, you will come to a trail intersection with a yellow tag (8) on a tree. Continue straight.	6.3
	- At the intersection with trail to your left, so straight. At the first junction, go left and contour the a little swampy lake (Lizard Lake.) Go steeply uphill to a T-intersection at the top of a narrow ridge then right.
	- the narrow trail (Bottletop Trail) winds down the side of the ravine to the Seymour River. Watch out for ruts and loose rock. At T-intersection just above the river, turn right onto the wide path (Fisherman’s Trail).
	- In about 30m, you will cross an old iron bridge (Twin Bridges). On the far side of the bridge, take the wide trail straight up about 2K.
	- As the trail flattens out near the white pumping station, you will see a wooden bike gate on your right. Pass through this gate and into a wide tail (Homestead Trail) that is almost 1K downhill.
	- at the T-intersection above the river, go right onto the wide trail (Fisherman’s Trail.) Enjoy this flat stretch with the river to your left for about 1.5K back to Twin Bridges.	9.8
	- Cross the bridge and follow the wide path 400m to a large blue sign “Mystery Creek Trail to Mount Seymour”. Go left and up this fairly wide, steep trail
09:20	- at the top of the trail, you will reach an open area under the power lines. Stop! There is a small island of scrubby bushes directly in front of you that hides a narrow path through some more scrubby bushes. Take this little path, and don’t whine if you get a bit wet from the dew. (Note: if you find yourself going uphill or downhill under the power lines, go back!)	13.4
	- go uphill and away from the power lines for about 1K along a narrow ridge. You will come to a flat, somewhat clear area with a burnt stump in front of you and a couple of big fallen logs to your right. Go right at the edge of the ravine, around the logs and downhill.
	- At the first T-intersection, go right. Follow this trail straight about 1K flat then through a little ravine and back to the power lines. Go left.
	- Go uphill on rocky trail under power lines. When you reach a flat open area, go right and downhill over a bridge then up a short hill. After about 200m, you will pass an intersection (Bridle Path). Stay straight.	14.8
	- After 100m there will be a Y-intersection. Go right. Just before the now-familiar boardwalk, go right then left and downhill. (This is the lower loop you did at the start.)
	- When you come to a T-intersection with a wooden gate, go left. Continue along the wide trail (Fisherman’s Trail) parallel to Seymour River for about 100m to a well-marked intersection with the Baden Powell Trail. Go left and slightly uphill on a winding trail.
	-You will cross a small wooden bridge and then go left and up a ravine until you come out on a paved road (Hyannis Drive). Go right.
	4. Warmdown. This relatively flat section takes you back to the start/finish.	17.8
	- At the first corner (Berkley), go right. Continue approximately 1 km to Bendale Road. Go left and run one block to Lytton Street.
11:00	Reference Point – Ron Andrews Gym. Lytton and Mount Seymour Parkway.	20.0

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Cushy Couch 10km

Time	Cushy Couch 10km	km
08:00	Reference Point – Ron Andrews Recreation Center - Start / Finish Ron Andrews Rec Center is at 931 Lytton Street at the corner of Mount Seymour Parkway in North Vancouver. There are free parking spaces for about 50 cars. Toilets are free. Showers and other facilities available for a $4.50 drop in fee for the day. Start is one block north at the corner of Lytton Street and Bendale Road.
08:30	Start. (we meet in the parking lot at the rec centre and walk to the start together) The white stop line on the road on the south side of Bendale Road at the corner of Lytton.	0.0
	1. Paved Road. This relatively flat section takes you approximately 2 km to Canyon Creek Park and the trails.
	- go straight along Bendale one block to Berkley Road. Go right onto Berkley.
	- follow Berkley approximately 2 km until it ends at Hyannis Drive. Turn left on Hyannis and run one block to where it ends at entrance to Canyon Creek Park. Go through cement barriers. You will see a large sign welcoming you to the Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve.	2.2
	2. Trail. This trail section is a mix of nice groomed, fast trails and rooty, rocky ups and downs. It's a loop that gets you back to Hyannis Drive.
	- after passing the concrete barrier continue straight along main trail. Go left at the first intersection and cross a section of board walk.
	- At the end of the boardwalk veer right (Note: 20km runners will go left here, do not follow them!). Continue past a couple of minor trails until you come to a t-intersection.
	- Go left and uphill at intersection. Trail becomes a bit rocky and may be muddy. After about 500m, you will cross a bridge.
09:00	- go steeply uphill to power lines, then downhill on trail just to the right of power lines. About half way between the first 2 towers, turn right onto a small trail that makes a tunnel through the bushes. (If you come to an open area with a single bike jump, turn back 20m…you’ve gone too far!)
	- go straight along trail 25m into forest. You will come to a yellow tag (18) on a tree. Continue straight.
	- At the intersection with trail to your left, go straight. At the next junction, go left and contour the a little swampy lake (Lizard Lake.) Go steeply uphill to a T-intersection at the top of a narrow ridge then right.
	- Go steeply downhill on a rocky, rutted trail (Bottletop Trail). As you near the bottom, you will hear and then see a river (Seymour River) below to your right.
	- at T-intersection just above the river, turn left onto the wide path (Fisherman’s Trail). Note: the faster 20km runners might have caught up to you here and turn right - do not follow them	5.8
	- Run along this path to the intersection with the Baden Powell Trail. Turn left onto the Baden Powell trail. Follow this path and BP until you come out on a paved road (Hyannis Drive). Turn right and run up the road 100 meters to Berkeley Street.	7.8
	- Turn right onto Berkley. Continue approximately 1.5 km to Bendale Road. Go left and run one block to Lytton Street. Turn Right on Lytton and back to Ron Andrew’s Recreation Centre.
11:00	Reference Point – Ron Andrews Gym. Lytton and Mount Seymour Parkway.	10km

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2010 - Year 8 - Ann's Get Your Fat Ass Off the Couch - Results

Starter Photo - 16 October 2010: 35 Starters

Report: It was a spectacular fall day for Ann's Get Your Fat Ass Off the Couch annual run. An amazing large group and 2 eager dogs showed up and enjoyed a wonderful day in the trails. After last year's deluge all enjoyed the beautiful fall colors and bright sunshine. It was a little crisp to begin the run and everyone took off briskly up Berkley. The first loop was greeted by Sibylle who unfortunately wasn't able to run due to an injury. The massive puddle was non existent and the course was fast. Ryan lead the pack with an awesome time.
A good crowd showed up for beers and lunch at mosquito creek pub and some benefitted from the generous draw prizes...thanks to trail runner magazine and Gottfried. I look forward to seeing everyone next year.

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Preliminary Results:

First Name	Last Name	City	Event	Time	Event Points	Other Points
Ryan	Conroy	North Vancouver	20km	1:40	1
Davies	Shawn		10km	1:40	1
Ran	Katzman	Vancouver	20km	1:40	2
Jay	Jardine	Vancouver	20km	1:52	2	1*
Patricia	jensen	North Vancouver	20km	1:56	2	1*
desmond	m	north vancouver	20km	1:56	2	1*
Christopher	Benn	Vancouver	20km	1:56	1
Jim	Swadling	North Vancouver	20km	1:56	2
James	Clarke	Vancouver	20km	1:58	1	1*
Chris	La Rose	Vancouver	20km	2:00	2
Rik	Chapman	Port Moody	20km Chesterfield	2:04	2
Bill	Maurer	North Vancouver	20km	2:04	2	1*
Dana	Samis	North Vancouver	20km	2:06	2
Eric	Rannaud	Burnaby	20km	2:09	2
Garry	Rathbone	North Vancouver	20km	2:11	2
Jessica	Glowacki	Vancouver	20km	2:22	1
Deavah	Yerxa	N. Vancouver	20km	2:22	2
janna	rist	north vancouver	20km	2.39	2	1*
Liza	Flemming	Vancouver	20km	3:01	2	1*
Gottfried	Grosser		20km	?	1
Craig	Moore	Lynn Valley, North Vancouver	20km	?	2	1*
Ann	Taylor		20km	?	1	2**

Bill	Dagg	Vancouver	10km	1:07	2	1*
Jess	Dagg	Vancouver	10km	1:07	2	1*
Allison	Tai	Vancouver	10km	1:07	2	1*
Nancy	Veres		10km	1:07	1	1*
Ean	Jackson	North Vancouver	10km	1:07	2	1*
Jordan	Piper	Kamloops	10km	1:08	2
Gillian	Ratledge	Kamloops	10km	1:09	2
Davies	Sandra		10km	1:09
Andy	Gallery	Vancouver	10km	1:19	2	1*
Reagan	White	Vancouver	10km	1:19	2	1* 1***
Bob	Taylor		10km	?	1

Sibylle	Tinsel	North Vancouver	custom - walk	0:50	2	1*
Daryl	Suen		custom - run	60min	1

Hassan	Lotfi-Pour	North Vancouver	DNS		-1

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*** Referal Points

2011 - Year 9 - Ann's Get Your Fat Ass Off the Couch - Results

Starter Photo - 15 October 2011 - 12 Starters

Report: Thanks to all who participated in this years Ann's Get Your Fat Ass Off the Couch. It was a spectacular day...the sun was shining and the trails were at their best. A small group ran this year...lots of familiar faces and a couple of new ones that I really enjoyed meeting and running with. Great to see Wendy [the original event host] out there smoking up the course....too fast for me...we'll have to catch up another time! The beautiful fall colors were just beginning to show in some areas...spectacular... and there was one trail connection that had been blocked off that will have to be changed next year. Other than that the run was uneventful and to those that didn't make it...you missed a good one!! See you all next year

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Preliminary Results:

First Name	Last Name	Event	Point	Time
Graham	Perkins	20km - Old Chesterfield	2	02:10
Norma	Bastidas	20km - Old Chesterfield	2	02:12
Anne	Taylor	20km - Old Chesterfield	2+2**	02:12
desmond	mott	20km - Old Chesterfield	2+1*	02:20

Wendy	Montgomery	10km - Cushy Couch	1	53:25:00
Reagan	White	10km - Cushy Couch	2+1*	01:22
John	Machray	10km - Cushy Couch	1	01:54

Barbara	Hughes	Custom 17km	1	01:50
Kim	Taylor	Custom	2	01:27
Gottfried	Grosser	custom	1	01:27
Ean	Jackson	custom	1+1*	01:32
Sibylle	Tinsel	custom - Cushy Couch	2+1*	00:50

Rob	Kay		0	DNS
Janice	vallis		0	DNS

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2009 - Year 7 - Ann's Get Your Fat Ass Off the Couch - Results

Starter Photo17 October 2009: 16 Starters - 16 finishers

Report: Thanks to all who endured another balmy monsoon at Ann's Get Your Fat Ass off the Couch.

Seventeen hardass runners....and Benny the ultradog....."gleefully" started the run soon to be renamed Pineapple Express! Gottfried greeted our runners at the top of Homestead with some tasty snacks...Thank you Gottfried!!

Ran and Pano smoked the 20km course in 1 hr 52 mins and Chris LaRose, a newcomer to ClubFat Ass...and trail running burned up the 10km in 58 mins....I'm so impressed he found his way having never been in those trails before!

No casualties, no one lost, and best of all no one drowned in the numerous lakes/ puddles...a successful day all in all.

Congrats to Lorie Alexander for continuing on to run a 50 miler....at least it cleared in the afternoon.

Thank you to all who participated and all who came for the post race beer. Thank you also to Kintec Footlabs and Trailrunner Magazine for providing the great prizes - which all who showed up for beers benefitted from.

Hope to see everyone out there next year!

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Preliminary Results:

First Name	Last Name	Event	Points	Time
Ran	Katzman	20km - Old Chesterfield	1	1:52
Pano	Skrivanos	20km - Old Chesterfield	2	1:52:30
desmond	mott	20km - Old Chesterfield	2+1*	2:03
patricia	jensen	20km - Old Chesterfield	2	2:04
Ron	Adams	20km - Old Chesterfield	1	2:08:25
Baldwin	Lee	20km - Old Chesterfield	1+1*	2:29:59
Monty	Watts	20km - Old Chesterfield	2	2:29:59

Lorie	Alexander	custom - 50miles	1	11h (2:29 - for the custom 18km)
Craig	Moore	custom - 18km	2+1*	2:27
Sibylle	Tinsel	custom - 18km	2	2:27
Barry	Hopkins	custom - 18km	1	2:29

Ann	Taylor	custom - 14km	2+2**	1:35

Chris	La Rose	10km - Cushy Couch	2	58min
Karl	Jensen	10km - Cushy Couch	2	1:09
Rob	Ruff	10km - Cushy Couch	2	1:09
Patricia	Barry	10km - Cushy Couch	2+1	1:22

Gottfried	Grosser	crew	1	N/A

Dave	Berg	0	0	DNS
James	Clarke	0	0	DNS
nicola	Gibson	0	0	DNS
Lydia	Mynott	0	0	DNS
Darlene	Paziuk	0	0	DNS

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2008 - Year 6 - Ann's Get Your Fat Ass Off the Couch - Results

18 October 2008 - 28 Starters

Report - Well another amazing day was had by all for the anual get you fat ass off the couch run. The torrential rain from the previous day was long gone and the morning was greeted by gorgeous sunshine. The trails were amazing with all the shades of red, orange and yellow and the streaks of sunshine peeking through the trees. A fairly large group of very keen trail runners gathered. Bill Des,Pano, chris, Ran and darbyKai set off with a strong steady climb up Berkeley and quickly disappeared in the trails. It was also great to see all the new runners out for this fat ass event....hope to see you all in future fat ass events. As I ran down the powerlines and made my right hand turn part way down I was greeted by THE PUDDLE/lake! I thought it might be a good idea to change that part of the course next year but everyone voted unanimously to leave it as is for the adventure aspect!...OK....the puddle remains but Karl may modify the bushes next year. All in all it was a great day with all my favorite trail buddies. Hope to see you all next year...spread the word!!

Ann

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Preliminary Results

First Name	Last Name	City	Event	Points	Time
Chris	Benn	Vancouver	20km - Old Chesterfield	2	1:52
Bill	Dagg	Vancouver	20km - Old Chesterfield	3*	1:52
Ran	Katzman	Vancouver	20km - Old Chesterfield	2	1:52
desmond	mott	north vancouver	20km - Old Chesterfield	3*	1:52
Pano	Skrivanos	North Vancouver	20km - Old Chesterfield	1	1:52
DarbyKai	Standrick	Mission	20km - Old Chesterfield	1	1:52
Ann	Taylor	North Vancouver	20km - Old Chesterfield	3**	2:02
Greg	Barreca	North Vancouver	20km - Old Chesterfield	1	2:08***
Andrew	Laing	Burnaby	20km - Old Chesterfield	1	2:18
Amy	MacArthur	Burnaby	20km - Old Chesterfield	1	2:18
Courtney	Briggs	Delta	20km - Old Chesterfield	2	2:22
Jess	Bassil	Vancouver	20km - Old Chesterfield	3*	2:38
Kim	Taylor	West Vancouver	20km - Old Chesterfield	2	2:38

Sukhi	Pawa	Vancouver	10km - Cushy Couch	2	0:57
Naomi	Dunaway	Vancouver	10km - Cushy Couch	1	1:02
Karl	Jensen	North Vancouver	10km - Cushy Couch	2	1:02
Arthur	Gee	Vancouver	10km - Cushy Couch	1	1:20
Raelene	Thomas	Port Moody	10km - Cushy Couch	2	1:20
Gord	Thompson	Coquitlam	10km - Cushy Couch	2	1:20

gottfried	grosser	n vancouver	Custom - 19km	1	2:09
Penny	Jakobsen	North Vancouver	Custom - 17km	1	2:07
Pamela	Keck	Vancouver	Custom - 15km	1	1:35
Jessie Marches	Marches	Vancouver	Custom - 15km	1	1:35
Ean	Jackson	North Vancouver	Custom - 15km	2	1:52
Quin	Halpin	Tulsa	Custom - 15km	2	2:00
Kelly	Jamieson	Richmond	Custom - 15km	1	2:00
Sibylle	Tinsel	North Vancouver	Custom - 15km	3*	1:45

Alex	Cameron	seattle	0	-1	DNS
Dom	Repta	Vancouver	0	-1	DNS
michael	spagnut	vancouver	0	-1	DNS
Dave	Berg	Burnaby	0	-1	?

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*** started a day late ;-)

2007 - Year 5 - Ann's Get Your Fat Ass Off the Couch - Results

Thanks to all who participated in this years inaugural Ann’s Get Your Fat Ass Off The Couch.

The day was met with grey skies and rainy conditions but 30 diehards showed up for a great run. I’m sure many considered staying in their nice cozy beds….but how guilty would we have felt?!

The course was very slippery, muddy and wet. There was one extremely large deep puddle that added the adventure element….I was wondering whether we had rounded Lizard Lake early!

The 10km runaway winner was Greg Barreca in a smoking 59 minutes. The 20 km distance was made a little longer to make it a true 20 km. Ron Katzman and Chris Benn came in at 1 hour 55 minutes with Des Mott following close behind.

Gottfried greeted us at the top of homestead with some delicious baking and homemade wine…what a pleasant surprise. The rear of the field was brought in by Pat Barry, Sibylle Tinsel, Cheryl Johnson and Rhonda Schuler, who missed Gottfried's superb aidstation.

The wind up brunch was held at Mosquito Creek and draw prizes were won by Heather, Sophia, Berg, Karl and Lorraine. Gottfried came through again with the donation of his homemade wine and Trail Runner magazine donated 2 subscriptions for a year.

Thanks again to all who participated in making this a fun and successful run…it is hard to follow in Wendy’s shoes. I look forward to seeing everyone on the trails

Ann

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First Name	Last Name	Event	Points	Time
Big Chesterfield 20km
Chris	Benn	Big Chesterfield - 20km	1	1:55
Ran	Katzman	Big Chesterfield - 20km	2	1:55
Jennifer	D'Aoust	Big Chesterfield - 20km	1	2:00
desmond	mott	Big Chesterfield - 20km	2	2:02
Penny	Jakobsen	Big Chesterfield - 20km	2	2:05
Ann	Taylor	Big Chesterfield - 20km	3**	2:05
susan	seager	Big Chesterfield - 20km	1	2:06
Arlee	MacAulay	Big Chesterfield - 20km	2	2:20
Jim	Mendelli	Big Chesterfield - 20km	1	2:20
Melissa	Pace	Big Chesterfield - 20km	1	2:20
Cynnimon	Rain	Big Chesterfield - 20km	2	2:20
Patricia	Barry	Big Chesterfield - 20km	3*	2:52
Sibylle	Tinsel	Big Chesterfield - 20km	3*	2:52
Cushy Couch 10 Km
Greg	Barreca	Cushy Couch - 10km	1	0:58
John	Machray	Cushy Couch - 10km	1	1:02
Heather	King	Cushy Couch - 10km	2	1:03
Sophia	Sagur	Cushy Couch - 10km	2	1:03
Berglind	Hafsteinsdottir	Big Chesterfield - 20km	*2	1:10
Custom Courses
rhonda	schuller	15km custom	1	2:30
Cheryl	Johnson	15km custom	2	2:20
Elke	Bauer	18.5 km custom	1	2:20
Alli	Conroy	custom	2	2:18
Doug	MacKay	15km custom	2	2:00
Rob	Ruff	18.5 km custom	1	1:53
laddie	hannam	15km custom	2	1:39
Lorraine	Suomi	custom	1	1:30
Karl	Jensen	12km custom	2	1:28
Wendy	Montgomery	11.5km custom	2	1:02
Afraid of the puddles?
Gilles	Barbeau		-1	DNS
Patricia	Jensen		-1	Slept In
Kristie	Congram		-1	DNS
Pano	Skrivanos		-1	DNS

* garbage collected ** EH
* garbage collected ** EH

2006 - Year 4 - Ann's Get Your Fat Ass Off the Couch - Results

Wendy's Get Your Fat Ass Off The Couch Run - 2006

Starter Photo - left half

Starter Photo - right half (Thanks to Mick for his rather unorthodox way to capture our group ;-)

Check out photos of the day on the Club Fat Ass Flickr Page.

At the 4th annual event we were greeted with fantastic weather, a great participant turnout, and an excellent aid station run by the one and only Mick McGuire.

Congratulations to Gary, Ted, and Patricia for their recording breaking 20km run times.

One bonus point went to Berglind for volunteering, without delay, for future CFA duties and one to Desmond for picking up garbage albeit it was a doggie poop bag. Eventhough, he did insist it was empty, we can never be certain. Mike Wakefield received two bonus points, one for picking up garbage and the other for presenting me, the Event Host, with a bouquet of maple leaves. Yes, this EH can be bought.

There was a great turnout at the Raven for our post race party. Amongst the draw prizes were two Trail Runner Magazine subscriptions, a variety of Kinesys products, great swag from North Shore Athletics, and three passes to Body World 3 – The Anatomical Exhibition of Real Human Bodies.

This is my last year as the host of this event and I am very pleased to introduce Ann Taylor who will take over for next year. Currently, I am working on my next CFA project which will be an epic adventure in Squamish. For those of you who know me well there will be no technical trails, no hiding in bushes and lots of uphill running.

Thanks to all who participated and, of course, to our sponsors. See you all again next year!

Place	First Name	Last Name	Event	Finishing Time	Comments	Points
1	Troy	Angrignon	Cushy Couch - 10km	1:02		2
2	Rob	Jones	Cushy Couch - 10km	1:02		1
3	Baldwin	Lee	Cushy Couch - 10km	1:02		2
4	Wendy	Montgomery	Cushy Couch - 10km	1:02		3*
5	Melissa	Pace	Cushy Couch - 10km	1:02		2
6	David	Jenkins	Cushy Couch - 10km	1:11	10km + a hill	2
7	Arlene	MacAulay	Cushy Couch - 10km	1:11	10km + a hill	2
8	Betty	Wiens	Cushy Couch - 10km	1:11	10km + a hill	2
9	Mike	Campagne	Cushy Couch - 10km	1:20	10km ++	2
10	Meghan	Jones	Cushy Couch - 10km	1:40		2
11	Hector	Diakow	Cushy Couch - 10km	1:40		2

Place	First Name	Last Name	Event	Finishing Time	Comments	Points
1	Gary	Robbins	Regular 20km	1:28		2
2	Ted	Lawson	Regular 20km	1:28		1
3	Patricia	Jensen	Regular 20km	1:36		2
4	desmond	mott	Regular 20km	1:36		3**
5	Ran	Katzman	Regular 20km	1:48		1
6	Bill	Dagg	Regular 20km	1:48		1
7	Rob	macdonald	Regular 20km	1:49		2
8	Geoffrey	Palmer	Regular 20km	1:49		2
9	Rob	Ruff	Regular 20km	1:49		2
10	Michael	Wardas	Regular 20km	1:49		2
11	Corey	Doell	Regular 20km	1:57		2
12	Shannon	Berardo	Regular 20km	2:01		1
13	Jordan	Back	Regular 20km	2:01		1
14	Elke	Bauer	Regular 20km	2:05		2
15	Robert	Buchan	Regular 20km	2:05		2
16	Berglind	Hafsteinsdottir	Regular 20km	2:05		3****
17	Amy	MacArthur	Regular 20km	2:05		1
18	Doug	MacKay	Regular 20km	2:05		2
19	Kim	Taylor	Regular 20km	2:05		2
20	Ruby	Willis	Regular 20km	2:05		2
21	Doug	Keir	Regular 20km	2:05		2
22	Ean	Jackson	Regular 20km	2:05		1
23	Gilles	Barbeau	Regular 20km	2:05		2
24	Patricia	Barry	Regular 20km	2:11		2
25	Sarah	Browne	Regular 20km	2:12		2
26	Laddie	Hannam	Regular 20km	2:17		1
27	Lorraine	Suomi	Regular 20km	2:17		2
28	Karl	Jensen	Regular 20km	2:17		2
29	Mike	Wakefield	Regular 20km	2:18		4***
30	Keith	Nichol	Regular 20km	2:32		2
32	Jennifer	Hiebert	Regular 20km	2:39		2
33	Michele	Sherstan	Regular 20km	2:39		2
34	Sibylle	Tinsel	Regular 20km	2:39		2
31	Eileen	Bistrisky	Regular 20km	2:40		2
35	Mick	McGuire	Aid Station	No Time		1

1	Claude	Laverge	Regular 20km	DNS		-1
2	Caroline	Lepard	Regular 20km	DNS		-1
3	Daniel	Probst	Regular 20km	DNS		0
4	Ryan	Reilly	Regular 20km	DNS		-1
5	Glenn	Pace	Regular 20km	DNS		-1
6	Alana	Arnold	Cushy Couch - 10km	DNS		-1
7	Tara	Jackson	Cushy Couch - 10km	DNS		-1
8	Stephen	Keeley	Cushy Couch - 10km	DNS		-1
9	Judi	Wannamaker	Cushy Couch - 10km	DNS		-1

* Event Host Point

** Bonus Point for picking up garbage
*** Bonus Points for the bouquet of fall leaves ;-) and garbage pick up

**** Bonus Points for offering to volunteer at the CFA Steering Committee

2005 - Year 3 - Ann's Get Your Fat Ass Off the Couch - Results

15 October 2005 - Starter Photo

19 Starters
19 Finishers

Thank you to everyone who participated in this year's "Wendy's Get Your Fat Ass Off the Couch".

I am sure that a few people were having second thoughts about running the event as they listened to the downpour throughout the night. Luckily, we were rewarded with a great day that was warm and got progressively sunnier as time passed.

Thank you to the group that waited for me as I lifted myself out of the mud. We may have broken the course record if we had not had to stop. We missed it by one minute.

It was great to see a number of new faces and to have such a big group get together for the post race event.

The award for the best run of the day has to go to Sibylle Tinsel for her 26 minute PB over last year. Check out Sibylle's blog about the run.

First Name	Last Name	Time	Points
Jeb	Breckenridge	1:48	1
Bill	Dagg	1:48	2
Desmond	Mott	1:48	2
Wendy	Montgomery	1:48	3
Chris	Benn	1:48	2
Paul	Cubbon	1:48	2
Blair	Simonite	1:49	1
Derrick	Johnstone	2:00	1
Doug	MacKay	2:00	2
Ryan	Reilly	2:32	2
Caroline	Lepard	2:32	2
Gilles	Barbeau	2:33	1
Sibylle	Tinsel	2:34	2
Karl	Jensen	2:34	2
Craig	Moore	2:47	2

Custom Course
Adam	Shih	2:47	2
Cheryl	Johnson	2:42	2
Patricia	Barry	2:42	2
Eileen	Bistrisky	2:47	2

Club Fat Ass, Trail Running, Vancouver, Cheryl Johnson Cheryl Johnson happily refueling at the Raven's post run brunch.

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Getting My Behind Off The Couch

Listening to the torrential rains the night before Wendy's Get Your Fat Ass Off The Couch Run was not encouraging. I was trying to get excited about running for 3 hours soaking wet, cold and miserable. In principle, I like running in the rain, feeling the rain drops on my face, jumping through the puddles and getting all nice and warm in the shower afterward. But this particular morning, I felt tired and not up to dealing with the additional challenge of the elements.

Alas, I was signed-up and I knew Pat would be in front of my house to car pool to the start at 7:45. The sky looked promising when we headed east on the highway to meet the other runners at the Ron Andrews Rec Centre and by the time we got out of the car to greet Wendy, it had stopped raining. The temperature were in the mid-teens. It felt like warm air was pushing the rain clouds away. Most runners at the start line sported way too much clothes for the dry skies and rising temperatures. As soon as we were heading up the road on Berkely to the trailhead, I pulled off my rain gear. Short sleeves and tights were just fine for me.

There were 19 Club Fat Ass members looping up and down the trails on lower Seymour Mountain. I broke my pattern of being the involuntary sweep and joined the group around Craig Moore, Gilles Barbereau, Caroline Lepard, Ryan Reilly and Karl Jensen. Figuring I could always fall back to my usual group should the pace catch-up to me, I played guide, preventing the "fast" guys from taking short cuts ;-) This was my 3rd time running Wendy's course and I didn't need to consult the directions, which made us save a few minutes.

Our chitter chatter kept us running at a good pace - for me anyway. Thankfully, the guys like to walk the uphills...giving me a breather. Conversation hopped from bold mushroom hunters (did you know that there are old mushroom hunter, bold mushroom hunters, but not very many bold,old mushroom hunters), to the Double (now Vancouver 100), to the Western States 100 Endurance Run (Gilles is eyeing this one and was getting loads of advise and info from both Karl, a seasoned 100 mile runner, and Craig, of "Double" fame) and back to The Double. Did I hear anybody say The Triple? Club Fat Ass, Trail Running, Nature

The trails were beautifull. Sunlight illuminating squeeky clean, bight yellow maple leafs among the evergreen rain forest.

By the time I had rescued the guys from a serious shortcut up the powerline my legs were tired and I had trouble hanging on. A beautifully winding trail following up a ridgeline and then down to huge mud puddles revived me. Unfortunately, the rest of the gang smelled the barn as well and as soon as we hit the pavement Karl and I were rather unceremoniusly left in the dust. So much for playing guide...

In the end my time was 26 minutes faster than last year. I am quite sore and happy today. Thanks, gang!

2004 - Year 2 - Ann's Get Your Fat Ass Off the Couch - Results

2004 Finisher Party

Geoff Palmer, has done it again!

The transplanted Winnipeger who set a distance record in this years running of Mountain Highway Madness did it again at "Wendy's Get Your Fat Ass Off the Couch" by running the longest distance of the day and finishing in 4:10. This Manitoba flatlander has dominated our local mountains in a true test of endurance. Congratulations!

With the fear that we would be running in the rain, it turned out to be a fairly dry Saturday morning when 17 brave souls congregated at the Ron Andrews Rec Centre for the 2nd running of this Club Fat Ass event.

The short course was led and a course record set by Kyle McCoy from Georgia , USA and local Scott Riddel, finishing in a time of 1:47. They were followed close behind by Chris Benn and fourth place finisher Desmond Mott. The first women across the finish line were Melissa Pace and Catherine Harrison in a time of 2:10.

At this time, I only know of two participants that were briefly lost, Mike Palethorpe and Kathy Nomura. Fortunately, they met up with Sibylle who pointed them in the right direction.

With a bit more tweaking of the course descriptions and the addition of a third distance, I hope next year's race will be an even bigger success... but don't count on the big ticket draw prizes for a third year in a row. ☺

Thank you to everyone who participated in my event and don't forget to sign up for the two November events on the BC Club Fat Ass calendar: Nov 20 "Go Deep or Go Home 80/20" and "Mike and Melissa's Fun Run" on November 27. I hope to see everyone there!

Wendy Montgomery
Host of Wendy's Get Your Fat Ass Off The Couch Run

Custom Course (34K)

	Name	Home town	Total Time
1	Geoffrey Palmer	Delta, BC	4:10

Short Course (20K)

	Name	Home town	Total Time
1	Scott Riddell	North Vancouver, BC	1:47
1	Kyle McCoy	Georgia, USA	1:47
3	Chris Benn	Vancouver, BC	1:47 ?
4	Desmond Mott	North Vancouver, BC	1:53
5	Ron Adams	North Vancouver, BC	2:08:12
5	Gary Robbins	Pemberton, BC	2:08:12
7	Melissa Pace	North Vancouver, BC	2:10:53
7	Catherine Harrison	Vancouver, BC	2:10:53
9	Kevin Harrison	Vancouver, BC	1:55
10	Derrick Johnstone	Vancouver, BC	2:11
10	Rob Ruff	Surrey, BC	2:11
12	Wendy Montgomery	Brackendale, BC	2:19
12	Kathy Nomura	Burnaby, BC	2:19
12	Mike Palethorpe	Vancouver, BC	2:19
15	Patricia Barry	Vancouver, BC	3:00:23
15	Sibylle Tinsel	North Vancouver, BC	3:00:23

17 starters
17 Finishers

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2003 - Year 1 - Ann's Get Your Fat Ass Off the Couch - Results

Inaugural Run 2003

Long Course (35K)

	Name	Home town	Total Time
1	Wendy Montgomery	North Vancouver, BC	4:28:03
1	Glenn Pacé	North Vancouver, BC	4:28:03

Short Course (20K)

	Name	Home town	Total Time
1	Eunice Walaska	Mission, BC	2:08:26
1	Bill Dagg	Vancouver, BC	2:08:26
1	Ean Jackson	North Vancouver, BC	2:08:26

Lower Loop (10K - out with 2 broken ribs!)

	Name	Home town	Total Time
1	Jordan Back	North Vancouver, BC	2:08:26

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Backgrounder

The Big Picture

Ann's “Get Your Fat Ass Off the Couch” was designed to challenge both elite and recreational athletes who enjoy running on technical trails.

This event was started by Wendy Montgomery, who hosted for 4 years. Wendy moved away in 2007, and since then, Ann Taylor has managed this classic fall trail run.

After the running is done, there's a brunch party at the Mosquito Creek Grill. It's a celebration of good health and good friends.

Route

The course provides a combination of loops and out and back on technical and non-technical trails.

The route has been carefully selected to make the most of the extensive network of trails in and around the Lower Seymour Conservation Area in North Vancouver, British Columbia. Footing ranges from pavement to crushed gravel to root and rock filled trails. If you expect wet feet, you most likely won't be disappointed. All participants are expected to be prepared for adverse weather conditions on the event day and dress appropriately.

The Differences

The objective of the organizers is to challenge both mind and body of the runner... and to leave minimum impact on the environment.

Most road races and trail events are clearly marked by race officials with fluorescent cones, surveyor tap, lime or glow sticks along the race course. Most races have 'aid' stations, where runners can access food and water provided by the organizers. With the benefit of aid and course marking, competitors can focus on putting their heads down and running.

This event demands self-reliance on behalf of all participants. There is no ‘Official’ aid or trail markings provided by the event organizers as they plan on running with you! All participants are required to carry the detailed course description on race day. If you are unsure of the area, we suggest you run with a buddy that is familiar with the area.

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Thanks!

Please contact us if you would like to support Wendy's "Get Your Fat Ass Off the Couch" Run in any way.

Our hope is to make this event totally self-supporting. In other words, do all of the organization beforehand and also participate. This would be an impossible dream without a lot of behind the scenes help. Many thanks to:

Kintec Footlabs Thank you for the awesome recognition prizes.
TrailRunner: Thank you for the 2 gift subscriptions to your popular magazine as draw prize. Also for offering members of Club Fat Ass a special discounted subscription price

Mosquito Creek Grill - www.mosquitocreek.com Thank managers Kelly and Lucy Nielson for the free beer you get at the finisher party

Jim Swadling: Thanks for lending us your Nike Triax pedometer for course measurement.

Patricia Jensen and Ean Jackson: Thanks for pre-running the course the first year and for your feedback on the route descriptions.

Sibylle Tinsel - Club Fat Ass: Club Fat Ass helps the race with web hosting, online registration and coaches us on how to host a safe, fun, environmentally-friendly event.

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FAQ

Q:	I don't want to run, but I'd like to help. What might I do?
A:	You're a hero! If you can make the time, we can find you something to do as part of the event crew. Some thoughts at crew tasks.

Q:	It's the weekend. Responsibility or work of any ilk does not appeal to me any more than having a root canal would. Is there any other reason why I would want to participate in this event?
A:	Sure. The whole objective of the day is to make it to the pub. You can always start there.

Q:	If I decide to run, what should I bring?
A:	Whatever you'd normally wear for a run of the distance you select to run given the conditions of the day. Don't forget to print out the run route directions, directions to the start and to bring a bathing suit if you plan to use the rec center

Q:	Are there aid stations? Can I have a beer en route?
A:	We recommend you come prepared to run without external aid. There may be aid stations, but only if your family and friends step forward and offer to organize them. (See aid.) Since this is an 'unofficial' event, there are no rules as to what you may or may not eat or drink en route.

Q:	What can I win?
A:	Nothin'. Fastest man and woman TO FINISH THE COURSE get bragging rights. All participants and times go up on the web for posterity sake.

Q:	I've never done a trail run before. Is this a good place to start?
A:	Possibly. The 10K route is not that difficult and it's tough to get lost. The 20K is not that difficult, but has a lot of twists and turns. If this is your first attempt, consider running with a buddy.

Q:	How tough is the course?
A:	Tough question to answer! How fast? How well are you trained? The routes are not highly technical, but it's still 10km or 20km of trails. We recommend you can run a marathon in under 4 hours and that you have some experience running trails.

Q:	Do I really need to print off the course instructions and bring them with me?
A:	Yes. Without the detailed instructions or an intimate familiarity with the route, you're almost certain to get lost

Q:	This event is free, but for Club Fat Ass members only. How do I get into the club?
A:	There is no hazing ceremony like the Hash House Harriers! Runners, walkers, hikers, triathletes, adventure racers, mountain bikers and anyone else interested in having fun in the great outdoors is welcome and can register online for a nominal fee.

Q:	Can I wait until the last minute and join at the start?
A:	Yes, but we prefer you don't. Last minute registration makes it very difficult to organize and coordinate the event. Besides, we only take day-of-event registrants on run day which means you'll have to spend more $ if you want the cool Club Fat Ass t-shirt.

Q:	It's a free world. What's to stop me from just running the course.
A:	Nothing...in fact, we encourage you to run the course often in training! We prefer that you do not 'bandit' the course on event day, however. If you insist, please don't take any of the aid intended for members. You will not get recognition in the results or be eligible for any draw prizes and you'll have to wear a black patch over one eye at the pub. Furthermore, you won't be allowed into future events until you come clean with past membership dues.

Q:	What if I get lost?
A:	You shouldn't get lost, but bring a cell phone, just in case or ask a mountain biker

Q:	Do I get credit for any time I spend off-course?
A:	Are you kidding? If you do find an obvious mistake in the course directions, point it out to Ann at the finisher party for a free beer!

Q:	Couldn't you mark the course like just about every other running race I've ever been in? It's a pain to pause and read instructions.
A:	Our aim is to be different than every other running race you've ever been in! We don't want to put chalk/flour on the ground, hang surveyor tape in the trees, paint rocks, put up signs or glow sticks or do anything that might leave a trace of the race. Besides, it slows down the faster runners.

Q:	What is the 'Rule of the Trail'?
A:	If you pack it in, you can pack it out. (That means don't you dare litter!) Leave nothing but your footprints on the trail. We strongly encourage you to pick up any trash you find along the trail and to present it to Ann at the finish. There may be a recognition award for the person who packs out more than they packed in.

Q:	What if I have to heed the call of nature.
A:	There are washrooms at the start/finish of both courses.

Q:	What should I bring on run day?
A:	Whatever you figure you will need given the weather, the route description, your physical fitness on the day and your plans for after the run. Some thoughts are on the event agenda.
	Fitness. Since you are an experienced trail runner, you should know what you are capable of. If in doubt, take it easy and do run with someone else
	Après run. Bring a change of clothes so you'll have something dry.

Q:	I am supposed to be self-sufficient because there is no aid provided. Can I get a friend to come out and give me food and drink along the route?
A:	Absolutely! In fact, it would be nice if your friend were to help everyone. Please have your friends and family members contact us and we will do all we can to insure that they have fun, as well.

Q:	Can I bring my friends and family to the post event party even if they didn't run or volunteer? Do they have to be Club Fat Ass members?
A:	Friends and family are absolutely welcome and no, they do not have to be Club Fat Ass members. Please be sure to specify how many guests you will bring with you on your registration form.

Q:	Are there any trophies, prizes or other hardware or freebies?
A:	If you assume there's no aid, no course marking, no t-shirt, no enthusiastic spectators and no prizes or freebies of any sort, you might be pleasantly surprised. Best you plan to show up at the pub!

Q:	How accurate is the course marking?
A:	We've measured the courses several times with a Nike Triax pedometer. Gottfried Grosser measured it in October 07 with a Garmin 502 GPS. We got slightly different readings each time, but you can rest assured the distances are as accurate as in any trail run.

Q:	When will the 'official' results be available?
A:	We hope to have the results up on the Ann's "Get Your Fat Ass Off the Couch" Runs website within 24 hours of the finisher banquet. We will also distribute the results to major local and national ultrarunning communities.

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Contact - Get Your Fat Ass Off The Couch

I welcome your comments, criticisms, feedback and questions.

Please be sure to read the the Agenda and FAQ section of this website first, as this is where I've tried to answer the most frequently asked questions.

Ann Taylor - Your CFA Event Host

Get Off The Couch - Confirmation

The following people are registered for this event:

1) Graham Perkins
2) Norma Bastidas
3) Rob Kay
4) desmond mott
5) Janice vallis
6) Sibylle Tinsel
7) Kim Taylor
8) Reagan White
9) Ean Jackson
10) Barbara Hughes
11) Wendy Montgomery
12) John Machray
13) Sarah anderson
14) Noal Cattone

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Bill's Great Peak Ascent

What?

A trail/off-road run from the Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve (LSCR) to the top of Grouse Mountain and back
32km, 16km or less;
Almost 100% off-road. Some technical, mostly not. Decent views, weather permitting
Approximately 2 kilometers (6,700') of elevation change over roughly 32 kilometers

When and Where?

Sunday 29 July 2012 - 07:30 start (4th Sunday in July)
Start / finish at the Rice Lake parking lot in the Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve (LSCR) at the top of Lillooet Road in North Vancouver British Columbia, CANADA
See agenda for details on how to get there and course description

Who is Registered?

Find out who is registered here.

How Much?

Free for Club Fat Ass members (check out member benefits and fees here)
To keep hassles on the morning of the run to a minimum and allow the host to participate as well we ask to please sign up for both, the club membership and the event online and in advance.

Event Registration - Bill's Great Peak Ascent

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This is a Club Fat Ass (CFA) event, so we adhere to CFA event management guidelines and privacy policy. Please complete the whole form. Your personal information is needed to make sure I spell your name right in the results and so I can contact you... or your next of kin! The other information helps me to plan any aid or post-event activities. Please help me to host a safer, better event by registering early and by notifying me if you can't make it. I'm constantly looking for ways to improve, so please share your thoughts or questions with me in the Suggestion Box below. After you click on "submit" below, your registration details will be confirmed.

Bill Dagg - Your Club Fat Ass Event Host

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2011 - Year 8 - Bills Great Peak Results

Starter photo - 24 July 2011 - 20 Starters

Report:

20 starters (plus late arrival Baldwin) turned out for the 8th edition of Bill’s Great Peak Ascent on a perfect July day – not too hot; not too cold. With the weather we’ve had so far this year, being too hot wasn’t much of a risk but too cold (and wet) definitely was. We had a good mix of Ascent veterans and first-timers this year making it our 2nd best turn-out ever. Thanks everyone for coming out!

Personally, I had a great adventure with Action Jackson as we scoped out a route up Mt. Fromme as a possible alternative for next year’s event. One thing is certain. We will need a different route down than what we took after losing the trail quickly and bush-whacking our way down, eventually coming out to Mountain Highway about 500m south of where we intended to be. The route up was great though so we’re ½ way there. After our escape to Mountain Highway, we continued up to Grouse Mountain, meeting new-comers Nicola and Reza on their way down.

Speaking of Nicola, congratulations are in order for her longest (trail?) run ever! Her previous longest run was a couple of times running the Baden-Powell trail from Lynn Canyon to Deep Cove. Well done!

Also worthy of note: Ryan Conroy set a new course record with a blistering time of 2:40. I think that’s about 15 minutes faster than the previous record set in the first year of the event!

11 participants made it to the post-race event at Mosquito Creek Grill in North Vancouver where, as always, we were treated to a free beer and great brunch food. Also, as in most years, nobody went home empty-handed in the free swag department – everyone got something including subscriptions to Trail Runner Magazine, water bottles, headwear and a shirt. A special thank you to all of our sponsors and Sibylle for organizing the swag.

Wildlife sightings for us included a black bear ½ way up the switchbacks on Grouse and a grizzly just below the peak (might have been in a cage) and a bazillion tourists on Grouse. I know it’s hard to imagine there were that many tourists but it’s true! I counted.

I know I said this last year but look for a modified course next year. At least some of the groundwork is now done.

Thanks again to everyone for coming out.

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Photos: A slideshow of images will be posted posted below. If you have photos of the run that you would like to share, please upload them to Flickr, add to the CFA Flickr group and tag with BillsGreatPeak2011 BillsGreatPeak ClubFatAssEvents ClubFatAssEvents2011. They will automatically appear in the slideshow. If you need help please refer to http://www.clubfatass.com/help/general#include_photos and the Flickr help pages.

Results:

Participant	Event	Time Up	Time Total	Points
Ryan Conroy	32km	1:32	2:40	1
Rob Ruff	32km		3:33	2
Pamela Keck	32km		3:52	2+1
Ray Levasseur	32km		3:52	2
Bill Maurer	32km		3:59	2+1
Christine Moric	32km		3:59	2
Adam Haesler	32km		4:19	2
Becky Swan	32km		4:19	2
Jessica Glowacki	32km		4:22	2
Helen Tilley	32km		4:22	2
reza ghazizadeh	32km		5:10	2
Nicola McGlennon	32km		5:10	1
Ean Jackson	custom - Fromme		5:01	2+1
Bill Dagg	custom - Fromme		5:01	2+2+1
Wendy Montgomery	custom - Mtn. Hwy.		1:45	2+1
desmond mott	custom - 12.5km		1:23	2+1
Baldwin Lee	custom - 11km		1:20	2
Jess Dagg	custom - 10km		2:08	2+1
Kelly Corday	custom - 10km		2:08	2
Sibylle Tinsel	custom		1:00	2
Reagan White	custom		2:25	2+1

2010 - Year 7 - Bills Great Peak Results

Starter photo - 24 July 2010 - 15 Starters

Jess's Bag 'o Trash Report: A beautiful day greeted the participants of the 7th annual Bill's Great Peak Ascent. 15 participants and myself started at the Rice Lake parking lot in the Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve (LSCR) shortly after 7:30 am. Custom routes seemed to be the choice of the day as several participants opted to avoid the long run down Mountain Highway in favour of some of the many mountain biking trails in the area. Time for a change, perhaps? Look for some official course modifications next year. Several others, including myself, took shorter routes, turning around at the quarry or top of St. George's trail.

The post-race event at the Mosquito Creek Grill included the usual free beer courtesy of the Grill and tons of swag -- nobody left empty handed.

Special thanks to Pamela for hauling up my camera and taking many of the route photos.

Thanks to all for participating and hope to see you next year a new and improved course.

Bill Dagg

Photo above: Jess's Bag 'o Trash

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Results:

First Name	Last Name	Age	Event	Time	Points
Paul	Cubbon	40-49	custom - 42km +	~5:00	2
Phillip	Waters	60-69	32km	4:15	2
Pamela	Keck	20-29	32km	4:25	2
Helen	Tilley	40-49	32km	4:25	2
Kathryn	Webb	30-39	32km	?	2
Desmond	Mott	50-59	custom - ~30km	3:47	2+1	garbage
Jim	Swadling	60-69	custom - ~30km	3:47	2
Dana	Samis	30-39	custom - ~30km - 7th Heaven down	4:00	2
Deavah	Yerxa	40-49	custom - ~30km - 7th Heaven down	4:00	2
Reagan	White	30-39	custom - 18km - Quarry	2:34	2+1	garbage
David	Montgomery	40-49	custom - 18km - Quarry	3:07	2
Claudia	Bullington	40-49	custom - 18km - Quarry	3:22	2+1	garbage
Jackie	Montgomery	30-39	custom - 18km - Quarry	3:22	2+1	garbage
Bill	Dagg	40-49	16 km	1:55	2+2	event host
Baldwin	Lee	30-39	custom - ~13 km	2:00	1+1	garbage
Jess	Dagg	20-29	custom - walk	0:45	2+1	garbage
Michael	McNamara	50-59	32km	DNS	-1
Wendy	Montgomery	40-49	32km	DNS	0	notified by email of cancellation

2009 - Year 6 - Bills Great Peak

Starter photo: 16 Participants

Bill’s Great Peak Ascent – 2009 Edition

Sitting here with Des, Ray and Jess at the Mosquito Creek Grill, I thought I’d be a little more pro-active than last year and actually get a jump on the report. We’ll see how successful I am at finishing this and getting it posted (I set the bar pretty low last year).

(next day … )

Sixteen participants (including me) showed up for the 6^th running of Bill’s Great Peak Ascent on a sunny and fairly warm (some might say hot) day. For the second time in this event’s history, the peak of Grouse itself was fenced off. Some runners turned around at that point while others found alternate routes to the top.

In true CFA fashion, many participants, including myself, ran custom routes, some opting to not do the full climb to the top while others opted to avoid parts of Mountain Highway on the way down by taking Seventh Secret.

It seems that Des’s secret formula to Point Series victory is no longer being lost on his competitors as several others have taken up the garbage collection habit. Craig was even seen to be hauling a full garbage bag up the hill to Grouse (some claim he brought from home but, without proof, we’ll have to assume this was not the case ). Nice job influencing the others Des!

As always, the post-run event was held at the Mosquito Creek Grill where everyone enjoyed their complimentary beer and excellent service. Many thanks to the Grill for supporting our club! As with last year, there was enough swag for everyone to go home with something, including Trail Runner Magazine subscriptions, high-tech shirts and an assortment of other goodies, compliments of Kintec Footlabs

Thanks to everyone for coming out and hope to see you again next year.

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Results

First Name	Last Name	Age	Event	Time at top	Time	Points
Curb	Ivanic	40-49	32km	2:10	3:47	2
Ean	Jackson	50-59	32km	2:10	3:47	2 (+1 garbage)
Ray	Levasseur	50-59	32km	2:02	3:50	2
John	Machray	50-59	32km		4:25	1
Kirsten	Ramage	40-49	32km		4:25	2
Gord	Thompson	30-39	32km		4:47	2
Paul	Cubbon	40-49	~42km	2:10	4:20	2
Desmond	Mott	50-59	29km*	1:47	3:17	2 (+1 garbage)
Tim	Wiens	40-49	29km*		3:17	2
Monty	Watts	30-39	28km+		3:42	2
Craig	Moore	40-49	28km+		4:40	2 (+1 garbage)
laddie	hannam	40-49	15km^$		2:19	2
Jess	Bassil	20-29	15km^$		2:43	2
Maureen	Wiens	40-49	15km^$		2:43	2
Sibylle	Tinsel	40-49	15km^$		2:43	2
Bill	Dagg	40-49	14km^#		1:54	2 (+2 host)
Dave	Berg	40-49	DNS			-1
Gilles	Barbeau	50-59	DNS			-1

* = to fence at base of Peak

+ = down Seventh Secret

^$ = to top of St. George's, then down Mountain Highway

^# = to bottom of Per Gynt and back

2008 - Year 5 - Bills Great Peak - Results

Fullreport still to come.

Here is a slideshow of photos of the day.

Results

First Name	Last Name	Home Town	Event	Time to Top	Time to Finish	Points
Ryan	Conroy	Vancouver	32km	1:50	3:11	2
Bill	Dagg	Vancouver	32km	1:49	3:13	2 + 1 (Host)
Chris	Benn	Vancouver	32km	1:49	3:14	2
Ellie	Greenwood	Vancouver	32km	1:49	3:14	2
Rob	Ruff	Surrey	32km	1:50	3:20	2
Sukhi	Pawa	Vancouver	32km	2:08	3:30	2
Rick	Arikado	Vancouver	32km	2:05	3:35	2
Dave	Berg	Burnaby	32km	2:02	3:41	2
Ward	Beemer	Vancouver	32km	2:10	3:56	2
Allison	Mackay	North Vancouver	32km	2:10	3:56	2
Killaine	Sharman	North Vancouver	32km	2:10	3:56	2 + 1 (garbage)
Craig	Moore	North Vancouver	32km	2:35	4:00	2 + 1 (garbage)
Ken	Coopland	North Vancouver	32km		4:05	2
Gord	Thompson	Coquitlam	32km	2:17	4:12	2
Jess	Bassil	Vancouver	32km	2:30	4:26	2
Krys	Pick	Maple Ridge	32km	2:30	4:26	2
michael	spagnut	Vancouver	32km			2
Custom Routes
Andrew	Laing	Burnaby	29km (Chalet)	2:00	3:41	2
Amy	MacArthur	Burnaby	29km (Chalet)	2:00	3:41	2
Baldwin	Lee	Burnaby	29km (Chalet)	3:03	4:20	2 + 1 (garbage)
desmond	mott	North Vancouver	24 km - Custom	1:49	3:03	2 + 1 (garbage)
Jurgen	Watts	North Vancouver	22 km - Custom		2:45	1
Monty	Watts	North Vancouver	22 km - Custom		2:45	2
Kim	Taylor	West Vancouver	15km (St.George's bench)		1:47	2
Ali	Jones	Coquitlam	? - (Return via Gondola & BP)			2
John	Jones	Coquitlam	? - (Return via Gondola & BP)			2

2007 - Year 4 - Bill's Great Peak - Results

More photos are posted here. If you have photos of the day you'd like to share please post them to Flickr, tag with BillsGreatPeakAscent and BillsGreatPeakAscent2007. If you also add them to the Club Fat Ass Flickr Group your photo will automatically show int he "Members in Action" section to the left.

Thanks to Tim Wiens who recorded the GPS data and made a map available here and a profile here.

Please also take a moment to complete the post event survey here.

First Name	Last Name	City/Town	Event	Time to top	Total time		Points
Tim	Wiens	Vancouver	32 km	1:55	3:23		2
John	Neels	Vancouver	32 km	1:56	3:23		2
Desmond	Mott	n.van	32 km	2:01	3:38		2
Stephen	Blyth	north vancouver	32 km	2:05	3:40		1
Rea	Blyth	north vancouver	32 km	2:05	3:40		1
Jodi	Isenor	Halifax	32 km	2:23	3:51		1
Carlos	Castillo	Victoria	32 km	2:24	4:19	1 pt for garbage	3
Doug	MacKay	North Vancouver	32 km	2:24	4:19		2
Kathy	Banks	Vancouver	32 km	3:00	4:50		1
Sibylle	Tinsel	North Vancouver	32 km	3:07	5:08		2
Cheryl	Johnson	Pitt Meadows	32 km	3:07	5:08		2
Dave	Crerar	North Vancouver	28 km	1:58	3:21	returned via St.George's	1
Curb	Ivanic	Vancouver	28 km	1:55	3:29	returned via St.George's	2
Maureen	Wiens	Vancouver	16 km		2:55		2
Rob	Jones	North Vancouver	15 km	1:56		one way to top	2
Bill	Dagg	Vancouver	quarry		2:15		3
Laddie	Hannam	North Vancouver	quarry	1:22	2:23		1
Berglind	Hafsteinsdottir	North Vancouver	quarry	1:22	2:23		2

Well, as noted by Sibylle, the 4^th edition of Bill’s Great Peak Ascent turned out to be a soggy affair. Nevertheless, that didn’t stop 18 runners from giving it a go under very un-July-like weather. Dave Crerar even commented on how nice it was to run in the rain and the surreal effect running up Mountain Highway not being able to see 2 metres in front of you. Glad you enjoyed it Dave, my sentiments weren't quite the same.

11 of the starters ultimately opted for the official 32 km route (thanks to Tim Wiens for GPSing the route today – we now know how long it really is!) while Dave (involuntarily) and Curb (voluntarily) ended up doing an out-and-back following the same route down as up. Others, myself included, opted for shorter variations on the route.

For the second year in a row we had a black bear sighting (no points for the bear, though, as it didn’t pre-register). The only other wildlife of note was the usual assortment of Mountain Bikers heading up as we were heading down.

Most of the runners also seemed to figure they were entitled to a free beer for their efforts as we had a large turn-out (14 of the 18) afterwards at the Mosquito Creek Grill for a few colds ones, food and general cheer.

Amongst the goodies doled out as draw prizes were two Trail Runner Magazine subscriptions, the usual assortment of great Kinesys products, and a water bottle and nice jacket courtesy of North Shore Athletics.

Thanks to all who participated and, of course, to our sponsors. Hope to see you all again next year.

Bill

2006 - Year 3 - Bill's Great Peak - Results

Starter Photo - 22 July 2006
20 Starters - 20 Finishers

First Name	Last Name	City/Town	Event	Time at top	Time at bottom		Points
Bill	Dagg	Vancouver	30km	1:56	3:28		3
Bob	Hermanutz	Vancouver	30km	1:56	3:32	Scenic route :-)	2
Desmond	Mott	n. vancouver	30km	1:56	3:36		2
Patrick	Thrift	North Vancouver	30km	1:56	3:43		1
Rob	Ruff	Surey	30km	2:07	3:53		2
Kim	Taylor	West Vancouver	30km	2:25	4:24		2
Gilles	Barbeau	Vancouver	30km	2:42	4:27		2
Karl	Jensen	North Vancouver	30km	2:42	4:27		2
Elke	Bauer	Coquitlam	30km	2:42	4:31		2
John	Machray	N van	30km	2:42	4:31		1
Kathy	Banks	Vancouver	Custom			Started at 7:50	2
Ann	Taylor	North Vancouver	27km		3:28	Chalet and back	2
Amy	MacArthur	Burnaby	15km		2:07		1
Baldwin	Lee	Burnaby	15km		2:09		2
Laddie	Hannam	north vancouver	Custom	1:45	3:04		2
Claudia	Bullington	Richmond	15km	1:20	3:04	St. George's and back	1
Gary	Moorman	VANCOUVER	15km	1:20	3:04	St. George's and back	2
Maureen	Wiens	Vancouver	15km	1:20	3:04	St. George's and back	2
Sibylle	Tinsel	North Vancouver	15km	1:20	3:04		2
Tim	Wiens	Vancouver	15km	1:49		Point-to-point up	2

What would be a good day to run from the Rice Lake parking lot to the top of Grouse Mountain and back? I’ve got it! Let’s do it on the hottest day of the year!

So how was it … It’s hot! Damn hot!

Either trail runners don’t pay attention to forecasts or they’re simply just missing a screw or two (one doesn’t necessarily preclude the other) as a record 19 runners toed the line for the third annual “Bill’s Great Peak Ascent” at 7:30am this past Saturday – a day that was forecast to have a high of 36C. Fortunately, we were given a temporary reprieve as a high overcast kept the temperature somewhat under control for most of the ascent.

Ultimately, the heat did take a toll, though, as there were no record times this year, due in part to the time necessary to completely douse ourselves in every available water source. Some, apparently, didn’t do enough dousing as this was also a record year for route customizations within 1 km of the finish line – Bob, on target to finish well ahead of the pack decided to go off-route after crossing the Pipe Bridge on the return trip (we’re talking about 300 m from the finish here folks). Instead, he ended up finishing second behind yours truly, whom he found nearly passed out on the bench at the finish line. Similarly, Patrick went off-route within 1 km of the end and decided to test out the mud depth in the swamps in the Varley Trail section while trying to get back on track. He ultimately finished 4^th behind Desmond.

Of the other 30 km participants, Rob and Kim ended up running pretty much solo.

For the remaining four 30 km runners (John, Karl, Gilles, and Elke) it seems there was also some possibly heat-induced confusion about what point to tag up on indicating the end of the “up” section so, Elke (being Elke) concluded the best option was to “tag up” on each of the other three runs hind sections. From all accounts, there were no complaints.

In the custom distance group, Tim, opting for a point-to-point up, smoked everyone to the peak. Ann went most of the way up, turning around at the Chalet, while Baldwin, Amy, and Laddie chose mid-range customizations. That left a group of four (Sybille, Maureen, Claudia, Gary) who opted for a tamer out-and-back to the St. George’s Bench. Kathy, after arriving late, chose another customization.

Notable nature sightings included a young black bear on Grouse Mountain, a (probably) Spotted Owl on St. George’s Trail, and a rabid chipmunk on Mountain Highway.

A great turnout at the Mosquito Creek Grill, no doubt aided by the prospect of a free beer for each participant, followed the event. Amongst the goodies doled out as draw prizes were two Trail Runner Magazine subscriptions, the usual assortment of great Kinesys products, and a water bottle, bottle and holder, and running cap courtesy of North Shore Athletics.

Thanks to all who participated and, of course, to our sponsors. Hope to see you all again next year.

Bill

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2005 - Year 2 - Bill's Great Peak - Results

Full Course (~30km)

No	First Name	Last Name	City/Town	Prov/State	Age	Time Up	Total Time
1	Tracy	Wakaluk	NorthVancouver	BC		1:45	3:02
	Scott	Riddell	North Vancouver	BC	42	1:45	3:02
3	Bill	Dagg	Vancouver	BC	42	1:45	3:03
4	Doug	MacLean	Seattle	WA	53	1:45	3:29
	Danilo	Caron	Vancouver	BC	30		3:29
6	Doug	MacKay	North Vancouver	BC	54	1:57	3:33
7	Lee	Adourian	Westwood	MA	38	2:35	4:15
8	Karine	Lavoie	Vancouver	BC	25	2:18	4:16
9	Cheryl	Johnson	Pitt Meadows	BC	56		4:57
	Craig	Moore	North Vancouver	BC	44	2:35	4:57
?	Stephen	Janega	Vancouver	BC	36	?	?

Custom

First Name	Last Name	City/Town	Prov/State	Age	Route	Time
Ann	Taylor	North Vancouver	BC		Grouse Chalet return (~28 km)	~3:30
Adam	Shih	Surrey	BC	30	Grouse Chalet return (~28 km)	~4:00
Pat	Barry	Vancouver	BC	44	St. George's return	2:27
Sibylle	Tinsel	North Vancouver	BC	41	St. George's return	2:27

Report

This past Saturday marked the second running of “Bill’s Great Peak Ascent” (those with a keen eye might notice a subtle name change from last year’s event – don’t ask) and, unlike last year when we were stopped short of our target by a chain link fence at the base of the last climb up Grouse Mountain, we were able to complete the full route. The 15 runners who took on the course this year were greeted with cool, near-ideal running conditions (a good contrast to last year’s heat). The cooler temperatures, coupled with the fact that there were no views to be had because of a sogged-in peak, seems to have agreed with the runners too as, even though no-one broke 3 hours, when you account for the time needed actually getting to the peak, the fastest times this year are comparable or faster than last year. Doesn’t matter anyway -- this year’s times are the ones that matter for the record book.

First across the line in 3:02 were Tracy “T-Factor” Wakaluk and Scott “The Gazelle” Riddell (bare with me, I’m winging it with some of the nicknames here). I couldn’t quite see them at the finish but I suspect Tracy probably threw out an elbow right near the end and finished just ahead of Scott. The only repeat offender from last year (apart from myself) was Doug “If you’re not bleeding, you’re not trying hard enough” Mackay who took almost 40 minutes off of his last year’s time in spite of a Mountain Highway wipe-out on the return trip.

Other notable mentions included two international guests: Doug MacLean, from Seattle, who decided (involuntarily) that the route was too short and should go over the Lynn Canyon Suspension Bridge instead; and, Lee Adourian, from Boston, the current Club Fat Ass record-holder for earliest event registration – he registered for this event in October of last year!

We had a finish line aid station this year too! Generously set up by Steven Lamothe who had planned to run the event. Unfortunately, he was unable to find a babysitter and so, instead, set up a spread for the runners at the finish line. Thanks Steven.

Also, present at the start/finish were Kate La Plante and Less Lee showing their wares as representatives for XS Energy, Trim Advantage, and Nutrilite Sports Nutrition Products. Kate gave an overview of the product line and provided a sample package to be given out at the post-event get-together. Thanks guys!

The post-event get-together had a relatively low turn-out this year but that didn’t seem to be getting in the way of anyone enjoying the free pint of beer generously offered, once again, by the Mosquito Creek Bar & Grill. Lee Adourian was the lucky recipient of the XS Energy prize pack and Doug MacKay got himself a year’s subscription to Trail Runner Magazine. Thanks again to our sponsors for their contributions.

That’s it for this year.

Thanks to all for participating.

Bill

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2004 - Year 1 - Bill's Great Peak - Results

24 July 2004 - The First Official Running

	Name	Home town	Peak time	Total Time
1	Mark Klaver	North Vancouver	1:46	2:54
2	Wendy Montgomery	North Vancouver	1:46	3:04
	Bill Dagg	Vancouver	1:46	3:04
4	Desmond Mott	North Vancouver	1:46	3:11
5	Edward Haboly	North Vancouver		3:24
6	Rob Ruff	Surrey, BC		3:35
7	Greg Crompton	North Vancouver	2:04	3:43
8	Ron Adams	North Vancouver	2:10	3:49
9	Kathy Nomura	Burnaby, BC		3:59
	Mike Palenthorpe	Vancouver		3:59
	Ean Jackson	North Vancouver	2:30	3:59
12	Ken Hardinge-Rooney	New Westminster, BC	2:17	4:09
13	Doug Mackay	North Vancouver	2:26	4:10
14	Dave Laforest	Whitby, Ontario	2:30	4:30
	Keith Nicol	Vancouver	2:30	4:30

	Suzanne Johnson	North Vancouver		2:30
	Jason Niles	North Vancouver		2:30

17 starters, 15 finishers

Report

The inaugural running of "Bill's Grouse Peak Ascent" is now in the books. Seventeen runners, mostly from North Vancouver but one from as far away as Whitby, Ontario and ranging in age from 19 to 55, took up the challenge of running the approximately 30km route from the Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve (LSCR) to the peak of Grouse Mountain (and back) on what was a beautiful, at times rather warm, Saturday, July 24th. Perhaps it was the temptation of a free beer at the post-race event at the Mosquito Creek Bar & Grill or, maybe it was the prospect of being lucky enough to win one of the great KINeSYS draw prizes to be given out at the post-race event that brought them out but, whatever the reason, they came, they ran and they conquered (well, almost -- read on).

A pre-race survey showed that most of the participants were already familiar with most of the route and at least one of those who wasn't familiar had taken the pre-caution of printing himself out the detailed route description off of the Club Fat Ass website. That was a good sign. No-one would be getting lost or off-course today. Unfortunately, I neglected to account for the "Jackson Factor" as Ean was too busy talking to his running companions to notice the St. George's Trail bench and passed by an important right-hand turn. As nice as Mosquito Creek is, it wasn't exactly where they were supposed to be so they had to backtrack to the bench to rejoin the event. Next year, I'm thinking of a yellow jersey for Ean -- not as an indication of the current leader -- but as a warning to others!

The plan was to wind our way up Mountain Highway to the Grouse Mountain Chalet and then, from there, take the 10-15 minute jaunt up to the peak of Grouse. Unfortunately, those plans were foiled when, just past the Grizzly Bear pen, all were forced to a sudden stop. The entire peak area was fenced off with "Do not enter. Construction Area" signs. A few tried to find back ways up but to no avail. The fencing was complete. No peak today.

At the turn-around point, 19 year old Mark Klaver decided he'd being hanging around with the old folks long enough and put on his after burners, heading off down Mountain Highway and finishing the event in what proved to be the fastest time of the day in 2:54. Wendy Montgomery was the first female and second runner across the line 10 minutes after that.

Eleven participants partook in the post-race event at the Mosquito Creek Bar & Grill, enjoying one free beer each courtesy the Grill, great food, great service, and lots of camaraderie.

Thank you to all participants, sponsors, and the amazing Sibylle Tinsel and Ean Jackson for all of their hard work with Club Fat Ass, making my job, as event host, incredibly easy.

Next year's event will be on Saturday, July 23rd, 2005. And remember, because we couldn't actually get to the peak this year, all course records are still up for grabs!

Hope to see you there.

Bill Dagg, Event Host

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Thanks!

Many thanks to:

North Shore Athletics: Thanks for the drawprizes. NSA is also offering you 10% off any regularly priced inventory when you mention in the store that you are a Club Fat Ass member.
TrailRunner: Thank you for the 2 gift subscriptions to your popular magazine as draw prize. Also for offering members of Club Fat Ass a special discounted subscription price
KINeSYS: Thanks for the assortment of body and sun care products to keep all participants protected from the elements.

If you'd like to support Bill's Great Peak Ascent and our guests in some way, we'd love to have you onboard. At the very least, we can promise you a place on this Thank You page! Please contact us with your thoughts on how you'd like to participate.

FAQ

Q:	I've never done a trail run before. Is this a good place to start?
A:	It's a toughie, but if you can run a 1/2 marathon on the road and are comfortable carrying your own food and water, you should be good (It's about 35 kilometers from start to finish.)

Q:	Do I need to print off course instructions and bring them with me?
A:	We recommend you do so unless you are very familiar with the trails on Grouse Mountain.

Q:	What if I get lost?
A:	You shouldn't get lost if you bring directions! If you do feel you are lost, ask a mountain biker or just turn around and follow the same road you came up.

Q:	What if I have to heed the call of nature.
A:	There are portable washrooms near the start and at the top of Grouse Mountain. If you have to go while on the trail, be discreet, do your business at least 10 meters from the trail and bury anything solid at least 10 cm deep.

Q:	What should I bring on race day?
A:	Whatever you figure you will need given the weather, your physical fitness on the day and your plans for after the run.
	Weather. Click here for a local forecast
	Distance. If in doubt, take it easy. If you have a credit card with you, there is a bail out opportunity at the Grouse Mountain Chalet via the tram ($5 + plus a Taxi back to the LSCR) -- or just turn around as the return trip is almost entirely downhill
	Fitness. The route out is mostly uphill and can be a real character-builder. Take it easy. If in doubt, slow down. It's not a disgrace to walk portions either -- few will run the whole distance.
	Après run. Consider getting together for a bite and some fluids at the finisher party.

Q:	I am supposed to be self-sufficient because there is no aid provided. Can I get a friend to come out and give me food and drink along the route?
A:	Absolutely! In fact, it would be nice if your friend were to help everyone. See aid stations and crew for some thoughts. If you bring money, you can get a bite to eat at the Chalet if you're feeling desperate.

Q:	Where can I park?
A:	Parking may be an issue as they are building a water filtration plant near the start and this is a popular place on weekends. Try to car pool. Try to arrive as early as possible.

Agenda

Sunday 29 July 2012
06:00?	Get up. Check the weather. Print off this agenda so you can be sure to find the start.
07:00	Arrive at the Rice Lake Parking Lot in the Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve, North Vancouver. (Follow Lillooet Road just off the Second Narrows Bridge, next to the Holiday Inn. Free parking. Check-in.
07:20	Welcome and final briefing
07:25	Photo?
07:30	Start
10:15	First finisher?
12:00	Lunch at Mosquito Creek Grill (Westview Mall and the Upper Levels Highway #1)

How to get to the start

From Highway #1 in North Vancouver, take the Seymour Parkway exit heading north toward the mountains. Pass between the Holiday Inn and the Great Canadian Superstore on Lillooet Road. You will see signs for the Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve and Capilano College. The road will turn to dirt. Follow to the parking lot at the end of the road and park in the parking lot.

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Party

For those left standing, a post event celebration will be held at the Mosquito Creek Grill. The Mosquito Creek is about 10 minutes away in the Westview Mall at Westview and Highway #1. Their telephone number is 604-983-3083.

What to Bring?

bring your own food. There is a water tap at the start, but be prepared in case it is out of service.
bring your own official timing system (a watch will do, even if the second hand doesn't work.) There will be a pen and paper to record your split times.
bring a change of clothes for afterward

Notes

if you want to go down in the records, please record your split times (time to top, time back to start) on the sheet provided
this event is not sponsored, sanctioned, permitted or anything else that would qualify it as an official event
expect rain, some mud, some old friends and maybe some new

Backgrounder

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Grouse Mountain towers 1,250m (4,100') above the city of Vancouver. Rice Lake is in the Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve (LSCR) not far above sea level. The challenge of Bill's Great Peak Ascent is to have a good time getting from Rice Lake to the peak of Vancouver and back!

The run is held entirely on trails that range from beginner-friendly to technical. It has been designed to be a great training opportunity for the 67K STORMY trail run in Squamish in mid-August as well as a fun event in itself. On a clear day, you can expect awesome views of Vancouver, the Fraser Valley and Mount Baker, Washington.

Course

If you are not familiar with the course, please print the course description and bring them along to the start. The course will not be marked. For a printer friendly version, please scroll to the bottom of this page and follow the link.

Time	Description (map available here / profile here)	km
07:00	Meet at Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve (LSCR) Rice Lake parking lot.
07:30	Start – LSCR Parking Lot (NW corner – in front of the toilets)	00.0
	LEG 1 (10 – 15 min): Varley Trail. This section of the route follows the Varley Trail, providing a good warm-up on easy, mostly flat, well-groomed trail. Enjoy it! The grunt work starts soon!
	- leave LSCR parking lot heading west past round-about at end of Lillooet Rd. and straight on downhill to pipe bridge
	- turn right after crossing bridge along Marion Rd.
	- after about 150m, take second right (at Varley Trail marker -- don’t take first right – that leads into someone’s driveway).
	- follow Varley Trail to Lynn Headwaters Parking Lot
07:40 – 07:45	Reference Point (RP) #1 – Lynn Headwaters Parking Lot. Toilets approx. 50m past far end of parking lot (on the right). Water just before the bridge over Lynn River. Our route doesn’t go by these facilities and you probably won’t need them now but you might on the return trip.	1.5
	LEG 2 (5 – 10 min): BP Trail: Lynn Headwaters – Mountain Highway. This short, mostly uphill section starts the Baden Powel Trail portion of our route. Keep your eyes open for orange triangles with the “BP” written on them. There are some tricky portions of the trail to follow on this section so make sure you can see those markers.
	- turn sharp left onto Lynn Valley Rd. as you exit Varley Trail.
	- after approximately 50m, turn right onto BP Trail.
	- head up long, steep, calf-burning staircase
	- at top of stairs, turn left (follow BP Trail sign post) onto small gravel road
	- almost immediately turn right, following BP markers (if you miss this turn you’ll end up in somebody’s back yard)
	- after a short climb, you’ll come to a fairly open section with lots of mountain biking obstacles (keep your eyes open for BP markers here as it can be tricky to follow the route)
	- keep following BP Trail, generally uphill for another 5-10 minutes until you reach a good gravel road – this is Mountain Highway
07:45 – 07:5	Reference Point (RP) #2 – Mountain Highway. Top up your fluids at the water fountain as the next guaranteed water is at the top of the Grouse Mountain Skyride. Important! Don’t drink the creek water here or anywhere else on the route unless you want to go on a very quick weight loss routine. All streams in this area have the potential to carry the Giardia protozoan (also known as “Beaver Fever”). There are better ways to lose weight!
	LEG 3 (25 – 35 min): BP Trail: Mountain Highway – St. George’s Trail. This technical section of the route is mostly uphill but, for the most part, is quite runnable with some nice rolling sections. Remember, keep looking for those orange “BP” markers to make sure you’re on route.
	- continue straight along BP Trail heading uphill beside water fountain
	- take left of two trails as right one is intended for mountain bikers and it is a lot easier for them if they don’t have to stop to pick body parts out of their spokes
	- head decidedly uphill for approximately 10 minutes before any real reprieve (don’t be fooled by a couple of flatish “false peaks”)
	- after this initial climb, the route has lots of nice rolling sections on the way to St. George’s trail but with general upward tendencies (not that there’s anything wrong with that!)
	- after 15 - 25 minutes from Mountain Highway, you’ll cross over a nice new bridge at Abelard Canyon.
	- another 5 - 10 minutes gets you to the bench at St. George’s Trail.
08:10 – 08:30	Reference Point #3 – St. George’s Trail Bench. Enjoy the only view on the BP Trail between Nancy Greene Way (at the base of the Grouse Mountain Skyride) and Indian River Road (above Deep Cove)
	LEG 4 (10-20 min): St. George’s Trail. This section of the route is another relatively short, steep, technical climb, taking you up to Mountain Highway just before the sixth switchback. The trail is fairly well trodden and marked with orange square markers as well as ribbons of various colours (orange; yellow; green).
	- say goodbye to BP Trail and its associated “BP” markers and head up St. George’s Trail, angling behind the bench (from right side of the bench as you’re facing it)
	- after a fairly short climb you’ll get to a section of fairly level, runnable trail
	- after another couple of minutes, the flat section ends and you’ll resume the climb up to Mountain Highway – keep your eyes open for the orange markers as the trail can be a little difficult to follow in a couple of places as a result of fairly recent blowdowns
	- shortly before reaching Mountain Highway, you should pass by a lonely Mt. Fromme “this way” marker – follow it
	- another 2 – 5 minutes gets you to the top of St. George’s Trail at good gravel road – this is Mountain Highway (again)
08:20 – 08:45	Reference Point #4 – Mountain Highway (just before the 6th switchback).
	LEG 5 (10 – 15 min): Per Gynt Trail. Rather than stick to the road, we’ll get one last bit of technical trail in by taking Per Gynt Trail, bypassing that last two of the seven lower switchbacks on Mountain Highway. This trail is marked with small orange diamonds but doesn’t have too many places to make a wrong turn anyway.
	- turn left on Mountain Highway
	- in no more than 2-3 min you will come to the 6th switchback
	- instead of taking the switchback, take about 5 steps following the road off end of switchback
	- turn right up Per Gynt Trail that starts here (I couldn’t find any sign at this end of the trail identifying it as such) -- don’t go straight along the overgrown road
	- follow orange diamond markers as trail makes its way mostly uphill
	- in less than 15 min from start of this leg, you will, once again, come out at Mountain Highway – you have now successfully bypassed all seven of the lower switchbacks on Mountain Highway (unfortunately, there’s no way to avoid the upper ones)
	- go left on Mountain Highway
	- in approximately 1 min, you should arrive at Quarry
08:30 – 09:00	Reference Point #5 – Quarry.
	LEG 6 (30 – 40 min): Mountain Highway -- Grouse Mountain Chalet. This portion of the route keeps to Mountain Highway, starting with 10-15 min of fairly level, easy-going running and ending with some metal-testing uphill and switchbacks. Think: “9-Mile Hill”.
	- follow Mountain Highway as it winds its way along west side of Mt. Fromme above the Mosquito Creek valley (to your left)
	- after 10 – 15 min you’ll see a “Private Road” sign mounted on a tree on right-hand side of road – this marks the beginning of climb up to Grouse Mountain Chalet
	- another 5 – 10 min of climbing brings you to first of 4 switchbacks
	- follow switchbacks up as you wind your way under the Blue Chair – keep going until you run out of switchbacks
	- after 4th switchback, the road straightens somewhat, taking you under Green Chair (at top of “The Cut”), finally ending at Grouse Mountain Chalet
09:00 – 09:40	Reference Point #6 – Grouse Mountain Chalet. There are full water/washroom facilities here (inside the Chalet around the corner to the left as you enter at ground-level). Be sure to fill up your fluids here!
	LEG 7 (10 – 15 min): Chalet – Grouse Peak. This portion of the route takes you up the last short climb to peak
	- from door of the Chalet, head back towards peak
	- you’ll pass by several sets of signs pointing to the Grizzly Bear Habitat, Lumberjack show area, and “Birds in Motion” tourist attractions – follow first set; skip second set; follow third set -- the pathways can be a little confusing here -- stick to as straight a route as possible
	- pass Lumberjack show area and Grizzly Bear Habitat on left
	- the last attraction will be “Birds in Motion” area on your right
	- follow gravel road around right flank of peak
	- the road gets very nasty (steep) towards the top but, fortunately, doesn’t last for long -- if your calves aren’t burning now, they never will
	- touch the “Olympic Express”
09:10 – 09:55	Reference Point #7 – Grouse Mountain Peak. Congratulations! You’ve made it! There’s virtually no uphill on our return route so prepare yourself for a whole lot of quad-burning downhill. Think: “Ring Creek Rip”.
	LEG 8 (5 – 10 min): Grouse Mountain Peak – Chalet.
	- say “G’day” to the German tourists
	- retrace your steps back down to Chalet, trying not to trample on too many tourists
	- you probably don’t need to go right to the Chalet (you re-filled coming up, right?) so, turn left just before the little paved downhill to the Chalet
09:15 – 10:05	Reference Point #8 – Grouse Mountain Chalet. Water/washrooms to your left inside the chalet on the entrance level.
	LEG 9 (25 – 30 min): Mountain Highway: Chalet – Quarry
	- retrace your route, passing underneath Green Chair (near top of “The Cut”)
	- continue straight across top of “The Cut”, down 6 switchbacks below Blue Chair and back on down Mountain Highway to Quarry
9:40 – 10:35	Reference Point #9 – Quarry.
	LEG 10 (30 – 40 min): Mountain Highway: Quarry – BP Trail Water Fountain. Instead of retracing our route down Per Gynt and St. George’s Trail, we’re going to bypass all of the technical stuff and blast down Mountain Highway all the way to the intersection with the BP Trail.
	- from Quarry, just keep on heading down Mountain Highway
	- ignore the Per Gynt turnoff shortly after leaving Quarry
	- ignore the St. George’s Trail turnoff (if you happen to actually see it – it’s easy to miss) shortly after second switchback (going down)
	- follow Mountain Highway down, down, down for a further 5 switchbacks
	- after approximately 30 minutes, you’ll come to a gate across the road – there are toilets on left here, if you need them (even if you don’t)
	- another couple of minutes down the wide gravel road gets you back to the water fountain at BP Trail intersection
10:10 – 11:15	Reference Point #10 – BP Trail Water Fountain.
	LEG 11 (5 – 10 min): BP Trail: Mountain Highway – Lynn Headwaters. We’re back onto a short section of downward-leading technical trail again. Be careful! After the long run you just did down Mountain Highway, you’re feet might not be lifting up as high as you think they are. Follow those orange “BP” markers again.
	- turn left onto BP, retracing your route for earlier back down to Lynn Rd.
	- this trail used to be tricky to follow in spots but is all nicely fixed up now thanks to the Mountain Biking community (I think it was them)
	- follow “BP” markers on down steep staircase to Lynn Rd.
	- turn left onto Lynn Rd. and you’ll soon be back at Lynn Headwaters parking lot
10:15 – 11:25	Reference Point #11 – Lynn Headwaters Parking Lot. Water/toilets are available here if you continue through the parking lot towards the bridge over Lynn River.
	LEG 12 (10 – 15 min): Varley Trail.
	- as you reach Lynn Headwaters Parking Lot, turn sharp right (almost 180) onto Varley Trail
	- follow Varley Trail, passing by two “Overflow Parking Lot” trails on right
	- keep following Varley Trail markers until trail ends back at a gravel road
	- turn left onto the road -- Marion Rd. – up and over little hill
	- when you get to Rice Lake Rd., take a left over the pipe bridge and up hill, passing by round-about at end of Lillooet Rd.
	- follow short path to right on other side of round-about (adjacent to ranger station) back to LSCR Parking Lot.
10:25 – 11:40	Finish – LSCR Parking Lot. Whooee! You’re done! Stretch. Yammer for awhile. Time to go celebrate your accomplishment (see below).
	Celebrate. See Agenda for details. Family and friends are welcome! There will be some draw prizes for the taking but ya gotta be at the post-race event to be eligible.

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Burnaby Mountain Run

What?

A 11.2km, 22.4km run to kick off the season
amazing views of the North Shore Mountains and Burrard Inlet
70% trails, 30% city streets
A fundraiser for a scholarship fund at SFU

When and Where?

Saturday 14 April 2012
9:00am Start
Burnaby Mountain Park (100 Centennial Way), Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
See agenda for details on how to get there and course description
Post-Run event at Caffe Artigiano 4359 Hastings St. Burnaby, BC

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Course

In keeping with Club Fat Ass environmental friendliness guidelines, the course will not be marked in any way. Please print out this course description (scroll down for a printer-friendly version) and bring it in a plastic baggie to the start.

You can also find a PDF and Google Earth map, as well as an altitude profile attached at the very bottom of this page.

Time	Description	km
8:45	Meet at the parking lot in Burnaby Mountain Park
	The Sky to Sea Leg. (4.7km) This long descent is on non-technical single track and some city streets.
9:00	Start at the pyramidal stone monument at the scenic lookout behind the restaurant.	0
	Run west (toward downtown Vancouver) and downhill on the grass beside the fence. The cliff and a view of ocean and mountains to your right. You will come to Pandora Trail. At the first intersection, go straight. (Whatever you do, don't go right onto the clearly marked closed Velodrome Trail as it is nasty and dangerous!)
	You will come to pavement at Pandora Drive. Go left onto the street then follow the street right and downhill at the first intersection.	1.8
9:10	There is a 4-way intersection at Duthie Drive. Turn right. At the roundabout crosswalk, go straight 1 block on Barnet Road to the intersection with Bayview Drive	2.3
	Go left and steeply downhill on Bayview to the steps next to the parking area. Cross the highway (Inlet Drive) at the traffic lights. There is a big "Terasen Pipeline" sign across the street then a bit farther downhill, a wooden sign with a map of Barnet Marine Park Trail. Go right onto the broad, gravel trail.	3.0
	Stay on the trail. You will parallel a fenced-off workyard for a about 300m, then climb up to Barnet Highway.	3.5
	Run along the left side of Barnet Highway against traffic in the bicycle lane. Please watch out for cyclists.
	At the first intersection (Texaco Road), go left and downhill. Cross the railroad tracks carefully. If there is a train, chill out and have a snack. You will need it!	4.4
	Just before you reach the ocean, turn right and follow the nice path along the shore. Pass the ruins of the Barnett mill and the light beacon. The trail will end in sand after about 40m. Go right onto an old, wide concrete road that leads away from the beach	4.7
	The Roller Coaster Leg. (2.7km) This section is mostly nice, wide gravel trails that gently climb Burnaby Mountain.
9:20	Washrooms, drinking water in the small buildings to your right.	4.9
	Continue uphill. Go right onto a spiral concrete ramp and walkway over the railroad tracks.
	Continue straight up to the traffic lights at Barnet Highway. Cross carefully, then go left above the highway on the road that says "No Public Access".	5.3
9:30	Continue parallel to the Highway on a paved road for about 200m. The pavement stops and you will continue right through a gate on a wide, rolling gravel trail for just over 2km. You will cross a small wooden bridge and come to a "T" intersection with a big, white oil storage tank #3297 in front of you.
	Stairway to Heaven Leg. (3.8km) This is where the 8% gradient slope starts and fun begins! The remainder of the run is on the Trans Canada Trail, so it's very tough to get lost.
	Turn right and uphill. Feel your heart rate and your breakfast raise as you run steeply uphill!	7.4
	At the intersection under the power lines, go left.	7.9
	This is a bit tricky! At the flat section with the wooden trail kiosk, switchback right on Trans Canada Trail uphill and away from the power lines.	8.2
	At the "Y" intersection, stay right and straight
	At the next "Y" intersection with the wooden trail map, stay right and downhill on the TransCanada Trail	9.2
	At the next "Y" intersection, go right and uphill on the TransCanada Trail. Pass a big concrete water reservoir.
	At Burnaby Mountain Park, run until the information board / signpost where Trans Canada Trail goes down left towards Hastings St. At this point, turn right.	11.0
10:10	Arrive at the stone pyramid. Kiss it. Enjoy the view and your accomplishment...or run another lap!	11.2

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2011 - Year 6 - Burnaby Mountain Run - Results

9 April 2011 - Starter Photo - 8 Starters - 8 Finishers

Report: The Burnaby Mountain Run faced a few challenges even before we hit the trails this year. We were "competing" against the popular Diez Vista Trail Run and the event host, Tara, called in sick. Not discouraged, a group of 8 had signed up to hit the trails and test their winter training on a challenging hilly course.

I had taken over the Event Host duties, and after dropping Jackson off to run from the Second Narrows Bridge along the Trans Canada Trail to the start, was looking forward to "stretching with a view" before everybody arrived. No such luck as new member and keener, Mark, showed up just as I crawled out of the car.

The skies were steel gray and the temperatures cooler than expected as we huddled behind the car and chit chatted about the course, greeted the runners slowly arriving. Jackson and Eric made it up the hill on foot just in time for the starter photo.

We took off precisely at 9:00am. I was the token girl and after new member Mathew had dealt with his malfunctioning tech gear and collecting some garbage on the trail, I quickly found myself in last place and alone.

The course starts on a single track winding it's way steeply down the side of Burnaby Mountain to a residential neighborhood. The air was fragrant with pleasant spring blossoms until we passed by a cluster of Stink Cabbage. Oh, the joys of spring . One of the characteristics of the Burnaby Mountain Run are the breathtaking views of Indian Arm and the North Shore Mountains while descending to the ocean. Finally down on the shore, the course follows a flat gravel path before heading south across the train tracks and Barnett Highway and continuing on a stretch know as "Roller Coaster". For several kilometers brief, steep climbs follow, steep, brief downhills...until hitting Cardiac Hill.

Huffing and puffing up this infamous trail, I was surprised to see a mountain biker actually cycling up there. With an eagle circling overhead, I finally reached the the top, or rather the part of the course where the trail skirts the parallel to the slope, still mostly ascending, but at a gentler grade.

Descending on the final few hundred meters of trail, city views open up, before the finish line at the Horizon Restaurant comes into sight. The group of 11.2km runners was waiting for me, and we decided to continue the chit chatting and waiting for Jim and Mark, who had set out for a second loop, at the Cafe Artigiano on Hastings Street a few minutes drive away.

Thanks to Trail Runner Magazine, Mathew and Ean walked away with a 1 year long gift subscription. Mathew was still sipping coffee and waiting for Mark and Jim when we finally said our good-byes.

Your Chief Executive Fat Ass and substitute Event Host

Sibylle

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Photos: A slide show of event photos is posted below. Please post your own photos to Flickr, add them to the CFA Flickr group and tag with BurnabyMountainRun2011 BurnabyMountainRun ClubFatassEvents ClubFatAssEvents2011 ClubFatAss. They will automatically appear in the slideshow below:

Results: Please let me know if there are mistakes and email me if your times are missing.

First Name	Last Name	City	Event	Points	Time
Mark	Hyder	Burnaby	22.4km	2	?
Jim	Swadling	North Vancouver	22.4km	1	?
Navid	Rahemtulla	Kits	11.2km	2	1:15
Eric	Rannaud	Burnaby	11.2km	2	1:15
Ean	Jackson	North Vancouver	11.2km	2+1*	1:18
Reagan	White	Vancouver	11.2km	2+1*	1:18
Mathew	Hill	Vancouver	11.2km	2+1*	1:18:44
Sibylle	Tinsel	North Vancouver	11.2km	2+1+@*	1:45
Melanie	Rieback	Vancouver	0	-1	DNS

* Garbage Point
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2012 - Year 7 - Burnaby Mountain Run - Results

14 April 2012 - Starter Photo

Report: A small group set out this morning to conquer Burnaby Mountain. Event Host, Tara, had some logistically issues and arrived late to find the group had already left. Thanks to Translink, Eric also missed the start. The third one to miss out was Meredith, who was called in to work... Despite the hick-ups the group enjoyed themselves and one can be assured that ActionJackson kept everybody entertained.

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Results: Please let me know if there are mistakes and email me if your times are missing.

First Name	Last Name	City	Event	Points	Time
Mark	Alexander	New Westminster	11.2km	1	1:12
Ean	Jackson	North Vancouver	11.2km	2	1:12
John	Machray	North Vancouver	11.2km	1	1:26
Chris	La Rose	Vancouver	11.2km	2	1:26
Paul	Wooton	Silver Star Mountain	11.2km	?	?

* Garbage Point
** Event Host Point

2010 - Year 5 - Burnaby Mountain Run - Results

10 April 2010 - Starter Photo - 18 Starters - 18 Finishers

Report: We had a good crowd out, with a number of newbie members testing the waters and Event Host, Tara, testing her baby jogger with one of her twin boys along for the ride. The weather was beautiful. If memory serves right, this was the first and only Burnaby Mountain Run, when the rains were not torrential and we even got to enjoy the touted view ;-)

Des had registered, but wasn't toeing the startline - a bunch of point hounds very jubilating, only to discover, that Des had put in an early start and collected points alright. Almost everybody collected litter of the trail to do their good deed of the day and of course keep up with Des and Reagan in the Point Series.

After the run, Porker and his friends reconvened for coffee an baked goods to Cafe Artegianio. We all agreed it was a perfect choice of venue to end a great run with friends.

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Results:

First Name	Last Name	City	Event	Points	Time
Wayne	Guest	Vancouver	22.4km	2	2:25
desmond	mott	north vancouver	22.4km	2+1*	02:44
arlene	macaulay	north vancouver	22.4km	2+1	03:22
Rhonda	Schuller	vancouver	22.4km	2	03:22

Kevin	Harrison	North Vancouver	11.2km	2	01:20
derek	sakamoto	vancouver	11.2km	2	01:22
Jess	Dagg	Vancouver	11.2km	2+1*	01:23
Imelda	Wong	Vancouver	11.2km	2	01:25
Reagan	White	Vancouver	11.2km	2+1*	01:26
Ean	Jackson	North Vancouver	11.2km	2+1*	01:28
Rachel Tanya	Fouladi	Burnaby	11.2km	2+1*	01:29
John	Machray	North Vancouver	11.2km	1	01:40
Craig	Moore	Lynn Valley, North Vancouver	11.2km	1+1*	01:40
cristy	maltese	vancouver	11.2km	1+1*	01:41
Sibylle	Tinsel	North Vancouver	11.2km	2+1*	01:41
Heather	Mitchell	Burnaby	11.2km	2+1*	01:43
Jennifer	Hiebert	Coquitlam	11.2km	2	1:51
Tara	Haddad	Vancouver	11.2km with Baby Jogger	2+2**	3:00

* Garbage Point
** Event Host Point

2009 - Year 4 - Burnaby Mountain Run

Club Fat Ass Event, Burnaby Mountain Run 2009, Trailrunning Vancouver, Canada

4 April 2009 - 12 Starters - 12 Finishers

Report: Thanks everybody for coming out to attack the killer hill on Burnaby Mountain. I believe this is the first time in the history of the event that the weather gods laughed upon us. It was certainly nice to take in the breathtaking panoramic views of Vancouver, Burrard Inlet, Indian Arm and the snow covered mountain ranges beyond. Still, there were a few isolated snow patches hiding beside the trail on the north side of Simon Fraser University and the trees are still bare (opposed to last year, where at the event took place at the beginning of March and some green was already sprouting.

There was almost an even number of runners heading out for 1 or 2 loops. The exception was Monty, who decided to get an early start and finished 3 loops. Amy and Kirsten were the runaway leaders on the 11km course. Kirsten had initially planned 2 loops but changed her mind after the Killer Hill (what will The Fools think???). Martin and Donna made up the middle field and Don was kind enough to keep Sibylle company at the end of the pack. She thanked him by adding a little detour to the course.

The 2 loop runners were led by Chris and Matt, they dropped Des, who is still recovering from dragging Chris off Mount Kenya and 2 month of beach life. The rear of the field was brought in by Monty (now on his 3rd lap), Gord and Dave.

Des and Sibylle collected extra points for picking up garbage on the course. The trails were very clean, but the stretch along the Highway in in dire need of a major clean-up. Tara, 6 months pregnant with twins, earned 3 points for hosting this event the third year in a row. While not running, she kept busy with her dog Ty, while waiting for the runners to arrive back.

The group reconvened at the Mountain Shadow Pub at the foot of Burnaby Mountain, but unfortunately lost PembiDon during the move. Talk centered around eliminating the Highway stretch for next years run and run the second loop counter clockwise (which way are the hills easier to stomach?) Almost everybody won a prize, thanks to our sponsors and friends at Kinesys and Trailrunner Magazine.

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Results:

Points	First Name	Last Name	Event	Lap 1	Lap 2	Lap 3	Total
2	Monty	Watts	33.6km	1:31	1:30	1:36	4:36

1	Chris	Benn	22.4km	1:05	1:07		2:12
1	Matt	Sessions	22.4km	1:05	1:07		2:12
3**	desmond	mott	22.4km	1:11	1:20		2:31
2	Dave	Berg	22.4km	1:30	1:36		3:06
2	Gord	Thompson	22.4km	1:30	1:36		3:06

1	Amy	MacArthur	11.22km				1:18
1	Kirsten	Ramage	11.2km				1:18
1	Martin	Janzen	11.2km				1:27
1	Donna	MacIntosh	11.2km				1:27
3**	Sibylle	Tinsel	11.2km				1:42
3**	Don	McManus	11.2km				1:42
3*	Tara	Haddad	Event Host				n/a

2008 - Year 3 - Burnaby Mountain Run

9 March 2008 - Starter Photo
12 Starters - 12 Finishers

Thanks for everyone for coming out on Sunday! Some were unable to make it due to the time change but all that showed enjoyed a warm and rain-free day. A select few were brave enough to run the course twice...even with that Killer Hill! Gord said that the second time around on that hill was 200% harder than the first! Good Job! Too bad we all didn't have energy like Ty - Hope to see everyone next year! Tara

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Results:

First Name	Last Name	City	Event	Time	Points
Craig	Hopkins		22.4km	?	1
Gord	Thompson	Coquitlam	22.4km	1st Lap -1:26 2nd Lap: 1:37 Total 3:03	2

desmond	mott	n. vancouver	11.2km	1:07	3*
Christopher	Atkins	Vancouver	11.2km	1:17	2
Penny	Jakobsen	North Vancouver	11.2km	1:19	2
Andrew	Laing	Burnaby	11.2km	1:26	1
Amy	MacArthur	Burnaby	11.2km	1:26	1
Claudia	Bullington	Richmond	11.2	1:29* late start - spring forward ;-)	1
Tara	Jackson		11.2km	1:34	3**
janice	vallis	Coquitlam	11.2km	1:34	3*
Sibylle	Tinsel	North Vancouver	11.2km	1:44	3*

Dave	Berg	Burnaby	0	DNS	-1
Charles	Myers	Vancouver	0	completey forgot ;-)
michael	spagnut	coquitlam	0	DNS	-1

2007 - Year 2 - Burnaby Mountain Run

Burnaby Mountain Run - 21 April 2007 - 16 Starters

Unlike last year, no torrential downpours hampered the enthusiasm and efforts of the 16 CFA members that came out to tackle the infamous killer hill of Burnaby Mountain. The temperatures were mild and pleasant and at times the sun even peaked out. The views from the course of The North Shore Mountains and Indian Arm are breathtaking.

9 runners tackled one loop of 11.2km while 7 had the endurance to go up (and down) the loop twice to complete 22.4km.

First Name	Last Name	Home Town	event	Time	Points
Bill	Dagg	Vancouver	22.4km	1:07/1:07 /2:14:00	2
Ellie	Greenwood	Vancouver	22.4km	1:07/1:07 /2:14:00	1
Desmond	Mott	n.van	22.4km	1:10/ 1:17 /2:27	2
Baldwin	Lee	Burnaby	22.4km	1:30/1:28/2:58	2
John	Machray	North Vancouver	22.4km	1:25/1:35/3:00	1
Ryan	Conroy	Vancouver	22.4km	1:25/ 1:45 /3:10	2
Dave	Berg	Burnaby	22.4km		1

Rob	MacDonald	Burnaby	11.2km	1:07:00	1
Doug	MacKay	North Van.	11.2km	1:17:00	1
Ean	Jackson	North Vancouver	11.2km	1:17:00	2
Wade	Repta	Vancouver	11.2km	1:25:00	1
Amy	MacArthur	Burnaby	11.2km	1:35:00	2
Kim	Taylor	West Vancouver	11.2km	1:35:00	1
Patricia	Barry	Vancouver	11.2km	1:48:00	2
Katheryne	Gardiner	Vancouver	11.2km	2:14:00	3
Tara	Jackson	Vancouver	11.2km	2:14:00	3
Carson	Keever	vancouver bc	11.2km		2

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2006 - Year 1- Burnaby Mountain Run

2006 Burnaby Mountain Run - Starter Photo
14 Starters - 14 Finishers

Burnaby Mountain Run.

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First Name	Last Name	City	Prov/ State	Country	Event	Points	Time
Tim	Wiens	Vancouver	BC	Canada	24km	2	2:17
Chris	Benn	Vancouver	BC	canada	24km	2	2:17
Berglind	Hafsteins dottir	Vancouver	BC	Canada	24km	2	2:49
Karl	Jensen	North Vancouver	BC	Canada	24km	2	2:51
Gilles	Barbeau	Vancouver	BC	Canada	24km	2	2:51
Sharon	Bryson	Richmond	BC	Canada	24km	1	3:43
Craig	Moore	North Vancouver	BC	Canada	24km	2	3:43
Jon	Driver	Maple Ridge	BC	Canada	12km	1	1:08
Desmond	Mott	North Vancouver	BC	Canada	12km	2	1:15
Barb	Crone	Surrey	BC	Canada	12km	1	1:30
Maureen	Wiens	Vancouver	BC	Canada	12km	2	1:46
Sibylle	Tinsel	North Vancouver	BC	Canada	12km	2	1:46
Tara	Jackson		BC	Canada	12km	1	1:50
Peter Pal	Zubcsek	Burnaby	BC	Canada	5km	2	0:20

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Burnaby Mountain Killer Hill

I have to admit that in the 15 years I have been living and running in Vancouver I had never ventured to Burnaby Mountain. Fortunately, I tested the course descriptions a few weeks before the Burnaby Mountain Run and can vouch that the views are spectacular. Unfortunately, on the morning of the events, the clouds hung very low and none of the participants were treated to the breathtaking scenery.

Not only did the clouds hang low, rain also hammered down on the group of diehards assembled at the start line in Burnaby Mountain Park. Nevertheless, the majority of the Fat Asses planned to do the full 2 loops for a total of 24km. Not so Maureen and myself who gingerly set out to run 12km and were hoping not to be lapped by the hot shots...

Following Pandora's Trail steeply downhill through deep mud puddles we soon lost sight of the leaders and tried stay close to Craig and Sharon whose bright jackets lead the way. Alas, they took a wrong turn and we found ourselves alone on the course.

The first half of the course is either downhill or flat...which leaves the question what to expect from the second half. Answer: A killer hill! Old Buck and Homestead are benign in comparison to this ascent. As Maureen and myself huffed and puffed to the top, we traded war stories of being lost in the fog during some previous adventures. Thanks to Maureen for pulling me up there!

The rain was still coming down when we finally made our way back to the start. Luckily, nice restrooms allowed us to get rid of the wet gear and change into warm fleecies. I only thawed eating soup at the post party get together....

Gotta come back in the sunshine.

Backgrounder

This event was set up a few years ago by Simon Fraser University student, Hungarian Peter Zubcsek. He needed a kick in the rear to become more active and use it as a fundraiser for the SFU Alumni Association Graduate Entrance Scholarship and thus hopefully help Simon Fraser University in attracting the finest of the world's young researchers. T

The idea to set up a run here was mainly motivated by Ean Jackson but the legacy of Terry Fox, one of the greatest spiritual values at SFU also served as a great inspiration. The route was proposed by the Peter and measured by the other Hungarian CFA member Gyula Szabó.

When Peter returned to Europe, Tara Haddad took over as host.

The route goes through 2 conservation areas: Burnaby Mountain Park and Barnet Marine Park (click the links for trivia).

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FAQ

Q:	I don't want to run, but I'd like to help. What might I do?
A:	You're a hero! If you can make the time, we can find you something to do as part of the event crew. Some thoughts at crew tasks.

Q:	If I decide to run, what should I bring?
A:	Please refer to the corresponding part at the agenda.

Q:	Are there aid stations? Can I have a beer en route?
A:	We recommend you come prepared to run without external aid. There may be aid stations, but only if your family and friends step forward and offer to organize them. (See aid.) Since this is an 'unofficial' event, there are no rules as to what you may or may not eat or drink en route. Best to bring 'special needs' in a plastic bag with your name on it just in case there are aid stations. =;-)

Q:	What can I win?
A:	Nothin. Fastest man and woman TO FINISH THE COURSE get bragging rights. All participants and times go up on the web for posterity sake.

Q:	I've never done a trail run before. Is this a good place to start?
A:	Yes. Don't worry if the steep part turns into hiking. It sometimes happens even to the best of us.

Q:	How tough is the course?
A:	You won't pull your ankle if not on the first mile of the race. If you know how to cross a road at traffic lights and are careful at the railroad crossing, you won't get hurt. The last kilometers are somewhat tough because of the gradient but remember that the finish is always within walking distance.

Q:	Do I really need to print off the course instructions and bring them with me?
A:	Yes. Without the detailed instructions or an intimate familiarity with the route, you're almost certain to get lost

Q:	This event is free, but for Club Fat Ass members only. How do I get into the club?
A:	There is no hazing ceremony like the Hash House Harriers! Runners, walkers, hikers, triathletes, adventure racers, mountain bikers and anyone else interested in having fun in the great outdoors is welcome and can register online for a nominal fee.

Q:	Can I wait until the last minute and join at the start?
A:	Yes, but we prefer you don't. Last minute registration makes it very difficult to organize and coordinate the event. Besides, we only take day-of-event registrants on run day which means you'll have to spend another $35 if you want the cool Club Fat Ass t-shirt.

Q:	It's a free world. What's to stop me from just running the course.
A:	Nothing...in fact, we encourage you to run the course often in training! We prefer that you do not 'bandit' the course on event day, however. If you insist, please don't take any of the aid intended for members. You will not get recognition in the results or be eligible for any draw prizes and you'll have to wear a black patch over one eye at the potluck. Furthermore, you won't be allowed into future events until you come clean with past membership dues.

Q:	What if I get lost?
A:	In the first part of the race, go down to Hastings and take a bus. In the second part, follow the Trans Canada Trail and go back to Burnaby Mountain Park. You may also try to call the crew (or Peter at 778 885 4814)

Q:	Do I get credit for any time I spend off-course?
A:	Are you kidding? If you do find an obvious mistake in the course directions, point it out to Peter.

Q:	Couldn't you mark the course like just about every other running race I've ever been in? It's a pain to pause and read instructions.
A:	Our aim is to be different than every other running race you've ever been in! We don't want to put chalk/flour on the ground, hang surveyor tape in the trees, paint rocks, put up signs or glow sticks or do anything that might leave a trace of the race. Besides, it slows down the faster runners.

Q:	What is the 'Rule of the Trail'?
A:	If you pack it in, you can pack it out. (That means don't you dare litter!) Leave nothing but your footprints on the trail. We strongly encourage you to pick up any trash you find along the trail and to present it to Peter after the evnet. It will earn you points in th Club Fat Ass point series and there may be a recognition award for the person who packs out more than they packed in.

Q:	What if I have to heed the call of nature.
A:	There are washrooms at the start and at Barnet Marine Park. For further details, please refer to the course description

Q:	What should I bring on run day?
A:	Whatever you figure you will need given the weather, the route you propose to run, your physical fitness on the day and your plans for after the run. Some thoughts are on the event agenda.
	Weather. Click here for a local forecast
	Fitness. Since you are an experienced trail runner, you should know what you are capable of. If in doubt, take it easy and do the shorter run
	Après run. Bring a change of clothes so you'll have something dry.

Q:	I am supposed to be self-sufficient because there is no aid provided. Can I get a friend to come out and give me food and drink along the route?
A:	Absolutely! In fact, it would be nice if your friend were to help everyone. Please have your friends and family members contact us and we will do all we can to insure that they have fun, as well.

Q:	Can I bring my friends and family to the party even if they didn't run or volunteer? Do they have to be Club Fat Ass members?
A:	Friends and family are absolutely welcome and no, they do not have to be Club Fat Ass members. Please be sure to specify how many guests you will bring with you on your registration form.

Q:	Are there any trophies, prizes or other hardware or freebies?
A:	If you assume there's no aid, no course marking, no t-shirt, no enthusiastic spectators and no prizes or freebies of any sort, you might be pleasantly surprised. Best you plan to show up at the party!

Q:	How accurate is the course marking?
A:	The Burnaby roads and the Trans Canada Trail are marked well. At the other two sections, try to stick to someone or read the course description - it's not so hard to find your way.

Q:	When will the 'official' results be available?
A:	We hope to have the results up on the results page website within 24 hours of the last person finishing. We will also distribute the results to major local and national ultra running communities.

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Agenda

Burnaby Mountain Run
07:00	Get up. Check the weather. Print off this agenda so you can be sure to find the start.
08:30	Check in at the washrooms under Horizons Restaurant next to the parking lot at the Burnaby Mountain Park (100 Centennial Way - click for a map).
08:45	Welcome and final briefing
08:55	Photo
09:00	Start
09:45	Short Course - expected first finisher
10:45	Long Course - expected first finisher
11:25	Official finish. Prize drawing will start at the Caffe Artigiano at 11:50AM. 4359 Hastings St.

How to get to the start?

Click here for a map of the start location.

From Highway #1:
Hastings Street Exit. Go east on Hastings about 5km to Sperling. Stay in the right lane and follow the SFU sign to the right. Drive up Burnaby Mountain Parkway. After about 2km, you will notice a big green sign for Horizons Restaurant. Go left onto this road. You will come to Burnaby Mountain Park sign and a big parking lot. Welcome!

Gagliardi Way Exit. Follow the signs for SFU up to the crossing with Burnaby Mountain Parkway. Turn left. You will notice a big green sign for Horizns Restaurant. Go right on this road. You will come to Burnaby Mountain Park sign and a big parking lot. Welcome!

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What to Bring?

Bring your own official timing system (a watch will do, even if the second hand doesn't work).
Bring some water and some bars or gels to eat. The climb in the last 4km is challenging!
Parking is free. Hopefully, you will join us for the finisher party at Caffe Artigiano at 11:30AM in whch case, bring money for food and coffee.
a change of clothes and maybe a towel. There are no showers, but there is a public washroom at the start where you can change

Post-Event

Come and join us for stories of the trail, some food and draw prizes after the event.
The official finisher party will be at the Caffe Artigiano 4359 Hastings St. starting around 11:30AM (or whenever the first runners arrive).
Caffe Artigiano is conveniently located a short drive from the start.
Other Notes

It's not a race, but we do keep track of your times so you have something to compare to next year. We hope everyone will run the same course, but won't disqualify folks for getting lost and running extra distance.

This event is not sponsored, sanctioned, permitted or anything else that would qualify it as an official event.

Use this wonderful opportunity to look around at SFU's not-so-wonderful but certainly interesting Burnaby Mountain Campus, if you finally make it up here, before or after the race.

Expect rain, some trails, some pavement, some old friends and maybe some new.

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Thanks

Our hope is to make this event totally self-supporting. In other words, do all of the organization beforehand and also participate. This would be an impossible dream without a lot of behind the scenes help. As the Event Host, I would like to express my many thanks to:

Kintec Footlabs
Thank you for the awesome recognition prizes. Three new members walked away with a technical shirt, a neat shoe bag and a coffee mug.

TrailRunner Magazine
Thank you for the gift subscriptions to your popular magazine as draw prizes.

In 2006 Event Host Peter Zcubsek thanked:

Ean Jackson: for inviting me to the Club and coming up with the idea of a Burnaby Mountain run;

Sibylle Tinsel: for helping me with website issues and advices;

Craig Moore: for showing how to set up a CFA event (The Double)

Rick Arikado: for the wonderful map;

Please contact us with your thoughts.

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Contact - Burnaby Mountain Run

We welcome your comments, criticisms, feedback and questions.

Please be sure to read the the Agenda and FAQ section of this website first, as this is where we've tried to answer the most frequently asked questions.

Katheryne G. and Tara J. - Your CFA Event Hosts

Confirmation - Burnaby Mountain Run

The following people are registered for this event:

1) Paul Wooton
2) Chris La Rose
3) Ean Jackson
4) Eric Rannaud
5) Meredith Cale

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2009 Silly Chili Triathlon

More photos are posted to this slideshow.

The Run. 13 starters. All finished. When we met at Griffin gym, it was pouring, but the rain mercifully stopped for an hour as we did intervals on Mosquito Creek trail. Keegan Freeland was the speedster of the group.

The Swim. 17 starters. Nobody drowned. After a few laps, most of us played pile-on the plastic raft and Dads against the dudes. At one point there were 5 kids and 4 parents on-board.

The Chili Cook Off. It was a full house this year with well over 35 people and 15 fabulous chilies. (Regrets to those who were turned away... no more room in the kitchen!)

The competition was stiff and the variety was pleasing to any palate. Vegetarian. With beans. No beans. Beef, pork and buffalo meat and possibly a cat or a skunk and lots of cold beer to douse the fire.

There were no 3rd degree burns reported this year nor were there any prolonged visits to the facilities. ("Trash talking" Machray, the most infamous chili-eater in these parts was conspicuously absent. Maybe substituting pepper vodka for white wine in a recent wine tasting scared him off?)

Bragging rights go to last years' champs Rick and Debbie for "Where there's smoke, there's fire". Congrats to all and many thanks for a wonderful evening!

Sibylle and Ean

Lost and Found: A few items were left behind. Please email Sibylle if one of them is yours: black leather gloves, black shawl, small glass bowl, small white and black bowl, 2 identical forks, 1 tablespoon (Reagan, this one matches the little one you took home, must be yours ;-).

Contestants (first three were top three, all others are listed in no particular order)

Chili Cook	Chili Name	Top Three Scores
Rick Arikado	Where There's Smoke There's Fire	1 - 7.83
Eileen Bistrisky	All About Orange	2 - 7.5
Patricia and Hannah Jensen	Mighty Bean Chili	3 - 7.3
Louise Arronson and Tim Maguire	Burning House
Sibylle Tinsel	Chocolate Chunk Chili
Ean Jackson	Jackson's Boys Buff Chili
Craig Moore and Ethelyn David	Fl/uke Organic Chili (vegetarian)
Colin and Kirsten Freeland	Freeland Veggi Chili (vegetarian)
Steve Deller	Forever Late
Karl Jensen and Lorraine Suomi	Flatulent Fool
Wendy Montgomery	Road Kill
Claudia Bulligton	Eric's Saturn Veggie Chili (vegetarian)
Jill Warland and Matt W.	Soup of the Devil
Reagan and Carter White	El Paso Especial

Recipes

Please send us your recipes and we will post below.

Karl and Lorraine's Flatulent Fool Chili

I don't measure, but here is the ingredient list and instructions for the Flatulent Fool Chili:

Brown cubed Sirloin Tip beef in olive oil.

Add finely chopped hot chorizo sausage, chopped onions, celery, red and green pepper.

Add lots of chopped garlic.

Add diced canned tomatoes, beer, beef broth, chipotle sauce, smoked paprika,

chili powder, ground cumin, bay leaf, oregano, whole cloves, salt and pepper

Simmer until beef is tender.

Add beans if desired.

Refrigerate overnight for flavour to develop.

Reagan and Carter's Miss Ella's Pecan Pie

The recipe is from Texas and has been much loved by my family for generations.

1 deep dish pie shell
4 eggs
1 cup sugar (can be reduced to cut sweetness a bit)
1 cup light corn syrup (my preference, I suppose you could use regular/dark)
1 tbsp melted butter
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1 tbsp flour
pinch of salt
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup pecan halves

Mix eggs, corn syrup, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, flour, melted butter. This is the custard. Sprinkle salt on the pie shell before pouring in the custard. Pour custard into pie shell (should be 5-10mm from top of pie edge) and then gently lay pecans on top. Carefully put pie in oven without spilling custard. Bake at 325F for 1hr. Check by sticking toothpick or fork in middle, if custard sticks to it, bake for a few more minutes.

Get it right and enjoy!

Ways I have gotten it wrong a few times:
Cooked at 400F = burned pie
Used 1tsp cinnamon = spicy pie
Took out of oven without testing doneness = runny pie

Rick's Where There's Smoke There's Fire

Meat, peppers and spices ONLY! No beans, no "fillers", no tomato products.

6 dried Ancho chilies
6 dried red New Mexican chilies
6 dried Chipotle chilies
1 fresh Habanero pepper, finely minced
4 cups boiling water
1 quart jar roasted sweet red peppers, drained, seeded
2” to 3” long cinnamon stick
2lbs boneless beef cut in 1/2" cubes
2lbs boneless lean pork cut in 1/2" cubes
2 tablespoons peanut oil (or other high-smoke temp oil)
1 large cooking onion, chopped
6 cloves minced fresh garlic 1/2 cup Jack Daniels whiskey (or more )
1 cup low sodium beef broth
3 teaspoons ground cumin
3 teaspoons dried oregano
2 teaspoons coriander seeds, ground
1 sweet red pepper
2 tablespoons honey
Powdered dried Chipotle peppers
Powdered dried Cayenne peppers
1 bunch fresh cilantro, stemmed and roughly chopped
Juice of half a large fresh lime

Remove and discard all stems and seeds from dried chilis. Place chilies in bowl or flat cake pan, pour boiling water over, cover to soak. Let stand for 15 minutes. After chilis have softened, puree in blender or food processor with habanero, roasted red peppers and enough of soaking water to help process. Reserve the remainder of the soaking water.

In a separate small pot, boil the reserved soaking water with the cinnamon stick until liquid is reduced by half. Toss out the cinnamon stick when done.

Brown the meat in oil in a large cast iron frying pan, in small batches to ensure "browning". Move batches to large pot as they are done. Sauté onions for 10 minutes, stirring constantly, add garlic the last few minutes. Take care not to burn garlic to cause very bitter taste. Deglaze pan with Jack Daniels and half a cup of the reduced soaking water. Stir, reclaiming all the brown bits from pan bottom. Pour into pot with meat.

Stir in cumin, oregano, coriander and beef broth, bring to a boil then simmer.

Add the pureed chili paste and simmer for hours until thickened to desired consistency. Taste, adjust smoke flavour and/or heat by adding Chipotle powder (smoky heat) or Cayenne powder (heat).

Just before serving, stir in chopped fresh cilantro and fresh lime juice.

Note: We use very little salt in our home cooked food, so none is shown other than what comes in the beef broth. Others may find they need to add to taste.

Eileen’s All About Orange Chili Recipe

Ingredients:

3-4 tablespoons olive oil
2 organic yellow onions
1 bulb of garlic
3.5 lbs extra lean ground beef
1 beef bouillon cube
2 cups water
1 cup pumpkin ale
1 yam
3 organic carrots
Squash
Herbs de provence
Chili powder
Celery salt
3 156 ml cans of tomato paste
Worcestershire sauce
Tabasco sauce
Brown sugar
Ground nutmeg & Ground cloves

Directions:

Chop onions and garlic. Chop equal portions of carrots, yam & squash into small cubes. Depending on the size of your pan, you may want to do part one in batches. They can be added to the pot one at a time.

Part one:

In a very large pan, heat olive oil (medium high heat). Add onions and garlic and cook until onions are translucent, stirring frequently (about 8 – 10 minutes). Add beef in batches and stir, breaking up the beef until brown. Stir in herbs, chili powder, celery salt, and tomato paste.

Part two:

While onions & beef are browning, bring two cups of water to a boil. Add beef bouillon cube & stir. Add to big pot along with 1 cup beer. Add carrots, yam & squash. Heat to boil, then simmer.

Add beef from part one into part two’s pot and stir. Continue stirring and add Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco sauce, brown sugar, ground nutmeg, and ground cloves to taste. Continue simmering and stirring until you feel it’s done.

Wendy's Road Kill

Ingredients

7 lbs beef, trimmed and cut into 1inch to 2 inch cubes (they will break up during cooking) -- your choice of cut --
Approx 7 cups beef broth (4 14-1/2 oz cans)
3/4 cup olive oil
15 cloves garlic -- finely chopped
3/4 cup flour or masa harina
1 bottle beer
3 oz tequila -- if of legal age, 4-1/2 oz
3 oz blackstrap molasses
1 tablespoon Mexican oregano
2 tablespoons cumin
1/3 cup chili powder (to taste)
1 dash ginger
1 dash nutmeg
1 tspn salt
1 tspn ground black pepper
1 tspn white pepper
1 tspn cayenne pepper
5 oz jarred hot jalapeno peppers and juice or equivalent quantity of sliced fresh hot jalapeno peppers.

For the six-alarm version, also add a similar quantity of sliced jarred habanero peppers, or
fresh ones.

Directions

Place beef in a Dutch oven or similar large pot in the olive oil and cook low heat until browned. Add 3 oz tequila and stir -- if using the legal age variant, drink the other 1-1/2 oz tequila. Stir in garlic. Slowly add a mixture of the flour (I used masa harina) and chili powder, stirring constantly to blend in evenly. Add beer... stir. Add molasses... stir. Add cumin and oregano by rubbing them between the palms of your hands... stir. Add peppers and remaining spices... stir. Add all but one can (all but approx. 2 cups) beef broth, stirring.

Bring to a slow boil for a 1/2 hour or so, stirring often, then lower heat and simmer for a while, stirring occasionally.

Do not be worried if it sticks a bit to the bottom of the pan, just make sure to scrape those parts up when stirring (a wooden spoon is good for this)... those bits add flavor ;)

At some point a couple of hours into the simmering when it's cooked away a good bit of broth, remove from heat and allow to come to room temperature, then place in fridge for a few hours until cold (if you are in a hurry, this step can be skipped, but I think it helps).

Anytime within the next 12 hours after chilled, resume cooking over low heat. When nearly at chili-like consistency, add the remaining beef broth. Cook until at proper chili consistency again, and serve with rice.

Sibylle's Chocolate Chunk Chili

1kg beef - cut into 1.5cm cubes
10 garlic gloves - chopped
1 large cooking onion
2 red bell peppers - chopped into small strips
1 green bell peppers - chopped into small strips
10 fresh red hot chilies - chopped
6 tomatoes - diced
2-3 tbs cocoa powder
50g dark chocolate chips
1 tblsp ground coffee
2 tsp cumin
1 tsp coriander
2 tblsp honey
1 bottle beer
dried whole oregano
1 tblsp vegetable oil
2 tblsp masa harina or cornmeal

Day before: Brown the meat in cast iron skillet, add onions, garlic, red and green bell peppers, chili peppers and cook for 5 min. Add tomatoes and remaining ingredients. Simmer on low for several hours. Refrigerate over night.
Day of: reheat slowly, adjust spices to taste. Serve with sour cream and fresh green onions and or coriander

Sibylle's Cornbread

3 cups cornmeal
1 cup whole wheat flour
6 tsps. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. cayenne
4 eggs slightly beaten
2 cups buttermilk or yogurt
2 cups grated sharp cheese
2 cups creamed style corn (canned)
1 cup chopped jalapeno peppers (for a less hot version use a mix of red peppers and jalapenos)
1 cup corn oil

Blend all ingredients well. Pour into a well oiled baking pan (large) and bake at 165C in preheated convection oven for about 45min or until a cake tester comes out clean. Serve warm or cold.

Jackson Boys' Buff Chili

This mouthwatering chili is based on an old Texas chuckwagon recipe I found when going to grad school in Texas. Chuckwagons accompanied cowboys on trail drives. Cooks served-up simple, satisfying chili con carne without beans. I figured it would be appropriate for trail-running cowboys and cowgirls with an appetite for something substantial.

I have customized this recipe several times. While living in Mexico, I acquired a taste for the smoky chipotle pepper and I've shared it with you here. You'll find this chili takes a bit like smoke and has a solid burn that starts off strong and won't give up.

As a bit of a twist, I use buffalo meat in this recipe.

Serves 6-8

Ingredients

1.5kg )3 lbs) lean buffalo meat cut into about 1cm cubes
50g (6 tablespoons) chili powder
3 tablespoon ground oregano
6 cloves garlic, minced (I used fresh garlic from our garden)
3 tablespoons ground cumin
1 tablespoon cayenne pepper, or to taste
small can of chipotle peppers
950-1400 mL water (1-1.5 quarts)
1.5 tablespoons salt, or to taste
50g masa trigo, masa harina or cornmeal

Instructions

trim fat from edges of roast. Render enough fat from trimming to cover the bottom of a cast-iron Dutch oven
remove pieces of fat, then sear the meat in hot fat until meat is brown and most of the water given up by the meat during cooking has boiled away
add chili powder, cumin, cayenne and about 1/2 can of chipotles. Stir well to coat meat
add water even to level of meat. Stir well.
bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer 1 to 1.5 hours until meat is tender. Stir occasionally and add more water if needed
make a thick paste by stirring water into masa or cornmeal. Stir to remove lumps. Add to chili
simmer another 30-45 minutes to thicken and reduce the chili to desired consistency
add salt, more chipotle, cayenne or chili to taste

Capilano Canyon Night Run - A Midsummer Night's Dream

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What?

A 90-minute run that starts at dusk in a suburban neighborhood, traverses the twilight zone, then stimulates your senses with a trail run in the mist and inky blackness of the Capilano Canyon
A guided Group run at a gentle pace for the socially-inclined and first time night runner
A Competitive category for those more motivated by the clock and the opportunity to rip their buddy's lungs out
A potluck party and celebration of summer

When and Where?

Saturday 18 August 2012 (3rd Saturday in August)
Start: 20:00h
Start in front of the yellow beacon on upper Fairmont Road Edgemont Village, North Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA
See agenda for details on how to get there and course description

Who is registered?

Find out who is registered.

How Much?

Free for Club Fat Ass members (click here for current info on member benefits and fees)
To keep hassles on the morning of the run to a minimum and allow the host to participate as well we ask to please sign up for both, the club membership and the event online and in advance.

Agenda

Saturday 18 August 2012
18:00?	Have dinner. Check the weather. Print off your route instructions and this agenda so you know how to get to the start
19:30	Arrive at the start - 3515 Fairmont Road, North Vancouver. Click here for a map. Mandatory check-in.
19:45	Welcome and final briefing
19:55	Photo
20:00	Start
21:20	First finishers
21:00	Potluck party starts
21:45	Last finishers (hopefully!)
?	End of party

How to get to the Start

The start and finish is on the street in front of 3515 Fairmont Road in North Vancouver.

From Burnaby on highway #1 heading west from the Second Narrows Bridge, take the Westview Drive exit and head north toward the mountains. Turn left at Queens Road (3rd stoplight, tennis court.) You will go down a little hill with the Griffin Recreation Center on your left, then climb a little hill. At the top of the hill, take Thorncliffe Drive right, toward the mountains. You will t-bone into a school yard. Turn right onto Fairmont Road. 3515 is a yellow house at the top of the street on your left.

From West Van on highway #1 heading east, take the Capilano Road exit north toward Grouse Mountain. Past the Chevron station at the top of the hill, turn right onto Ridgewood Drive. Follow Ridgewood to the end (Highlands Boulevard) and continue straight onto Colwood Drive. You will contour around a schoolyard. At the corner of the school, turn left onto Fairmont Road. At the intersection with Thorncliffe, stay left and continue around the schoolyard. 3515 is a yellow house at the top of the street on your left.

From downtown and the the Lions Gate Bridge heading north, turn right into North Vancouver when you reach the north shore. Turn left at the lights onto Capilano Road. Stay on Capilano Road toward the mountains. Pass under the upper levels highway (#1) then continue with directions from West Van, as above.

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What to Bring?

Aid. (Whatever food, water or electrolyte drink you need for a 90-minute run and whatever clothing you need for the weather.) If you expect and are prepared for no external aid, you may be pleasantly surprised... but do not count on it!
Official timing system. (A watch will do, even if the second hand doesn't work.) Please be sure to keep track of your finish time and to give it to the timekeeper.
Change of clothes. (Not sure if contact lenses fit here? Andy Nicol, don't forget yours again if you plan to go for the record.)
Something to guide you through the night. (Flashlight or headlamp.) No, it is not obligatory, but most people find it helps! (Note: Competitive record holder Steve Bazin didn't use a light, but he knows the North Van trails so well he can run them blindfolded. Mike Parks, on the other hand, did it blind and wished he remembered a flashlight)

Pre- and Post-Event

park on the street wherever you find a spot. Please don't block anyone's driveway.
best to not count on a shower, as there is only so much hot water in the tank. The weather is usually pleasant and we hope to be mostly outdoors on the deck. Showers and change facilities are available about 10 blocks away at Harry Jerome Recreation Center at 23rd and Lonsdale (604 987-7529), but only until 10:00 Entry is $4.50
you can use the garden hose in the front yard to clean up. Don't forget to bring warm, dry clothes to change into.

Potluck Party

In past years, the potluck party has been the high point of the evening. We're hoping it continues to reflect the individuality, the creativity and the community side of our running friends and Club Fat Ass members.

While we have a handle on how many people will be running and a rough estimate of friends and volunteers from your registration form, it's tough to estimate the food and drink for everyone who will join in the potluck party. Moreover, each person has their own food and drink preferences and of course, appetite.

What can you count on? Coolers, ice, a stove, a barbeque, microwave and other kitchen stuff, some soft drinks and basic party munchies.

What should you bring? Food to share at the party and enough to drink to quench your thirst. Here are some food thoughts from previous years:

Papadans and coriander chutney, spicy pot stickers, Pad Thai, hot wings, homemade blackberry and cinnamon pie, ice cream, sushi, cheese plate, ginger cookies, spinach dip in a bread bowl, spinach salad, jalapeño cornbread muffins, veggie plate, chocolate covered strawberries, boozy jello, savory salmon egg puffs, pesto tortellini, quesadillas, potatoe salad, grilled vegetables, chili con carne, vegetarian chili; tomato bocconchini salad
stale nacho chips, day old Timbits, burnt pizza (note these items are at the bottom of the list for a reason, you single guys!)

If you believe the world would be a better place without paper plates and plastic utensils, you are most welcome to use our plates and cutlery as long as it lasts. If you bring your own plates and stuff with you, we'll wash them for you before you head home.

Other Notes

please read the FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
please, please, please do not drop litter on the trail. (Consider picking it up if you find any)
this event is not sponsored, sanctioned, permitted or anything else that would qualify it as an official event. It's a party!

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Courses and Categories

We'd like to see everyone who attends this event participate in some way. Since this is as much about the party and the entertainment as it is the run, non-runners are most welcome. Depending on your running experience, fitness level and inclination, there are 3 categories you can choose to participate in:

1) Coureur de Bois - Recreational - Group

appropriate for anyone who can comfortably run 90 minutes, first time night runners, runners who want to make it home in one piece, anyone who is scared of the dark, bears and things that go bump in the night, anyone who prefers the company of someone who allegedly knows the route
a group run on moderately challenging trails at a fairly slow pace. If you can do the Grouse Grind, you will most probably live through this and make it to the buffet
print out a description of the recreational/group route and bring it and a plastic baggie to protect it with you on the evening of the night run. Better yet, train on the course during the day and bring the directions with you on Event night!
We really don't want you to get lost. If you opt for the Group run, please stay with the group. There will be a sweeper running the course in about 1:40min. If you intend to go faster, please form your own group and stick together. Don't leave anybody alone in the dark!
if you have a FRS radio (or two) bring them along

2) Coureur de Bois - Competitive - Individual

appropriate for anyone who can run 90 minutes with their eyes closed, fearless runners with a death wish, anyone who has their will in place, has notified next of kin and is not apprehensive about spending the last hours of their miserable existence alone, cold and and in a world of hurt on an obscure trail in the woods
run as fast as you want on nasty trails on a longer route purposely designed to be difficult to follow and next to impossible to complete within 90 minutes by anyone who has not run the course multiple times during the day as part of their training for a national marathon, ultramarathon or adventure racing team
print out a description of the competitive route and bring it and a plastic baggie to protect it with you on the evening of the night run. Better yet, train on the course during the day and bring the directions with you on Event night!
if you have a FRS radio (or two) bring them along

3) Crew

appropriate for anyone who has a friend or significant other in a Coureur des Bois category, injured runners, trail runners who have lost their mojo or otherwise fear running in the night but don't want to miss the party, journalists, running groupies and other members of your entourage not identified above
help with logistics, serve food/drinks to runners during the run, take photos, help organize the potluck, keep track of runner' s finish times, provide moral support and first aid, as required
pick your role from the list of suggested tasks or invent one

Group Run Course

Please scroll down for a printer friendly version of this course description. CFA events are not marked. If you don't want to get lost, make sure you bring the description in a plastic baggie to the start. You can have a look or purchase a detailed topo a map of the course here.

time	Description	km
~7:30	meet at the yellow beacon – 3515 Fairmont Road, North Vancouver. Please make sure you sign in at the start and check out at the finish. If for some reason you don't check in at the finish, please call us at 604-904-6552 with your time and whereabouts, so we know you are accounted for.
7:55	photo
8:00	start – the street	00.0
	This first fairly flat section is a mix of trail and street that gets you to Capilano Canyon via the direct route.
	- run down Fairmont Road to the first corner. Turn right. (Forest Hills Road.)
	- Go straight on Forest Hills Road and continue 4 blocks to trail where street ends. After about 10m on trail, it veers left. Go right at first intersection and down to pavement. Go along street to first corner and turn right (Emerald Street)
	- take Emerald Street to little footbridge over creek. Cross street (Sunset) and continue on trail immediately opposite. At trail intersection, go straight and contour Eldon Park on the trail
	- at trail end turn right to park entrance, turn right again onto Eldon Street
	- continue on Eldon, cross Capilano Road and continue about 100m straight to trail head (TransCanada Trail)
	This section in Capilano Canyon has a little something for everyone: Paved roads, gravel roads, wide trails and narrow, rooty, muddy ones.
	- turn left onto trail and continue downhill to Capilano Park Road. Turn right and follow road downhill to fish hatchery on LHS facing traffic
	- at hatchery, turn left onto trial. After about 100m, turn right onto footbridge and cross river.
	- on far shore of river, turn right then left after about 200m. Follow the wide gravel trail steeply uphill. Turn right on Giant Fir trail. Pass by 350 year old giant firs. Watch for owls! Turn right at trail end after set of stairs.
	- follow wide gravel road uphill about 50m. Turn left on Capilano Pacific trail
	- stay on Capilano Pacific trail as it meanders downhill along the canyon wall until after you cross under the Upper Levels Highway. Watch for roots and steep drop offs to the left. After bike gate, trail will become wider and more open. Go left. The trail will eventually turn to pavement (Keith Road) and go under the Upper Levels Highway. After about 700m (at intersection of Keith and 3rd Avenue) take the trail to your left.
	- where trail hits the river, turn left. Follow the riverbank trail about 100m then turn left immediately before bridge. Cross bridge on sidewalk (RHS). At far bank, cross road and take tiny trail at the edge of the bridge onto riverbank trail heading up river.
9:00	Aid #1 – Ron and Cathy Adam’s place (the house with the glass fence). If you left beer or margueritas, they will be cool. Otherwise expect water and moral support from Cathy
	This final section is net uphill on wide trails and a few street sections. Be sure to take care when crossing streets
	- about 25m up the trail, turn right on a small trail through a piney woods. At the clearing, stay left and follow narrow trail through the grass. You will reach Capilano Road. Bowser Trail is opposite and about 10m to the right of where you stand. CROSS CAREFULLY!
	- you will now contour the bottom of the cliff on Bowser Trail for about 1500m to Pemberton Street. Pass a playground and a few dead-end streets. At Pemberton go right to Marine Drive then left on Marine approximately 3 blocks to Hamilton Ave.
	- at Hamilton Ave., turn left onto 17th Street. Cross Fell Avenue and enter Mosquito Creek Park. Take trail left up Mosquito Creek Park
	- you will now follow the left bank of Mosquito Creek to the finish. Hopefully, you will meet up with the Individual runners along this section. Go under the Upper Levels Highway. At the junction with the paved trail follow the Trans Canada Trail sign.
	- Stay right at the skateboard park. Cross the street (Queens Road) carefully and take Del Rio Drive to the top of the street. Enter the trail. You will go up a small hill. About 20m on the other side, take the first path to your left up to the street (Forest Hills Road.)
	- At the first intersection (Fairmont Road) turn right and sprint…
9:30	Finish!

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Competitive Run Course

Please make sure to print out (scroll down for a printer friendly version) this course description and bring it in a plastic baggie to the run. Here is a map, courtesy of Tim Wiens.

Time	Description	km
~7:30	meet at the yellow beacon – 3515 Fairmont Road, North Vancouver. Please make sure you sign in at the start and check out at the finish. If for some reason you don't check in at the finish, please call us at 604-904-6552 with your time and whereabouts, so we know you are accounted for.
7:55	photo
8:00	start – the street	00.0
	This first section gets you to Capilano Canyon via the scenic route
	- go downhill 50m to the first intersection (Forest Hills Road) and go left. Take the trail at the end of the street. Turn immediately right and follow trail onto street (Del Rio Drive) which t-bones into Queens Road and the Griffin Gym. Carefully cross Queens Road
	- on far side of Queens, turn right and suffer through the sneers as you cut through the skateboard park. On the far side of the skateboard park, go left and uphill on trail that cuts along side of ravine
	- where trail meets the street (Colwood Drive), go right to next intersection (Thorncliffe Drive) then left to where street ends at Dudley Place Park. Go right onto Newmarket Drive then almost immediately left onto Crescentview Drive.
	- about 50m after the bend in Crescentview, find unmarked park entrance to left and descend concrete stairway. (If you reach Highland Blvd, you’ve gone 25m too far!) At bottom of ravine, turn right at first trail and go over little bridge. Pass duck pond and cool log cabin. Stay right and up Mackay Creek. After crossing bridge, go straight then follow path right and uphill thru tennis courts.
	Water #1. There’s a fountain on your RHS near the last tennis court. Assume it doesn't work.
	- go right onto Elizabeth Way. Pass playground. Go right at first street (Paisley Road) up short hill and keep straight toward ‘no exit’ sign at intersection (St. Annes Drive.)
	- Street curves left and ends at trail. At clearing, cross Ridgewood Street carefully and head left for intersection with Capilano Road. At blue ‘Capilano Suspension Bridge’ sign, turn right onto Capilano Road and continue uphill on sidewalk.
	- pass Suspension Bridge parking area. Climb hill. Pass Edgemont Blvd. Pass entrance to Capilano River Park. Climb hill. Cross Capilano Road carefully onto Eldon Road at stoplight. Take path marked with a Trans-Canada Trail sign on left at bend in street.
	- you will soon come to a road crossing. Immediately opposite is a yellow gate. At gate, go left onto marked with a Trans-Canada Trail sign. (Chinook Trail.) trail
	This section through the Capilano Canyon is mostly on narrow, rooty trails.
8:15	- Begin a gnarly bit of steep climbs and descents in the deep woods with the river always to your left. Stay left on smaller trail at first 2 intersections. Always follow Chinook/Trans-Canada Trail markings
	- after a nasty descent through rocks and roots, you will pass thru a bike gate and come to a major intersection (Pipeline Trail). Go straight (Coho Loop Trail).
	- stay straight past the Cable Pool lookout and bridge. 5m past the picnic shelter, cross the paved road and rejoin trail immediately opposite. (Small bridge over creek that ends in concrete culvert.) Take the trail about 10m, then turn left and head uphill
	- this steep uphill takes you to the fountain at Cleveland Dam. Hug a Doug Fir as you gasp for breath. At the dirt road, continue straight (toward parking lot) and up the stairs. At the top of the stairs, turn left. (If still under construction, go left at gate)
8:30	Water #2 – Cleveland Dam washrooms and water fountains. Assume the washrooms will be closed and no water pressure in the fountain.
	- cross the dam and take the dirt road downhill to your left. You will now be descending the canyon with the river to your left. At the second intersection after about 100m, stay on the dirt road leading downhill and away from the dam. In about 200m, you will come to Trans Canada Trail / Giant Fir Trail to your left. Take steep stairs down.
	- say “Hi!�? to 500-year old Grandpa Capilano as you pass by the cedar fence. Go right and down a 10m stretch of rooty singletrack then right again onto a wide, very straight gravel trail. Veer left at the first intersection. About 10m before the trail ends at the pipeline bridge, take the trail entrance to your right with the bike gate marked Capilano Pacific Trail
	- at the clearing with 2 rustic seats, stay left. Follow Capilano Pacific trail along canyon wall, over little bridges and over roots about 1500m until you reach a green fence marked ‘private’ on your left (Capilano Suspension Bridge park) and a bike gate.
	- after bike gate, Cap Pacific Trail will become wider and more open. Go left and downhill. The trail will eventually turn to pavement (Keith Road) and go under the Upper Levels Highway. After about 700m (at intersection of Keith and 3rd Street) take the trail with a bike gate to your left.
	- where trail hits the Capilano River, turn left. Follow the riverbank trail about 100m then turn left immediately before bridge. Cross bridge on sidewalk (RHS). At far bank, cross road and take tiny trail at the edge of the bridge onto riverbank trail heading up river.
	- just after the last house, turn right on a small gravel trail through a piney woods. At the clearing, stay left. You will reach Capilano Road. Bowser Trail is opposite and about 10m to the right of where you stand. CROSS CAREFULLY!
	This final section is net uphill. Expect to get your shoes muddy if they’re not already. Be sure to take care when crossing streets
9:00	- you will now contour the bottom of the cliff on Bowser Trail for about 750m to Pemberton Street. Pass a few dead-end streets and a playground. If you are lucky, there may be a water station along here! Be prepared to eat crackers and whistle or perform a similar silly stunt
	- at Pemberton, take the steep rabbit trail through the blackberry bushes and up the side of the cliff. (It starts at about the 6th step of the big staircase.)
	- when you reach the top, turn right onto the paved street (17th Avenue) and go to the end. Turn left on Mackay Street and go one block up the hill to the trail entrance at the white fence on your right opposite Keith Road. When you get to the concrete bridge, turn left! (This is called Liar's Corner, as it is a shortcut around the scenic route.)
	- you will now stay on the left side of Mackay Creek for about 750m until you reach a concrete bridge. You want to be on the trail closest to the creek. Beware of mud, wobbly little bridges, poor trail marking and lousy footing. (If you get to the Upper Levels Highway, you’ve gone too far!) Pray the batteries in your flashlight and cell are still good
	- cross the river at the concrete bridge. Take the path to your right as you climb out of the canyon. At the top, cross the soccer field diagonally and right to the corner of the school and 21st Avenue.
	- turn left on 21st and go to the end. Cross Fell Avenue and regain the trail about 10m to your right. (Mosquito Creek.) Stay left at the confusing intersection at the bottom. There should be fences on either side of the trail.
	- you will now follow the left bank of Mosquito Creek to the finish. Hopefully, you will meet up with the Group runners along this section. Go under the Upper Levels Highway. At the junction with the paved trail follow the Trans Canada Trail sign.
	- Stay right at the skateboard park. Cross the street (Queens Road) carefully and take Del Rio Drive to the top of the street. Enter the trail. You will go up a small hill. About 20m on the other side, take the first path to your left up to the street (Forest Hills Road.)
9:30	- At the first intersection (Fairmont Road) turn right and sprint to the finish!

Crew Tasks

Come and join in the fun even if you don't care to run. This is for anyone who has a friend or significant other in a Coureur des Bois category, injured runners, trail runners who have lost their mojo or otherwise fear running in the night but don't want to miss the party, journalists, running groupies and other members of your entourage not identified above.

help with logistics
serve food/drinks to runners during the run
take photos
help organize the potluck
keep track of runner' s finish times
provide moral support and first aid

Pick your role from the list of suggested tasks or invent one.

Results

2011 - Year 10 - Capilano Midsummer Night Run

20 August 2011 - 21 participants

For the 10th year in a row, a select group of trail runners got together in suburban North Vancouver to celebrate summer with a night run.

The object of the evening is to complete either a 12K or 18K running route and return to the start in about 90 minutes for a garden party.

While the summer of 2011 may well go down in the record books as one of the most miserable on record, the day of the Capilano Canyon Night Run Midsummer Night Dream edition was a good as it gets. Preparation for the run started early with neighborhood kids spending the afternoon drawing an elegant start line on the street with colored chalk. Tea lamps were set up in the garden and lights hung in the back yard. Des learned why it doesn't pay to arrive too early as he got to help move the BBQ.

Runners were nicely divided between those attempting the short course and long course. It was nice to see several people out for their first night run and reassuring that all brought either headlamps or flashlights.

It was warm and light when Vida counted down to the start. Both courses wind through suburban backyards for about 20 minutes before they reach the Capilano Canyon where, before long, darkness fell and the night lights came on. Our first contact with creatures was a friendly cat. Just after greeting 500-year old Grandpa Capilano, Paul and Killaine were spooked by an owl that swooped down into their path. Soon thereafter, Paul focused a bit too long on a cat that sat contentedly on a tree stump next to the trail and rolled his ankle.

Our group was first to reach aid station Adams at roughly one hour into the run. Ron and his family greeted us with potato chips and chocolate chip cookies. As Killaine sat comfortably at the aid station, Ron warned her to "Beware the chair" so we stopped chatting and made our way on down the trail toward the buffet table.

Things were rolling along quite smoothly on the Bowser Trail when a skunk sauntered out of the bushes a couple of steps in front of us, tail high in the air, and the business-end pointed directly at our little group. We managed to bolt by a short way down the trail, but reports at the finish line from those who followed indicated that this and several other skunks were spotted. Thankfully, nobody was sprayed as that would mean banishment from the party!

After taking in the beer mile earlier in the afternoon, Sean and friends were kind enough to set up a second impromptu aid station at the bottom of Mosquito Creek. Unfortunately, only Pat and Claudia found it!

This year, the finish line potluck featured eggplant and feta appies, spicy potato salad, fresh-baked buns, juicy Okanagan and a blackberry cobbler with ingredients picked fresh from the trail only a handful of hours earlier. The bear that crashed a party in the same back yard 2 days earlier did not return, but you'd think the way Neil jumped, the bear was under the table licking his leg. (Turns out, the offending party was a bug. Shameless waste of fine Kiwi wine, eh Neil?)

Thank to Kintec and TrailRunner magazine, there were some nice recognition prizes. Dario, who finished a 75K run, managed to keep from going to sleep standing-up. Sammy's shirt lit up the whole back yard. Paul earned a rousing applause for his impromptu song that recapped his experiences during the run.

Thank you to all of the runners, crew and friends who made this 10th anniversary edition of the summer night run very special. See you in February for the Mardi Gras version of the Capilano Canyon Night run!

Sibylle Tinsel and Ean Jackson
Hosts of the Capilano Canyon Midsummer Night Dream Night Run

Lost and Found. Please contact us if you left something behind. So far we only found some pakoras, a pie (no need to pick-up, hahaha) and a running dress (Yo, Teagirl!)

Photos. Photos of the evening are posted in the slideshow below:

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Times and Points. If your time is not correct or if you picked up trash and didn't get credit, please be sure to let me know.

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Results:

First Name	Last Name	Event	Points	Time
Hassan	Lofti-Pour	18km	1	1:50
desmond	mott	18km	3*	1:50
Allison	Tai	18km	3*	1:50
Katie	Longworth	18km	1+1*	2:00
Doug	Keir	18km	3*	2:05
Baldwin	Lee	18km	1+1*	2:05
Paul	Burns	13km	1	1:30
Ean	Jackson	13km	5* **	1:30
Killaine	Sharman	13km	1	1:30
Vivian	Tai	13km	2	1:30
Patricia	Barry	13km	2	1:51
Claudia	Bullington	13km	3*	1:51
Sibylle	Tinsel	custom	5* **	0:12
Wendy	Montgomery	custom	1
Ron	Adams	Crew	1*
Sean	Lavin	Crew	1*
Meg	Peters	Crew	1*
Dario	Herrera	Party	0
Vida	Morkunas	Party	0
Michael	Parks	Party	0
Neil		Party	0

* Bonus Point for garbage collection or crew
** Event Host Point
*** Bonus Point for good sportsmanship

2010 - Year 9 - Capilano Midsummer Night Run

21 August 2010 - 34 participants

Report: My wife and I apparently have quite the reputation in our neighborhood. This point was made clear recently when a friend got lost trying to find our place and stopped to ask someone for directions.

Our street address didn't ring a bell. (Not surprising, as the person was a good 20 blocks away from our home.) Our names were not familiar, either. But when our friend referred to "the crazy runners", he was given directions with pinpoint accuracy.

While running is certainly popular, it's still not uncommon to hear a non-runner refer to anyone who runs as being "crazy." As a beginning runner, I admit I thought anyone who ran the marathon distance had to be a bit nuts. As a marathoner, I thought those who ran on trails were a bit odd but nowadays trail running is almost trendy. That said, even very experienced runners think running in the night is a bit loopy.

Word of the Capilano Canyon Night Run appears to have spread throughout our quiet, suburban neighborhood faster than the latest funny cat video on YouTube. We have clearly been pegged as being members of the lunatic fringe.

The 9th anniversary of the Midsummer Nights Dream version of the night run attracted 34 like-minded runners from the fringe of the running community. Several were new members to the club. Many had never run in the night before. Two particularly whacked participants (Terry, Bradley, you know who you are) decided to toe the line of this night run without the benefit of a headlamp or written course directions.

After starting in our driveway, runners soon split off into 12K and 18K distance groups. Sibylle lead the 12K group,while a pack of fast dudes eying the course record bolted to the lead of the "competitive" group. Here's a brief summary of the adventures over the next 90 minutes:

It was a warm summer evening with a hint of humidity. There was a threat of rain, but none materialized
losts of rustling in the bushes. Much talk of bears and cougars. None were seen by the participants, although neighbor Caroline saw a big, burly black bear on the course at about 10:00. There were two (2) confirmed skunk sighting and someone almost stepped on a mole.
a great aid station at the 2/3 point, complete with cookies, chips and gobs of encouragement. “Thank you!”, Ron and Alaia.
some clowning around on construction equipment reported on the course. (‘Thought that bridge was repaired last year?)
some bushwhackiong and creek crossing in the Mackay Creek canyon. German visitor swears to never trust the locals again.
Our garden hose shower proved popular. Warm water went to those who got there first.
Hundreds of little and our Christmas lights provided a romantic stage for the party in the garden

As always, the potluck garden party was a big hit. This years' buffet selection included: pulled pork sandwiches, veggie gyoza, terriyaki chicken wings, fritatta, cheese platters, cornbread and prawns topped off with so many deserts (garden rhubarb crisp, Tiramisu and Nanaimo bars) we had to find another table to put them all on!

Thanks to Trail Runner magazine, the person with the nastiest-looking wound, the youngest participant, the one who traveled the farthest, the most experienced Cap Canyon Night Runner and the runner with the best story to share all received free subscriptions.

Many thanks to everyone who contributed to this "crazy" celebration of good friends, good food and great fun. Many thanks also to Alaia for checking everybody in and helping at the aidstation and to Ron Adams for sacrificing his run to host Aid Station Adams.

See you in February for the Mardi Gras version!

Sibylle and Ean
Co-Hosts of the Capilano Canyon Night Run

Lost and Found. Please contact us if you left something behind. So far we found a red CFA shirt from 2004 (rare specimen and we might auction off ;-) - Craig, you listening?), a shirt and several socks, a glass pie dish, plastic pot, metal laddle, several plastic containers as well as a camping chair.

Photos. Photos of the evening are posted in the slideshow below:

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Results

First Name	Last Name	Event	Points	Time
Bradley	Jones	13km	2	01:19
Craig	Moore	13km	2	01:19
linda	wong	13km	2	01:19
Lishe	O'kiely	13km	2	01:41
Reagan	White	13km	2+1*	01:42
Maureen	Wiens	13km	2	01:42
Jan	Snow	13km	2	01:42
kelly	Corday	13km	2+1*	01:43
Jess	Dagg	13km	2+1*	01:43
Claudia	Bullington	13km	2	01:45
Liza	Flemming	13km	2+1	01:45
Patricia	Barry	13km	2	01:47
Sibylle	Tinsel	13km	2+2**	01:47
Kathryn	Webb	13km	1	01:48
Baldwin	Lee	13km	1	?
terry	lewis	13km	1****	?
Elizabeth	Tod	13km	-1	DNS

Dario	Herrera	18km	2	01:27
Hassan	Lotfi-Pour	18km	1	01:27
Ryne	Melcher	18km	1	01:27
Navid	Rahemtulla	18km	1****	01:27
Ryan	Conroy	18km	2	01:31
Bill	Dagg	18km	2	01:37
Tim	Wiens	18km	2	01:40
Carolyn	Goluza	18km	1	01:45
Suzanne	Johnson	18km	1****	01:46
desmond	mott	18km	2+1*	01:47
Penny	Jakobsen	18km	1	01:49
patricia	jensen	18km	2	01:49
Paul	Tinsel	18km	1	01:49
Kerry	Ward	18km	1	01:49
Julie	Flynn	18km	2	01:54
Clive	Boness	18km	2	01:55
Ean	Jackson	18km	2+1+2*	01:55

* Bonus Point for garbage collection
** Event Host Point
*** Bonus Point for good sportsmanship

**** Club membership needs to be updated!

2009 - Year 8 - Capilano Midsummer Night Run

Club Fat Ass Event - Start of the Capilano Canyon Night Run Midsummer Dream 2009

15 August 2009 - 32 participants

It's a lazy Sunday morning in August. The 8th annual Capilano Night Run ended a few hours ago. The co-host of the event tasked me with summarizing the evening before I can play, so here I sit in the hammock eating some delicious brownies left over from the party trying to think what to write...

Since this event is intended to focus on the party, I'll start there.

It was 10:15 pm on a beautiful summer evening. I was the last person to finish the run. It was really nice to be welcomed by a crowd as I crossed the chalk finish line in front of my driveway. There were many "Congrats!" and high-5s as I made my way to the showers: our garden hose. I was starving and ready for that cool beer I'd been visualizing for the second half of the run.

Happy runners, crew members and other friends were packed shoulder to shoulder inside the house. To me, the highlight of the evening is the potluck party. So much food! You never know what to expect at a potluck party, but what I've noted over the years is that Club members and friends put a lot of love into this one. Many of the dishes are home-baked. Others emphasized seasonal goodies from local farms or were creative ethnic finger foods. A sample from this year's buffet: fresh Chilliwack corn, homemade spicy samosas, vegetarian pot stickers, fresh fruit crumble, rich chocolate pavlova... the table groaned under all of the goodies.

It was nice to see a good number of non-running friends and significant others at the "finisher party". Maybe they were curious about the freak show? (What do you mean, normal folks don't run for a couple of hours on trails in the dark before a garden party?) Maybe they wanted to see some newly-minted STORMY 100-mile finisher buckles?

With many thanks to Kintec and Trail Runner Magazine, I was able to pass along a few recognition awards. At 14 years old, Bryce was recognized as the youngest person to have completed the course. "Homeless" Heather (Montreal) and Reg (Chilliwack) were recognized for having traveled the farthest to participate in the event, while honorable mention went to Carlos the Jackal (Victoria), who traveled all that way but missed the start. Fortunately, a Purple Heart was not awarded as no blood was drawn on the course, however, Baldwin gets mention for getting scrambled after hitting the ground hard a few times. "Creampuff" Doug, who loves his pale ales, came away with a nice set of beer glasses for participating in almost all of the 15 Capilano Canyon Night runs to date. Finally, Ryan and Patricia were recognized for being the most lost, though I should point out that my sweep group of 3 grew to about 10 by the time we finished!

Jess and Bill shared their video of the 135K Canadian Death Race in the living room as other guests dissected their results at STORMY, discussed the Bagger Challenge or strategized about the Cascade Crest 100-miler next to the food. Thankfully, John was tired so the chili-eating contest was postponed till another day.

Getting back to the run, there was a healthy mix of 12K and 18K runners. The evening was cloudless and fresh: perfect for running. While the summer event has always been held on the 3rd Saturday of August, it seemed as though nightfall came later as my sweep group didn't have to spark up the headlamps until we reached Grandpa Capilano. The usual percentage of competitive runners got lost, but the coyote who almost ate my neighbor's dog the previous evening didn't pick off any stragglers before I found them. There was one raccoon sighting and one moment of sheer terror on Bowser trail when the mob I was running with startled a skunk.

Club Fat Ass Event - Capilano Canyon Night Run Midsummer Dream - Aidstation Adam Many thanks to Ron Adams for sacrificing his run to host Aid Station Adams and a big, fat "Thank you!" to each of you who contributed to making the event a truly memorable one.

Your Co-Hosts
Sibylle and Ean

PS 'Hope to see you out for the winter version of this run. Note: Given the Olympics are in town on the 3rd Saturday of February and it might be hard to get around, we're going to postpone to the 3rd Saturday of March.

Lost and Found. Please contact me if you are the owner of a linen bag from Marketplace or if you left your red cooler and freezer bag behind

Photos. Photos of the evening are posted here. Please add your's to the CFA Flickr group tagged with CapilanoNightrun2009 CapilanoNightRun and ClubFatassEvents. They will automatically be added to the link above.

Results

First Name	Last Name	Event	Points	Time
Andy	Nicol	18km	2	1:29
David	Papineau	18km	2	1:29
Ellie	Greenwood	18km	2+1*	1:30
Ran	Katzman	18km	2+1***	1:30
Mike	Palichuk	18km	2	1:30
Tim	Wiens	18km	2	1:30
Desmond	Mott	18km	2+1*	1:32
Bill	Dagg	18km	2+1	1:37
Patricia	Jensen	18km	1	1:47
Ryan	Conroy	18km	1	1:57
Baldwin	Lee	18km	2	2:12
Ray	Levasseur	18km	2+1*	2:12
Sukhi	Pawa	18km	2	2:12
Monty	Watts	18km	2	2:12
Jess	Bassil	18km	2	2:13
Claudia	Bullington	18km	2	2:13
Reg	Hornsby	18km	1	2:13
Doug	Keir	18km	2	2:13
Ean	Jackson	18km	2+1*	2:13

Bryce	Adams	13km	1	1:20
Rob	Jones	13km	1+1*	1:21
Wendy	Montgomery	13km	2	1:21
Heather	Urquhart	13km	1	1:21
Craig	Moore	13km	2+1*	1:23
Patricia	Barry	13km		1:47
Sibylle	Tinsel	13km	4**	1:47
Kat	Web	13km	1	1:47
Maureen	Wiens	13km	2	1:47
John	Machray	13km	2	1:50

Chulita	Barbeau	custom	1	42:25:00
Gilles	Barbeau	custom	2	42.23
Carlos	Castillo	custom	2	?

* Bonus Point for garbage collection
** Event Host Point
*** Bonus Point for good sportsmanship

2008 - Year 7 - Capilano Midsummer Night Run

16 August 2008 - 27 participants

Report

The 7th edition of the Capilano Canyon Midsummer Night Run will go into the history books as the hot night of the skunks under the full moon.

Among a core group of veteran Fat Asses were a handful of timid looking first timers toeing the chalk start line in front of the Yellow Beacon. After making sure everybody had a partner to hang on to and to blame if getting lost, In-and-Out-Of-Action-Jackson sent the giddy runners on their way.

Maybe it was the heat, maybe just general laziness...but Gary (who finished and won his first 100 mile race at Stormy last weekend), Ryan, Doug K. and Jackie got lost within the first km of the run and devised their custom course on the Baden-Powell Trail.

The rest of us tackled either the 12km or 18km courses, crossing a suburban neighborhood in the pink light of dusk before dipping down into Capilano Canyon. Temperatures were still soaring in the high twenties - unusual for Vancouver - and this was by far the hottest Night Run in our 7 year history. Amazingly, some of the Capilano Pacific Trail was still wet and muddy.

Photo left: Aidstation Adam with Ron and Cathy

By the time most runners arrived at aid-station Adams a huge, yellow full moon hung low above Capilano River. Aid-station Adams is a tradition closely tied to the Night Run. Every year, the Adams family puts out cookies and chips and comes up with devious party games that leave runners dizzy and stumbling...(ever tried to run around a baseball bat with your head bend down resting on the bat?). Just as the last runners passed through, a little skunk joined in the fun and tried out the hopscotch parcour. Sibylle, Pat and Claudia tried to dodge and outrun the skunk, but finally gave up and took a detour through the front yard.

Another skunk sighting at Rogers Video made sure every body was alert before heading up Mosquito Creek for the final 2km.

After rinsing off the dust, sweat and mud of the run at the garden hose shower in the T/J front yard, everybody settled in for a well deserved potluck and some cool ones. As first time Fat Ass Bret acknowledged, we replaced the burned off calories and then some. Potluck highlights were filled eggs, spinach salad, carrot and cabbage salad, clam tempura, chicken wings, couscous salad, huge shrimps, special pita slices with fresh herbs, peach cobbler, fruit pies, sweet buns and fittingly, Full Moon cookies.

Thanks to our sponsors, Kintec Footlabs, TrailRunner Magazine and Kinesys for the great draw prizes. Bryce Adams won a handheld water bottle pack as youngest participant and aid-station crew. Shannon from Kelowna missed her price for the farthest travelled (you have to be there to win) and the prize went to Claudia of Richmond instead.

Photo left: Sibylle and Pat trying the bat swirl...

Photo right: Des and Bryce at the garden hose shower

Photos

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Results

Points	First Name	Last Name	Event	Time

2*	Paul	Cubbon	18km	1:38:40
3*	desmond	mott	18km	1:38:40
2	Ran	Katzman	18km	1:40:40
2	Ellie	Greenwood	18km	1:40:40
1	Shannon	Thomas	18km	1:40:49
2	Jessica	Glowacki	18km	1:54:00

1	Suzanne	Johnson	13km	1:21:23
2	Suzanne	Rushton	13km	1:21:23
2	Baldwin	Lee	13km	1:21:25
2	Doug	MacKay	13km	1:22:10
1	Randy	Savoie	13km	1:33:00
2	Kim	Taylor	13km	1:33:00
1	Bret	Conkin	13km	1:41:00
2	John	Machray	13km	1:41:00
2	Patricia	Barry	13km	1:50:58
2	Claudia	Bullington	13km	1:51:00
3**	Sibylle	Tinsel	13km	1:52:00
1	Dave	Smith	13km	1:54:00

1	Ron	Adams	5km	0:31:00
1	Bryce	Adams	5km	0:31:00

1	Doug	Keir	custom - lost	2:00:00
1	Ryan	Conroy	custom - lost	2:00
1	Jackie	Muir	custom - lost	2:00
1	Gary	Robbins	custom - lost	2:00

1	Ean	Jackson	crew	n/a
1	Craig	Moore	rescued stranded crew ;-)	n/a
1	Ethelyn	David	stranded crew	n/a

	michael	spagnut	DNS	DNS

* Bonus Point for garbage collection
** Event Host Point

2007 - Year 6 - Capilano Midsummer Night Run

18 August 2007 - 37 Starters

What a wonderful evening it was: The rains held off, nobody got lost, no injuries that drew blood and the party lasted until 5:00am.!

The event started early when a faint voice from the backyard drifted to our dinner table questioning "is there a run here tonight?" I almost said, "yes, but you are 2 hours early!" 'Turns out the two early birds from London, Ontario arrived in Seattle the day before and hoped to squeeze in a race before heading to Ironman Canada. A quick web search got them to the Club Fat Ass website and Google maps guided them non-stop from Seattle to the yellow house on Fairmont Road and start line of the Capilano Canyon night run.

After loading up on cheese, bread, olives and shrimps for the apres-run potluck at the local market, Kathy and Scott returned to the start to join the group of 37 runners setting out to enjoy a night trail run through the Capilano Canyon, MacKay and Mosquito Creek trails. We assured Scott that the trail was tame with no major hill to climb. (Scott later confessed to a chorus of guffaws from the locals that this was the toughest 18km he's ever done!)

No bears, skunks or raccoons were seen on the course this year. Fortunately, there were no nominations for the Most Lost or Purple Heart (most injured) runner categories. (Where was Doug Mackay?) Sharon wins the prize for forgetting her flashlight the second year in a row. (Thank you to the kind runner who lent her a headlamp.) Other prizes went to Chris Mager, who won a Northface hydration pack - kindly donated by Gilles Barbeau - for the worst singing performance of the evening. Penny Jabobsen and the Ontario runners won TrailRunner magazine subscriptions and Vanessa Fors went home with pair of socks for inadvertently being led on the long course. A Montrail cap was snatched up by Bryce Adams and a special edition Club Fat Ass cap went to Ron Adams out of recognition for maintaining the Adams family aid station for 11 summer and winter night runs.

The potluck party after the run is the social highlight of the year for your Event Hosts. Thank you to everyone for delicious contributions. Tasty morsels included spicy stuffed eggs, homemade sushi, potato, orzo and pasta salads, pakoras, samosas, bbq'ed chicken, lots of cheeses, chips and dips and more deserts than you can shake a stick at. Those of you who stuck around long enough finished off the eating spree with a home baked Black Forest Cake to celebrate Sibylle's birthday.

Lots of photos are posted here. Please add your photos of the evening to your free Flickr account, then add them to the CFA photo pool and tag them with CapilanoCanyonNightRunMidsummer2007 and CapilanoCanyonNightRun. They will magically appear in the link above.

Thanks to Tim Wiens who provided this GPS generated map of the competitive course. Offical length according to Tims GPS is 16.5km. Take that, Scott... and you thought it was the toughest 18km in your life.

Here are results and points. Please let me know if you have any corrections.

First Name	Last Name	Event	Points	Time
chris	mager	18km - Competitive	1	1:33
Andy	Nicol	18km - competitive	1	1:33
Ran	Katzman	18km - Competitive	2	1:34
desmond	mott	18km - Competitive	2	1:34
Tim	Wiens	18km - Competitive	1	1:34
David	Crerar	18km - competitive	1	1:34
Paul	Markey	18km - Competitive	1	1:36
Geoff	Palmer	18km - Competitive	2	1:54
Scott	Calver	18km - Competitive	1	1:55
Ean	Jackson	18km - Competitive	2	1:55
rob	ruff	18km - Competitive	2	1:55
Doug	Keir	18km - Competitive	2	1:56
Kathy	Calver	18km - Competitive	1	1:58
john	mcgrath	18km - Competitive	1	2:10

Penny	Jakobsen	13km - Group	2*	1:22
Baldwin	Lee	13km - Group	2	1:23
Amy	MacArthur	13km - Group	1	1:31
Randy	Savoie	13km - Group	2	1:31
Kim	Taylor	13km - Group	2	1:31
Kyla	Adams	13km - Group	1	1:38
Marla	Allen	13km - Group	2	1:38
Neil	Ambrose	13km - Group	1	1:38
Gilles	Barbeau	13km - Group	2	1:38
Carolyn	King	13km - Group	1	1:38
John	Machray	13km - Group	2	1:38
Craig	Moore	13km - Group	2* + 1 for KK photo	1:38
Daniel	Probst	13km - Group	2	1:38
Marie	Rivard	13km - Group	2	1:38
David	Crumpton	13km - Group	2	1:38
Lorraine	Suomi	13km - Group	2	1:38
Sibylle	Tinsel	13km - Group	3**	1:52
Maureen	Wiens	13km - Group	1	1:52
Patricia	Barry	13km - Group	2	1:53
Sharon	Bryson	13km - Group	1	1:53
Vanessa	Fors	13km - Group	1	2:10

Kristie	Congram	custom	2	0:33
Ron	Adams	custom and crew	2	0:43
Karl	Jensen	13km - Group	2	1:00

Bryce	Adams	crew	1
Brett	Adams	crew	1
Cathy	Adams	crew	1
Ethelyn	David	crew	1
Lucinda	Iglesias	crew	1
Andrew	MacArthur	crew	1
Linda	Macray	crew	1

* extra point for garbage pick-up on the trails

** EH point

2006 - Year 5 - Capilano Midsummer Night Run

Starter Photo
32 Starter - 32 Finishers

Only one person forgot her flashlight, nobody got lost, no attacking bears, skunks or raccoons, no weirdos hiding in bushes and no injuries to report. Just a relaxing, midsummer run through a beautiful night time canyon followed by an amazing potluck spread (with illumination this year) at the yellow beacon. Not a bag of chips to be seen. What a healthy bunch we all are.

Thanks for all to come out and contribute. Thanks to the loonies who supplied enough crazy talk to last a life time (do I need to mention FFR) and thanks to the runners who tackled 3 CFA events within a 24hour time frame and still had enough humph left to party.

You can add your own impressions by using the comment tab below or through your personal CFA blog.

More photos are posted here.

First Name	Last Name	Event	Points	Time
Daniel	Probst	18km	2	1:31
David	Smith	18km	2	1:31
Bill	Dagg	18km	2	1:40
Ran	Katzman	18km	2	1:42
Wendy	Montgomery	18km	1	1:47
Desmond	Mott	18km	2*	1:47
Doug	MacKay	18km	2	2:03

Kim	Taylor	13km	2	1:26
Elke	Bauer	13km	2	1:27
Michele	Sherstan	13km	1	1:27
cynnimon	rain	13km	1	1:27
chris	tomkinson	13km	1	1:27
Doug	Keir	13km	2	1:30
Angus	Mclellan	13km	1	1:34
Craig	Moore	13km	2	1:35
Shay	Wilson	13km	2	1:35
Claudia	Bullington	13km	1	1:36
Baldwin	Lee	13km	2	1:38
John	Machray	13km	2	1:38
Sharon	Bryson	13km	1	1:39
Lora-Lynn	Oxenbury	13km	2	1:39
Patricia	Barry	13km	2	1:42
Karl	Jensen	13km	2	1:42
Geoffrey	Palmer	13km	2	1:42
Lorraine	Suomi	13km	2	1:42
Sibylle	Tinsel	13km	3**	1:42
Cheryl	Johnson	13km	2	1:48
Arlene	MacAulay	13km	2	1:48
Lori	Moody	13km	2	1:48
Rhonda	Schuller	13km	2	1:48

Michelle	Fredette	custom	2	1:07
Andy	Nicol	custom	2	1:07

Ethelyn	David	crew	1
Ean	Jackson	crew	1
Killaine	Sharman	DNS	-1

* bonus point for picking up garbage
**EH point

2005 - Year 4 - Capilano Midsummer Night Run

2005 Starters - More photos in the photo gallery

A fine summer evening greeted starters as they assembled on a suburban North Vancouver cul-de-sac for the Capilano Canyon Night Run (a Midsummer Nights Dream) this past Saturday. As young Erik raised his cap gun just after 8:00 pm, young Austin shouted, "3-2-1 Go!" and 24 Club Fat Ass members set off into the dusk for a trail run.

Neighbors were out on the street with beers in hand offering encouragement. A large group of Japanese language students also politely applauded this odd Canadian ritual with reserved shouts of "Gambate!"

At the first intersection, the field divided into 2 with the shorter, 12K Group run heading east and the longer, 17K Competitive runners heading west. The objective is for everyone to merge back together a couple of kilometers before the finish and arrive back at the start within roughly 90 minutes...then have a party.

The run has been hosted 7 times over the past 4 years (there's also a Mardi Gras version in February.) About 20 minutes into the summer version, both Group and Competitive courses are into some rocky, rooty trail sections and it gets very, very dark. Amazingly enough, and for the very first time in the history of the run, there were no seriously lost lambs and no trees or rocks were damaged by people hurtling into them. There were no pervert or bear sightings this year, however, many runner's hearts skipped a beat when a skunk decided to pick a fight with a cat on the Bowser Trail section.

For the very first time, there were 2 Club Fat Ass events to choose from on the same day: the Full Monty in Victoria, British Columbia and the Night Run in North Vancouver. Decisions, decisions. Both Geoff Palmer (infamous as the host of the Fluffy Bunny Trail run) and Doug Bodnar made a compromise. Both ran the inaugural Half Monty 25K then hopped into their cars and took a long ferry ride so they could also complete the Capilano Night Run!

A yellow "harvest" full moon illuminated the trail so well that in open areas, our headlamps and flashlights weren't even needed. Pat Berry saw a shooting star. (An omen of good luck, as she won a subscription to Trail Runner magazine later in the evening!) At roughly 1 hour into the run, we were treated to a fine buffet of homemade cookies and other goodies by Cathy and Bryce Adams at Aid Station Adams. Before allowing us back onto the trail, Bryce made all runners put their heads on his baseball bat and run around it 3 times. He also got us to hopscotch as we made our way down the trail. Cruel! (Ten year old Bryce, by the way, ran sweep with his Dad, Ron, and partied to midnight.)

The finish area was bustling with activity by the time I arrived. Seven year old Erik (the official co-starter of the event) offered showers from the garden hose. Candles and tiki lights illuminated the stairs and decks lending a magical feel to the party that kicked off in earnest as the buffet table was spread. It seemed that everyone put in a special effort for the potluck this year. Selections included several home baked blackberry dishes (pies, scones), wild rice salad, quesadillas, spicy marinated vegetables, wraps, sushi, vodka jigglers, fresh figs, homemade mango sorbet and fruit salad.

Thanks to Trail Runner magazine, Hammergel and Sibylle Tinsel, who pitched in some homemade blackberry jam, there were prizes. The Glutton for Punishment award, of course, was awarded to both Doug and Geoff for their double-hitter. Youngest runner and best aid station recognition went to Bryce Adams. Pat Barry was the most experienced runner of the evening having completed 6/7 Capilano Canyon night runs while Mike Rhodes got a prize for the top placing "virgin".

The next Capilano Canyon Night Run (Mardi Gras) will be on February 18th. Cold, freezing rain, lots of mud and a grumpy bear or 2 are on order, so I hope to see you at the start!

Ean Jackson
Co-Host

Place	First Name	Last Name	City/Town	Province /State	Age	Time	Point Series
Competitive Run
1	Bill	Dagg	Vancouver	BC	42	1:36:42	2
1	Geoff	Palmer	Coquitlam	BC	23	1:36:42	1
3	Desmon	Mott	North Vancouver	BC	46	1:41	2
3	Paul	Cubbon	North Vancouver	BC	43	1:41:00	2
5	Doug	MacKay	North Vancouver	BC	54	1:53	1
6	Ean	Jackson	North Vancouver	BC	47	1:54	2
6	Mike	Rhodes	North Vancouver	BC	40	1:54	1
8	Eileen	Bistrisky	Vancouver	BC	38	3:00	2
8	Ryan	Russell	Richmond	BC	32	3:00	1

Group Run
1	Robert	Westendorp	Vancouver	BC	40	1:16	2
2	Russ	Chore	Pitt Meadows	BC	31	1:26	2
2	Christine	Rybak	Pitt Meadows	BC	34	1:26	2
4	Baldwin	Lee	Burnaby	BC	32	1:29:30	2
4	John	Machray	North Vancouver	BC	52	1:29:30	2
4	Craig	Moore	North Vancouver	BC	44	1:29:30	2
4	Claudia	Bullington	Richmond	BC	38	1:30:11	1
8	Patricia	Barry	Vancouver	BC	44	1:46	2
8	Sibylle	Tinsel	North Vancouver	BC	42	1:46	2
10	Cheryl	Johnson	Pitt Meadows	BC	56	1:47	2
10	Rhonda	Schuller	Vancouver	BC	55	1:47	1
12	Doug	Bodnar	Victoria	BC	38	2:00	2

Custom Course
1	Ron	Adams	North Vancouver	BC		0:28:54	1
2	Bryce	Adams	North Vancouver	BC	10	0:28:54	1
3	Donna	Rodman	North Vancouver	BC	55	1:15	1

Crew
	Bryce	Adams	North Vancouver	BC	10		2
	Cathy	Adams	North Vancouver	BC			2
	Troy	Angrignon	Vancouver	BC			2
	Ethelyn	David	Surrey	BC			2
	Austin	David	Surrey	BC	9		3*
	Johanna	Jackson	North Vancouver	BC	8		2
	Erik	Jackson	North Vancouver	BC	7		2
	Sascha	Westendorp	Vancouver	BC			2

* earned 1 extra point for picking up garbage

24 Starters
24 Finisher
7 Crew

Registration - Background - Agenda - Course - Thanks - Results - Contact - FAQ

You said it...

Thanks to everybody who answered the Capilano Night Run Post Event survey. Below is a collection of your feedback and my response to it:

Date (day of week, time of year, conflicts with other events...)

Only because I didn't do RTN, or Whistler 5 Peaks, or Gearjammer that day, so was perfect for me.
Excellent race, awesome fullmoon! Great people. I usually do the 5peaks runs, but it conflicts with most of CFAs events. July would also be a good option for a night run.. maybe the club could have another night run. Just an idea.
Just perfect

(It's hard to find a "free weekend". We try to schedule most of our events to avoid conflict with the local trail/ultra races. The Midsummer Night Run date is strategically chosen to fall between "Stormy" and "Ironman Canada". We figure if you do Stormy or Ironman, there is no way that you can also particpate in the Night Run that same weekend. On the other hand, folks have been known to do Five Peaks and the Night Run on the same day ;-)

Time (start time...)

Night events rock!

Start/finish area (location, parking, washrooms, shelter...)

Can't beat someone's house.
very good organization
good parking, washrooms and location. Couldn't be better

(Nobody mentioned the outdoor shower...)

The course itself (terrain, difficulty...)

I found it fun, easy, non-technical, and predominantly flat. Perfect for a Saturday
evening stroll.
It was a challenging terrain. I love it! some trails, streets, gravel roads. It balances well permitting for some relaxing run and tmore technical terrain.
great course - very inventive and creative use of greenways! well done! i liked it - especially for a night run... but would have wished to do it in daytime first. its probably just me, but i find trails are easier on the creaky ol' knees.

The course description (accuracy, complexity, measurement...)

90% of it was perfect and very easy/idiot proof to follow. A couple spots had us looking for things prematurely (rabbit trail after playground for example).
I ran with a group all the time, so no need to read instructions... I know this is not the usual way, but being my first time, it helped.
Hey, I finished in 1:29, so it was pretty close to estimated completion.
like the map

(I'll check that Rabbit Trail reference...and try to make it clearer for next year)

Level of competition (too little, too much...)

Not in it for the competition. Didn't find it too competitive.
Just perfect. I could run at my pace

Post-event activities

Too bad people left so early, but I had fun.
The pot-luck and social side was excellent. Very good variety of dishes, salad, dessert, sushi and even wine!
Wanted to see what I was eating a bit better ;)
Needed more lighting at the food tables -- hard to see what was there.
WOW! nice potluck and gathering . thank you!
Great spread, I wished I could've spent more time at the buffet table than in the toilet.
nice party!
Very gracious of you to offer your home & patio

(it was a pleasure to have you all. Glad the weather cooperated. In terms of food...it was gourmet heaven. There was not a single bag of chips to be seen. Oh...we are fixing the lighting for next year!)

Results (were they accurate, distributed promptly...)

Results were posted sooner than I expected, usually even the big races (I mean sponsored races) take few days to post final results.
Haven't seen them yet.
haven't seen them
Didn't spend much time analysing them. Don't really care about results.

Event website (was it easy to find information, complete...)

Your website is very well organized and user friendly. Easy to get all info about the event, registration, agenda, etc. Lots of websites including trail ultra runs, link to CFA events. I'm happy I ran into one of those links and had the chance to do my first run with the Club.
Not sure I'm registering properly. Just tried to register for Go Deep or Go home. Not sure if that went through.
Couldn't enter "0" for number of previous times doing this event.

(The problem mentioned above is fixed now, thanks for pointing it out)

Overall event (value, challenge, course, atmosphere...)

I think the award for doing multiple CFA events that occur on the same day should be called The Twin Cheeks Award.
Great introduction to night running for me

(I love the Twin Cheeks Award idea!)

2004 - Year 3 - Capilano Midsummer Night Run

	Name	Event	Home town	Finish Time
1	Shannon Wilkinson	group	North Vancouver	1:38
	Cheryl Picot	group	Vancouver	1:38
	Kate Dugas	group	Vancouver	1:38
	Doug Ko	group	Burnaby	1:38
	Louisa Lorimer	group	White Rock	1:38
	Allan McMordie	group	North Vancouver	1:38
	Ken Hardinge-Rooney	group	New Westminster	1:38
8	Gabi Kwan	group	North Vancouver	1:47:55
	Sibylle Tinsel	group	North Vancouver	1:47:55

1	Tom Skinner	comp	North Vancouver	1:41
	Desmond Mott	comp	North Vancouver	1:41
	Doug Kier	comp	North Vancouver	1:41
	Al Harman	comp	West Vancouver	1:41
	Patricia Jensen	comp	North Vancouver	1:41
6	Dom Repta	comp	Vancouver	1:54
	Wade Repta	comp	Vancouver	1:54
	John McGrath	comp	Vancouver	1:54
	Angus McLellan	comp	Vancouver	1:54
	Doug MacKay	comp	North Vancouver	1:54
	Ean Jackson	comp	North Vancouver	1:54

	Cathy Adams	crew	North Vancouver
	Bryce Adams	crew	North Vancouver
	Andy Nicol	crew	Vancouver
	Michelle Fredette	crew	Vancouver
	Mary Leliveld	crew	North Vancouver

20 starters, 20 finishers, 5 crew

Race Report

A few firsts for the Capilano Canyon Night Run this year: There were no major wipeouts or cases of getting lost. Several virgins became veterans. It was rainy. We were competing with the Olympics. There were no bear sightings.

Six year old Erik entertained early arrivals with his world record attempt at running laps around the house. The Guinness Foundation has been notified that he completed 196 laps in his underwear, though there is some controversy around allegations that he was counting by twos.

This year, the field was fairly evenly split between Group and Competitive categories. Several trail and night running virgins threw caution to the wind and toed the line. Several fast runners spoke of setting a new course record. Most participants were out for a fun run with old friends and new.

In the Competitive division, Tom Skinner made a last minute call to add the Event to his evening trail run. While possibly faster than the others in the lead group, Tom found himself referring frequently to the written course directions thereby allowing the competition the opportunity to catch up. The Group runners started fast and soon broke into two with Allan McMordie of the North Shore Search and Rescue leading the keeners.

While the rain held off during the run, it was warm and humid throughout. Headlamps were sparked-up before most runners made it to Cap Canyon. Fog and mist in the Canyon created a magical atmosphere, but made for tricky footing and frequent pauses for folks like Doug MacKay who wore eyeglasses.

Six year old Bryce was still up greeting runners a they approached Aid Station Adams on the east side of the Capilano Canyon. On the return leg of the trail, several runners were overheard saying, "Here kitty. Nice kitty" to a skunk. Lucky for them, they realized the error before trying to pet the critter.

At the finish, hot and sweaty runners spoke of pool hopping but were instead drawn to the buffet table. Thanks to our event supporters, we are happy to note that everyone was able to come away from this free event with some sort of gift or special recognition award. Here are the highlights:

Best Aid Station - Cathy and Bryce Adams, Michelle Fredette and Andy Nicol who hosted Aid Station Adams
Most Lost - Tom Skinner was awarded the prize in absentia, as nobody else admitted to getting lost!
Best Wipeouts - 2 prizes in this category were not awarded because nobody admitted to a wipeout!
Most Creative Potluck Idea - a critical panel of judges awarded the Gold medal to the Motts for the fresh blackberry and blueberry crumble. Desmond admitted he didn't lift a finger, so credit was awarded to Liselotte
Fastest Woman and Best Tattoo - hardware to Patricia Jensen for winning both categories
Farthest Traveled - Louisa Lorimer from White Rock was the technical winner, and Ken Hardinge-Rooney from New West the runner-up, but Doug Ko from Burnaby took home the prize 'cause you had to be present to win
Closest to the Sweep - Gabi Kwan dug deep to complete her first trail run and first night run
Most Cap Canyon Night Runs - "Creampuff" Kier, who has completed 4 (2 Midsummer Night's Dream and 2 MardiGras)

Many thanks to you all for making this another successful Capilano Canyon night run! We look forward to celebrating Mardi Gras on the dark trails with you on Saturday 18 February 2006!

Event Hosts - Sibylle and Jackson

2003 - Year 2 - Caplilano Midsummer Night Run

	Name	Event	Home town	Finish Time
1	Eunice Walaska	group	Mission	1:20
2	Caroline Brandson	group	North Vancouver	1:20
3	Cheryl Picot	group	Vancouver	1:31
4	Doug MacKay	group	North Vancouver	1:31
5	Sibylle Tinsel	group	North Vancouver	1:35
6	James Carlson	group	Coquitlam	1:35
7	Rhonda Schuler	group	Vancouver	1:49
8	Pat Barry	group	Vancouver	1:49

1	Andy Nicol	comp	Vancouver	1:35
2	Dom Repta	comp	Vancouver	1:35
3	Patricia Jensen	comp	North Vancouver	1:35
4	Rich Rawling	comp	West Vancouver	1:35
5	Kevin Harrison	comp	Vancouver	1:36
6	Wendy Montgomery	comp	North Vancouver	1:36
7	Brian Bjornson	comp	North Vancouver	1:36
8	Al Harman	group	West Vancouver	1:36
9	Chris Mager	comp	Vancouver	1:41
10	Bob Taylor	group	North Vancouver	1:52
11	Rob MacDonald	comp	Vancouver	1:52
12	Michelle Fredette	comp	Vancouver	1:52
13	Paul Cubbon	comp	Squamish	1:52
14	Ean Jackson	comp	North Vancouver	1:52
15	Rick Arikado	comp	Vancouver	1:58
16	Catherine Yoell	comp	Vancouver	1:59
17	Doug Kier	comp	Vancouver	1:59
18	Mary Leliveld	comp	North Vancouver	1:59

	Ron Adams	crew	North Vancouver
	Brett Adams	crew	North Vancouver
	Bill Walaska	crew	Maple Ridge
	Todd Richardson	crew	North Vancouver
	Toshimi Kobayashi	crew	Vancouver
	Eagle Walz	crew	Powell River
	Tom Mills	crew	Richmond

26 starters, 26 finishers, 7 crew

Comments and Feedback

This first-timer had a fantastic time in the figurative not literal sense. My run was terrific primarily because of Pat's pacing and keen sense of directions. Many thanks. I didn't wear a watch, so again count on Pat to know when we finished....Pat? Rhonda

Thank you for organizing such a great evening. Had lots of fun as usual. That darn cement bridge just before you bush whacking of Mackay Creek once again got a group of us..... Again, thank you Patricia

I love the color of the t shirt....Good choice Sibylle!

Rhonda and my time was 1:49. There was a lot of great food but I thought the cheesecake with the blackberries was outstanding. Adios, Pat

Hello and thank you for the wonderful night and all your hospitality. Love the T-shirts! Worth more than the price of admission I'm sure. As far as the food went (and it did), there was so much yummy food that it would be hard to pinpoint the best but the sushi, cheesecake, dip with bread and Catherine's famous cookies (as usual) were all delightful to my taste buds. look forward to the next event. ciao Kevin

Special recognition to:

Best Aid Station - thank you Ron Adams and everyone who helped at Aid Station Adams
Worst Sweep - Jackson. 4 people somehow got behind the last guy!
Most Lost - tie between Catherine, Mary (I think?)
Best Wipeouts - Doug MacKay, who went down hard and rolled over twice
Running on all 4s - to Seven the wonder dog
Best potluck idea - tough call. Rich for the Iranian flat bread and chick pea curry? Wendy for the blackberry cheesecake? Toshimi for the authentic Japanese sushi? Patricia for an amazing arrangement of fresh fruit? Ann for her famous pot stickers? ? For the "hand hewn salsa"?
Best volunteer - Tie between Bill, Toshimi, Todd, Brett, Eagle...who came from Powell River.

Many thanks to you all for making this another successful nite run!

Event Hosts - Sibylle and Jackson

2002 - Year 1 - Capilano Midsummer Night Run

	Name	Event	Home town	Finish Time
1	Bob Taylor	group	North Vancouver	1:29
2	Jay Watson	group	North Vancouver	1:29
3	Elena Grant	group	North Vancouver	1:33
4	Patrick Grant	group	North Vancouver	1:33
5	Sibylle Tinsel	group	North Vancouver	1:38
6	Cheryl Webb	group	North Vancouver	1:38
7	Pat Barry	group	Vancouver	1:38
8	Todd Carter	group	North Vancouver	1:29
9	Kim Parmetier & Tucker	group	North Vancouver	2:21

1	Steve Bazin	comp	North Vancouver	1:25
2	Patricia Jensen	comp	North Vancouver	1:34
3	Darren Lauscher	comp	Vancouver	1:34
4	Rich Rawling	comp	West Vancouver	1:34
5	Curb Ivanic	comp	Vancouver	1:34
6	Alex Watson	comp	North Vancouver	1:34
7	Jim Swadling	comp	North Vancouver	1:34
8	Ean Jackson	comp	North Vancouver	1:36
9	Mario Parmetier	comp	North Vancouver	1:36
10	Andy Nicol	comp	Vancouver	1:45
11	Ann Taylor	comp	North Vancouver	2:19
12	Michelle Fredette	comp	Vancouver	2:19
13	Matt Sessions	comp	Coquitlam	2:19
14	Paul Cubbon	comp	Squamish	2:19
15	Ron Adams	comp	North Vancouver	2:21

1	Cathy Adams	crew	North Vancouver
2	Zohar	crew	Vancouver
3	Donna Rodman	crew	North Vancouver
4	Akiko	crew	Japan
5	Michelle Medland	crew	North Vancouver
6	Mike Medland	crew	North Vancouver
7	Richard Moore	crew	Vancouver
9	Eva	crew	West Vancouver

24 starters, 24 finishers, 9 crew

Race Report

It was the perfect summer evening. Temperatures in the low 20's. Clear skies. An almost full moon. In all, 25 runners toed the line and 8 athletic supporters invested their Saturday evening helping make the inaugural run and festivities a success.

Sibylle led 9 runners on a civilized 90-minute group run. Jackson loosely directed the remaining 16 on a longer, more aggressive 90-minute competitive circuit. About 85% of the field completed the run of their choice within 10 minutes of the 90 minute objective.

Congratulations to Steve Bazin of North Vancouver for being the first to complete the competitive course. Steve, a long-time resident of Vancouver's north shore, leveraged his intimate knowledge of the trails and outstanding leg speed to beat out a strong field that included several former members of Canada's 100k run team as well as many of the leaders in the BC Ultra running series. Hoping to keep weight to a minimum, Steve didn't carry a flashlight until Aid Station Adams...a strategy that looked a bit iffy in the inky darkness of the Capilano Pacific Trail.

Congrats, as well, to the more balanced individuals who nonetheless stretched themselves beyond their comfort zone. For several, the group run was the longest run of their life and the first time they'd ever run with a headlamp or flashlight.

Some highlights of the evening:

Akiko, a visitor from Japan who had arrived in Canada only 6 hours earlier, announced the start, cheered the runners at the second Capilano River crossing, helped at the aid station and joined in the potluck. 'Wonder if she has a balanced view of Canada and Canadians?
Aid Station Adams. Cathy and the kids really outdid themselves. There was cheering. There were Christmas lights. There were secret tasks to complete. There were heaps of cookies, potato chips and special needs (cold beer)
Andy Nichol, BC's top ultrarunner of 2001 and current leader in the BC Ultra series, forgot his contact lenses and flashlight. Andy had a couple of bad falls, got lost and was lucky to make it home alive. He has vowed to make Jackson pay at the Walk in the Park 50K
Kim Parmeteer, whose husband roped her into the run at the last minute, got a bit lost between the fish hatchery and Aid Station Adams. She was home safe before the munchies and booze ran out
Some of the competitive runners got disoriented and skipped the MacKay Creek jungle section. Rumor has it that a woman was navigating. (You know who you are! =;-)
Ron Adams and his monster flashlight. Ron ran sweep and brought a couple of lost lambs home safely
our heros the crew members. Thanks Cathy, Donna, Akiko and Eva for all of your help
the post-race banquet. What a spread! There was sushi, spicy pot stickers, an amazing selection of dips, papadams and chutney, hot wraps, fresh blackberry pie. Thanks to everyone for going way overboard to insure a truly outstanding party. Too bad there weren't more leftovers.

Many thanks to everyone who participated for making this an enjoyable evening for all.

Sibylle and Jackson

Comments and Feedback

Lots of fun Saturday night. Thank you for the invite. A great group of people. Loved the trails and activities. I have never done something like that before. I am not very good with going around in circles with a bat! Patricia

- a truly great Saturday evening! i enjoyed surviving the run with only the minutest bit of cheating. eva enjoyed the chatting and wine. akiko was thrilled to be given starter's honours after only 6 hours on north american soil.
- Ean's shirt allowed him to be spotted even while hiding in blackberry brambles after sundown. Camouflage is recommended for next year
- The surgeon general has determined that mixing pale ale, potato chips, and chocolate chip cookies at an aid station is a health hazard.
- Finding the crux path at McKay Creek is clearly impossible! - rich

Great run Saturday, I felt pretty sore the next day. Michelle came in with the Ann, Ron, Kim, and Matthews group. I guess I am disqualified for running to many roads. I actually lost track of time, but I recall my watch saying 9:36pm either at the end or near the end of my run. Does that sound about right? Anyway, thanks to you and Sibylle for a good time. Andy

Thanks for hosting an unique evening of entertainment. I'm always looking for a reason to exercise and drink, your evening's venue offered the prefect opportunity. I was a little gun shy when I first heard about it, ultra runners, running at night (in the trails) and my lack of training/running over the last month. Still suffering from jetlag and obviously common senses, I thought this run would be a good way of getting back on track. The Capilano River sections were a little iffy only the curator could find his way through these trails. The Mackay Creek section was a challenge, I usually walk it with the kids during the daytime, but at night, I felt like I was going in circles. Nice choice of trails, very tricky The after party was great, cold beer and warm food, every man's dream. The different varieties of food was great everything tasted delicious. Special thanks to the aid station workers, I can still picture those cookies.
Thanks again for hosting a wonderfully unique evening. All the best Steve

Many thanks to you and Sibylle for a great time. How far we ran or where exactly we ran remains a mystery but I sure had fun. It was like being a kid again running around the neighborhood at night! And what a spread afterwards! I didn't realize you were having a "foods from around the world" theme but that's what it turned out. Look forward to your next fun run, but am I hearing you, "Mr. Rain, No Train" correctly? A run in blistery winter conditions?!? That I have to see. cheers curb

Background

The Big Picture

The Capilano Canyon Night Run (A Midsummer Night's Dream) is a social get-together with a twist: Unlike other garden parties you might have attended, there's a 90-minute run in the dark separating you and the potluck buffet table!

Regardless of their fitness level, all guests are expected to participate in the event in one of 3 categories: Group, Competitive or Crew. The highlight of the evening is an outdoor potluck party in celebration of summer and good friends.

Routes

The Capilano Canyon Night Run courses were designed to provide a fun and safe 90 minute night running experience for runners with just about any level of experience. Experienced runners may opt for the longer, more difficult Competitive route. Those who prefer a less aggressive pace and the company of a guide, choose the Group category.

The routes have been carefully selected to make the most of the extensive network of trails in and around the Capilano Canyon in North Vancouver, British Columbia. Footing ranges from pavement to crushed gravel to mossy roots, rocks and sections of swamp (competitive route.) If you expect wet feet, you most likely won't be disappointed.

The Differences

The objective of the organizers is to challenge both mind and body of the runner... and to leave minimum impact on the environment.

The philosophy of the Capilano Canyon Night Run is to emphasize the journey rather than the destination. Self-reliance and low impact are key. There is no 'official' aid or trail marking provided by the event organizers, as they want to run, too! Family or friends play an integral support role.

Participants download from the Internet directions based on natural and physical landmarks. As with orienteering, runners who pause frequently to consult the written directions have the opportunity to catch faster runners who go off the trail. Runners who have trained on the course have a distinct competitive advantage. Detailed questions and clarifications are provided in the FAQ. To play it safe we also recommend that everybody bring their FRS radios along to help us in finding you in case you should get lost. Each runner needs to sign in at the start and sign out at the finish.

Past Participants and Results

Results from past events and a scrapbook of photos and comments are archived under Results

Thanks!

Our hope is to make this event totally self-supporting. In other words, do all of the organization beforehand and also participate in it. This would be an impossible dream without a lot of behind the scenes help. Many thanks to:

Ethelyn David: Thanks for taking care of the kids and Ean ;-) Manning the kitchen, lighting all the candles and torches...

Kintec Footlabs Thank you for the awesome recognition prizes.
TrailRunner: Thank you for the 2 gift subscriptions to your popular magazine as draw prize. Also for offering members of Club Fat Ass a special discounted subscription price
KINeSYS: Thanks for the assortment of body and sun care products to keep all participants protected from the elements.

Aid Station Adams - Thanks, Cathy and Bryce Adams for again hosting a welcome oasis in the night. Awesome cookies, Cathy. Great spotting, Bryce... and thanks for organizing the skill-testing games!

Club Fat Ass - The Club helps with web hosting, online registration and coaches us on how to host a safe, fun, environmentally-friendly event.

Please contact us with your thoughts!

FAQ

Q:	Jackson, I do not have a death wish. I do not now, and likely never will have the slightest urge to risk my life and limb on a run with you and your insanely hyperactive buddies. Is there any reason why I would want to participate in this event?
A:	Yes. You can join Sibylle for a slow, sane, evenly-paced, 90-minute group run through some spectacular trails and worry a lot less about getting maimed or lost.

Q:	Sibylle, I do not now, and likely never will have the slightest urge to run with you and your pals for 90 minutes in the dark regardless of how slow you promise to run and how beautiful the scenery might be during the day. Is there any other reason why I would want to participate in this event?
A:	Yes. You can help out with organizing as a member of the event crew.

Q:	It's the weekend. Responsibility or work of any ilk does not appeal to me any more than having a root canal would. Is there any other reason why I would want to participate in this event?
A:	Sure. The whole objective of the evening is to make it to the potluck party. You can always start there.

Q:	If I decide to run, what should I bring?
A:	Whatever you'd normally wear for a 90 minute run given the conditions of the evening. Don't forget to print out the run route directions, directions to the start and to bring a flashlight/headlamp, cell phone and FRS radio. (Andy, don't forget your contact lenses this time! Parks, I know you eat carrots, but trust me...a flashlight would really come in handy!)

Q:	Are there aid stations? Can I have a beer en route?
A:	We recommend you come prepared to run without external aid. There may be aid stations, but only if your family and friends step forward and offer to organize them. Since this is an 'unofficial' event, there are no rules as to what you may or may not eat or drink en route. Best to bring 'special needs' in a plastic bag with your name on it just in case there are aid stations. =;-)

Q:	What if I get caught up in the party spirit and can't drive home?
A:	You are absolutely welcome to spend the night. There are lots of futons and sleeping bags at the start/finish.

Q:	What can I win?
A:	Nothin. Fastest man and woman TO FINISH THE COURSE get bragging rights. (Competitive course only. We hope everyone in the Group run will finish together.) All participants and times go up on the web for posterity sake. Results from previous Capilano Canyon Night Runs at results. There may be prizes for significant accomplishments, so come prepared to be exceptional.

Q:	I've never done a trail run before. Is this a good place to start?
A:	It depends. Can you realistically run for 90 minutes during the day? If so, you should enjoy the Group run. We don't recommend you attempt the competitive course unless you're a strong runner and you can read detailed instructions as you run in the dark.

Q:	How tough is the course?
A:	Tough question to answer! Which course are you running? How fast? How well are you trained? Feedback from those who have run the Group run include: "Magical." "It was like running in a tunnel, but way more fun." From Competitive runners: "I thought you said I wouldn't get lost!" "Tough... but good tough"

Q:	Do I really need to print off the course instructions and bring them with me?
A:	Yes. Without the detailed instructions or an intimate familiarity with the Night Run route, you're almost certain to get lost. (See comment above. The person didn't refer to the written directions!)

Q:	This event is free, but for Club Fat Ass members only. How do I get into the club?
A:	There is no hazing ceremony like the Hash House Harriers! Runners, walkers, hikers, triathletes, adventure racers, mountain bikers and anyone else interested in having fun in the great outdoors is welcome and can register online for a nominal fee.

Q:	Can I wait until the last minute and join at the start?
A:	Yes, but we prefer you don't. Last minute registration makes it very difficult to organize and coordinate the event. Even if you join for a day-of-event membership, we prefer you do it online and ahead of time.

Q:	It's a free world. What's to stop me from just running the course.
A:	Nothing...in fact, we encourage you to run the course often in training! We prefer that you do not 'bandit' the course on event day, however. If you insist, please don't take any of the aid intended for members. You will get special recognition in the results, not be eligible for any draw prizes and you'll have to wear a black patch over one eye at the potluck. Furthermore, you won't be allowed into future events until you come clean with past membership dues.

Q:	What if I get lost?
A:	You shouldn't get lost, but bring a cell phone, just in case. Group runners, stick with the group. If you get separated from the group, refer to the course instructions where you are faced with a choice of direction. Competitive runners, don't assume. The person in front of you may be headed the right way or may be off-course.

Q:	Do I get credit for any time I spend off-course?
A:	Are you kidding? If you do find an obvious mistake in the course directions, point it out to Sibylle (Group) or Jackson (Competitive) at the potluck party for a free beer!

Q:	Couldn't you mark the course like just about every other running race I've ever been in? It's a pain to pause and read instructions.
A:	Our aim is to be different than every other running race you've ever been in! We don't want to put chalk/flour on the ground, hang surveyor tape in the trees, paint rocks, put up signs or glow sticks or do anything that might leave a trace of the race. Besides, it slows down the faster runners.

Q:	What is the 'Rule of the Trail'?
A:	If you pack it in, you can pack it out. (That means don't you dare litter!) Leave nothing but your footprints on the trail. We strongly encourage you to pick up any trash you find along the trail and to present it to Sibylle or Jackson at the potluck. There may be a recognition award for the person who packs out more than they packed in.

Q:	What if I have to heed the call of nature.
A:	There are washrooms Cleveland Dam for Competitive. (Approximately half way.) There are no washrooms on the Group course.

Q:	What should I bring on run evening?
A:	Whatever you figure you will need given the weather, the route you propose to run, your physical fitness on the day and your plans for after the run. Some thoughts are on the event agenda.

Q:	I am supposed to be self-sufficient because there is no aid provided. Can I get a friend to come out and give me food and drink along the route?
A:	Absolutely! In fact, it would be nice if your friend were to help everyone. Please have your friends and family members contact us and we will do all we can to insure that they have fun, as well.

Q:	Can I bring my friends and family to the potluck party even if they didn't run or volunteer? Do they have to be Club Fat Ass members?
A:	Friends and family are absolutely welcome and no, they do not have to be Club Fat Ass members. Please be sure to specify how many guests you will bring with you on your registration form.

Q:	Are there any trophies, prizes or other hardware or freebies?
A:	If you assume there's no aid, no course marking, no t-shirt, no enthusiastic spectators and no prizes or freebies of any sort, you might be pleasantly surprised. Best you plan to show up at the potluck party!

Q:	How accurate is the course marking?
A:	The event has been hosted several times on the same course, so we are quite confident the directions are accurate.

Q:	When will the 'official' results be available?
A:	We hope to have the results up on the Capilano Canyon Night Run website within 24 hours of the finisher banquet. We will also distribute the results to major local and national ultrarunning communities.

Event Registration - Capilano Canyon Midsummer Night Run

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The following people are registered for this event:

1) Sibylle Tinsel (13 km slow group)
2) Eric Rannaud (18 km)
3) Allison Tai (18 km)
4) Patricia Barry (13 km slow group)
5) Dario Herrera (13 km)
6) Claudia Bullington (13 km slow group)
7) Doug Keir (18 km)
8) Vivian Tai (13 km)
9) Meg Peters (13 km)
10) desmond mott (18 km)
11) Ean Jackson (13 km slow group)
12) Katie Longworth (18 km)
13) killaine sharman (13 km)
14) Paul Burns (13 km slow group)
15) Wendy Montgomery (18 km)
16) Rob Kay (13 km)

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Capilano Canyon Night Run - Mardi Gras

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What?

A 90-minute run that starts in darkness in a suburban neighborhood, traverses the twilight zone, then stimulates your senses with a trail run in the mist and inky blackness of the Capilano Canyon
A guided Group run at a gentle pace for the socially-inclined and first time night runner
A Competitive category for those more motivated by the clock and the opportunity to rip their buddy's lungs out
A potluck party and celebration of Fat Tuesday
Entry limited to first 50, so please register early!
No aid. No t-shirt. No special marking

When and Where?

Saturday 18 February 2012 (3rd Saturday in February) at 6:30pm
Start/finish at the soccer field behind the Griffin Recreation Center, in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
See agenda for details on how to get there and course description

Who is Running?

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How Much?

Free for Club Fat Ass members (click here for current membership benefits and dues)
Please sign up for both the club membership and the free event online and in advance. This will allow us to keep the membership fees low and the logistics before the event to a minimum.

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The following people are registered for this event:

1) Rob Kay
2) Marc Schmitz
3) Allison Tai
4) Meredith Cale
5) Bill Maurer
6) reza ghazizadeh
7) Craig Moore
8) Sean Lavin
9) Ean Jackson
10) Adam Way
11) Eric Rannaud
12) Nicola Federico
13) Sibylle Tinsel
14) Ryan Ó Maol Chonaire
15) John Machray
16) Jennifer Turner
17) Killaine Sharman
18) Reagan White

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Saturday 18 February 2012
17:00?	Have dinner. Check the weather. Print off this agenda and your route instructions
18:00	Arrive at the start - Griffin Rec Center (click on the link to see an interactive Google map), North Vancouver. Check-in.
18:15	Welcome and final briefing
18:25	Photo
18:30	Start
19:50	First finishers
20:00	Pool / hot tub party starts - Harry Jerome Rec Center
20:15	Last finishers (hopefully!)
22:00	Rec Center closes
21:30	First people show up for potluck party
?	End of party

Potluck Party

While we have a handle on how many people will be running and a rough estimate of friends and volunteers, it's tough to estimate the food and drink for everyone who will join in the potluck party. Moreover, each person has their own food and drink preferences and of course, appetite.

What can you count on? Coolers, ice, a stove, a barbeque, microwave and other kitchen stuff, some soft drinks and basic party munchies. What should you bring? Enough food to cover your appetite and drink for your thirst. Here are some thoughts from previous years:

papadans and coriander chutney
spicy pot stickers
Pad Thai
hot wings
sushi
cheese plate
homemade blackberry and cinnamon pie
ice cream
ginger cookies
spinach salad
day old Timbits, stale nacho chips, burnt pizza (these are mentioned last for a reason!)

Important Addresses

Start/Finish. Griffin Recreation Center. 851 West Queens Road, North Vancouver. From the upper levels highway (Highway #1) take Westview Drive 3 lights north to Queens Avenue. Go left until you reach the Rec Center. Take the lower drive (next to the river) into the parking lot next to the soccer field. (#1 on the map below)

Hot Tub Party. Harry Jerome Recreation Center. Lonsdale Avenue and 23rd Street, North Vancouver. From the finish, take Queens Road east to the end. Go right (south) and over the highway. The entrance to the rec center is just under the concrete pedestrian bridge opposite Kentucky Fried Chicken. (#2 on the map below)

Potluck Party. 3515 Fairmont Road. From the pool party, head back to the run start/finish. Go up Lonsdale to Queens and turn left. Continue 2 blocks past the Rec Center to Thorncliffe Street. Go right. At the school yard, go right. It's the yellow house at the top of the street on your left. (#3 on the map below)

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What to Bring?

Aid. (Whatever food, water or electrolyte drink you need for a 90-minute run. If you expect and are prepared for no external aid, you may be pleasantly surprised... but do not count on it!
weather appropriate clothing
consider to bring a foil emergency blanket and your cell phone
Official timing system. (A watch will do, even if the second hand doesn't work.) Please be sure to keep track of your finish time and to give it to the timekeeper.
Something to guide you through the night. (Flashlight or headlamp with fresh batteries) No, it is not obligatory, but most people find it helps! (Note: Competitive former record holder Steve Bazin didn't use a light, but he knows the North Van trails so well he can run them blindfolded. Mike Parks, on the other hand, did it blind and wished he remembered a flashlight)
Change of clothes. Very important, as you will undoubtedly be cold and wet. Bathing suit. Shower stuff.
potluck dish

Pre- and Post-Event

park in the lower parking lot behind the Rec Center before the event.
Adjourn to Harry Jerome Recreation Center at 23rd and Lonsdale (604 987-7529). Entry is $4.50. Showers, hot tub, sauna and pool, but only until 10:00
runners, volunteers, friends and family are encouraged to meet afterwards for what in the past has proven to be an absolutely awesome potluck party. We'll recognize the great accomplishments of the night run, share war stories, photos, gather stats and otherwise enjoy the evening. Recommend you get a sitter for the kids, as it will be quite late. Details and potluck suggestions above

Other Notes

please read the FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
please, please, please do not drop litter on the trail. (Consider picking it up if you find any.)
this event is not sponsored, sanctioned, permitted or anything else that would qualify it as an official event. It's a party!
be sure to bring a copy of the course directions for the event you are attempting. We recommend you put them in a baggie so they don't turn to mush.

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There are three categories for the Capilano Canyon Night Run: Short (about 13K with a slow, guided group), Long (close to 16K) and Crew.

The Crew category is for friends and family, so they are not excluded. Please be aware that the party starts late, so probably is not the right venue for your little ones. There will be no babysitting and the host's children are hopefully in bed. Both runs are loop courses that start and finish at the same place and have been designed to take approximately 90 minutes to complete. The long route is technically challenging, even during the day. The short route offers less technical trails and is perfectly suited to the first time night runner. If you opt for the group run, please stay with the group.

We really don't want you to get lost. Please make sure you print out the appropriate course description and bring it and a plastic baggie to protect it with you on the evening of the night run. Better yet, train on the course during the day and bring the directions! We're quite confident that the instructions are correct, but if you do find an error, point it out to us and we'll buy you a beer!

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Please print out the course description (scroll down for printer friendly version) and bring it in a plastic baggie to the start. If you get lost, bail out or need assistance you can call Ean at 604-904-6554. Here is a map (please note that the map is from the Midsummer Nightrun, where we start on Fairmaont Road - the winter route starts from the Griffin Gym and does not go up/down Fairmont Road)

Time	Group Run - Route Description	km
~6:00	meet at the soccer field behind Griffin Recreation Center – 851 West Queens Road, North Vancouver
to 6:20	registration
6:25	photo
6:30	Reference Point (RP) #0. Start/Finish – 3 metal posts at north entrance to soccer field	0
	This first fairly flat section is a mix of trail and sidewalk that gets you to Capilano Canyon via the direct route.
	- go right and up to Queens Avenue. Cross carefully and continue up Del Rio Street to the end. Take the gravel trail directly in front of you. At the first major trail, go left and uphill to the street (Forest Hills Road.)	0.6
	- go straight on Forest Hills Road 4 blocks to trail where street ends. Take trail about 10m then go right and down to pavement. Continue straight along street to first corner and turn right (Emerald Drive)	01.4
	- follow Emerald Drive uphill to little footbridge over creek. Cross street (Sunset) and continue on trail immediately opposite. Follow middle fork and contour Eldon Park on the trail. (Don’t go up stairs or down to park.)
	- at trail end, go right. Pass a big rock in the middle of the trail and go right Pass Cleveland school on your left. Cross Capilano Road at the lights and continue about 100m straight to trail head (TransCanada Trail) onto Ruby Avenue.	02.3
	This section in Capilano Canyon has a little something for everyone: Paved roads, gravel roads, wide trails and narrow, rooty, muddy ones. The sound of rushing water is your constant companion.
	- take rocky trail downhill to Capilano Park Road. Turn right and take gravel sidewalk on LHS facing traffic	03.1
	- at notice board opposite fish hatchery, turn left onto trial. After about 50m, gp right onto footbridge and cross river.	04.1
	- on far shore of river, go right. After about 200m, go left and take the wide gravel trail steeply uphill. When it flattens out, go right onto Giant Fir trail, then first left. Say “Hi” to 350 year old Grandpa Capilano behind the split rail fence. Watch for owls! Climb a steep set of stairs, then go right onto wide trail.
	- continue uphill about 50m then go left and go through bike gate onto Capilano Pacific Trail.	04.5
	- stay on Capilano Pacific Trail with the river over your left shoulder for about 4 km. Watch for roots and steep drop offs to the left. At the 2 rustic log benches, continue straight. You will cross several small bridges and eventually reach a wooden bike gate. Go left and slightly downhill onto a smooth, wide trail.	06.4
	- the trail will eventually turn to pavement (Keith Road) and go under the Upper Levels Highway. After about 700m (at intersection of Keith and 3rdleft. Avenue) continue on Capilano Pacific Trail to your	8.4
	- where trail hits the river, turn left. Follow the riverbank trail about 50m then take stairs up to bridge. Cross bridge on sidewalk (RHS). At far bank, cross road and take tiny trail at the edge of the bridge onto riverbank trail heading up river.
7:30	RP #1. Aid Station Adams. If you are in luck, there may be some friendly folks and your special needs drop bags here.	09.0
	This final section is net uphill on wide trails and a few street sections. Be sure to take care when crossing streets
	- just after the last house, go right uphill onto a small trail through a piney woods. At the clearing, stay on grassy trail. You will reach Capilano Road. Bowser Trail is opposite and about 10m to the right of where you stand. CROSS CAREFULLY!
	- you will now contour the bottom of the cliff on Bowser Trail for about 750m to Pemberton Street. Pass a playground and a few dead-end streets. At Pemberton (note C-Lovers Sea Food restaurant) go right one block then left on Marine Drive at the Shell station.	10.3
	- Take sidewalk 4 blocks to the Rogers Video at Hamilton Avenue then go left and up one street. Go right onto 16th Cross Fell Avenue and enter Mosquito Creek Park. Go left at the river then stay straight on the wide trail with Mosquito Creek over your right shoulder Street to where it ends.	11.5
	- Hopefully, you will meet up with the competitive runners along this section. Go under the Upper Levels Highway. At the junction with the paved trail, go straight and follow the Trans Canada Trail sign. When you reach the skateboard park, go right
	- cross the drive when it is safe to do so.
8:00	RP #0. Finish! The 3 posts at the soccer field.	13.2
	Freshen-up at the Harry Jerome Recreation Center at Lonsdale and 23rd Avenue. Pool. Hot tub. Sauna
to ?	Potluck party at 3515 Fairmont Road.

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Please print out the course description (scroll down for printer friendly version) and bring it in a plastic baggie to the start. If you get lost, bail out or need assistance you can call Ean at 604-904-6554. Here is a map (please note that map is from the Midsummer Night run. During the winter run we do not go north beyond Queens)

time	Capilano Night Run - Mardi Gras - Long Course Description	km
~6:00	meet at the soccer field behind Griffin Recreation Center – 851 West Queens Road, North Vancouver
to 6:20	registration
6:25	photo
6:30	Reference Point (RP) #0. Start/Finish – 3 metal posts at north entrance to soccer field	00.0
	This first section gets you to Capilano Canyon via the scenic route
	- cross the driveway, then follow fence on left around river. Suffer through the sneers as you cut through the skateboard park. On the far side of the skateboard park, go uphill and left on trail that cuts along side of ravine
	- where trail meets the street (Colwood Drive), go right to next intersection (Thorncliffe Drive) then left a few blocks to where street ends at Dudley Place Park. Go right onto Newmarket Drive then almost immediately left onto Crescentview Drive. About 50m after the bend in Crescentview, find entrance to Murdo Fraser Park on your left. (If you reach Highland Blvd, you’ve gone 25m too far!)	01.1
	- descend concrete stairway. At bottom of stairs, go right at first trail and over little bridge. Pass duck pond and cool log cabin. Stay right and up Mackay Creek. After crossing bridge, go straight then follow path right and uphill thru tennis courts.
	RP #1. There’s a fountain on your RHS near the last tennis court. Assume it doesn't work.	01.5
	- go right onto Elizabeth Way. Pass playground. Go right at first street (Paisley Road) up short hill and keep straight toward ‘no exit’ sign at intersection (St. Annes Drive.)
	- Street curves left and ends at trail. At clearing, cross Ridgewood Street carefully and head left for intersection with Capilano Road. Cross at the stoplight and go right and uphill on the sidewalk on the west side of Capilano Road.	02.3
	- pass Capilano Suspension Bridge. Cimb hill. Pass entrance to Capilano River Park. Climb hill. At stoplights at top of hill, go left onto Eldon Road toward the canyon	03.2
	- Take path marked with a Trans-Canada Trail sign on left at bend in street. You will drop down to a road crossing. Immediately opposite is a yellow gate. At gate, go left onto marked with a Trans-Canada Trail sign. (Chinook Trail.)
	This section through the Capilano Canyon is mostly on narrow, rooty trails.
6:45	- Begin a gnarly bit of steep climbs and descents in the deep woods with the river always to your left. Stay left on smaller trail at first 2 intersections. Follow Chinook/Trans-Canada Trail markings
	- after a nasty descent through rocks and roots, you will pass thru a bike gate and come to a large intersection (Pipeline Trail). Go straight (Coho Loop Trail).	04.5
	- with the river to your left, pass the Cable Pool lookout, a bridge and a picnic shelter then come to a paved traffic circle in front of the fish hatchery. Cross the paved road below the traffic island and rejoin trail immediately opposite. (Small bridge over creek that ends in concrete culvert.) Take the trail about 15m, then turn left and head uphill	05.1
	- this steep bit takes you out of the canyon to a fountain at Cleveland Dam. Hug an old Doug Fir as you gasp for breath. At the dirt road, continue straight (to parking lot) and up a long set of stairs. At the top of the stairs, turn left.
7:00	RP #2 – Cleveland Dam washrooms and water fountains. Assume the washrooms will be closed and no water in the fountain.	05.9
	- cross the dam and take the dirt road downhill to your left. You will now be descending the canyon with the river to your left. At the second intersection after about 100m, stay on the dirt road leading downhill and away from the dam. In about 200m, you will come to Trans Canada Trail / Giant Fir Trail to your left. Take steep stairs down.	06.8
	- Say "Hi" to the Grandpa Capilano. Go right and down a 10m of rooty singletrack, then right again onto a wide, very straight gravel trail. Veer left at first intersection and take trail entrance to your right marked Capilano Pacific Trail.
	- at the clearing with 2 rustic seats, stay left. Follow Capilano Pacific trail along canyon wall, over little bridges and over roots about 1500m until you cross a little bridge and drop onto a large gravel trail
	- go left and downhill. The trail will eventually turn to pavement (Keith Road) and go under the Upper Levels Highway. After about 700m (at intersection of Keith and 3rd Street) take the trail with a bike gate to your left.
	- where trail hits the Capilano River, turn left. Follow the riverbank trail about 100m then turn left immediately before bridge. Cross bridge on sidewalk (RHS). On far side of river, cross road and take tiny trail at the edge of the bridge onto riverbank trail heading up river.
	- Aid Station Adams. If you are lucky, there may be an aid station here.
	- just after the last house, turn right on a small gravel trail through a piney woods. At the clearing, stay left. You will reach Capilano Road. Bowser Trail is opposite where you stand, but please go left about 20m to the crosswalk and cross there. Cars are fast and they are not expecting you! CROSS CAREFULLY.
	This final section is net uphill. Expect to get your shoes muddy if they’re not already. Be sure to take care when crossing streets
7:30	- you will now take Bowser Trail for about 750m as it contours the bottom of the cliff to Pemberton Street. Pass a few dead-end streets and a playground.
	- the trail ends at Pemberton Street. There is a monster staircase to your left. Go up about 6 steps then step off the staircase and onto the steep rabbit trail through the blackberry bushes that leads up the side of the cliff.
	- when you reach the top, turn right onto the paved street (17th Avenue) and go to the end. Turn left on Mackay Street and go one block up the hill to the trail entrance at the white fence on your right opposite Keith Road. Take the trail downhill to the creek. When you get to the concrete bridge, turn left before your cross the creek! (This is called Liar's Corner, as it is a shortcut around the scenic route.)
	- you will now stay on the west side of Mackay Creek for about 750m until you reach a concrete bridge. You want to be on the trail closest to the creek with the creek on your right. Beware of mud, wobbly little bridges, poor trail marking, blowdown and lousy footing. (If you get to the Upper Levels Highway, you’ve gone too far!) Pray the batteries in your flashlight and cell are still good
	- cross the river at the concrete bridge. Take the path to your right as you climb out of the canyon. At the top, cross the soccer field diagonally and right to the corner of the school and 21st Avenue.
	- turn left on 21st and go to the end. Carefully cross Fell Avenue and regain the trail about 10m to your right then drop downhill to Mosquito Creek. Stay left at the confusing intersection at the bottom. There should be fences on either side of the trail.
	- you will now follow the left bank of Mosquito Creek to the finish. Hopefully, you will meet up with other runners along this section. Go under the Upper Levels Highway. At the junction with the paved trail, go straight and follow the Trans Canada Trail sign. When you reach the skateboard park, go right around the fence and focus on the finish line!
8:00	RP #0. Finish! The 3 posts at the soccer field.
	Freshen-up at the Harry Jerome Recreation Center at Lonsdale and 23rd Avenue. Pool. Hot tub. Sauna
to ?	Potluck party at 3515 Fairmont Road.

Crew

help with logistics
serve food/drinks to runners during the run
take photos
help organize the potluck
keep track of runner' s finish times
provide moral support and first aid

Pick your role from the list of suggested tasks or invent one.

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2010 - Year 8 - Capilano Canyon Mardigras Night Run

13 March 2010 - Starter Photo
22 Starters - 22 Finishers

Report:This year was a special "Olympic" version of the famous Capilano Canyon night run. What does that mean? In the end, it meant nothing more than the run was postponed a few weeks from its traditional Mardi Gras time slot to not conflict with the once-in-a-lifetime party that was the Vancouver 2010 winter Olympics games.

The change in timing was a significant contributor to the character of the 8th annual night run, however. Of note:

it was light when we started the night run so we could actually see ourselves in the starter photo!
the Dirty Duo trail run also changed dates, so many night runners had either run or volunteered earlier in the day
those who ran with Mardi Gras beads stood out a bit more than they normally would
given that clocks "spring forward" on Sunday morning, the post-event party seemed to go a bit later than usual

It was great to see many first time night runners and fat asses at the start. Their nervous tension was almost palapable. "Are the fat asses as hard-core as I heard they are?" "Will they drop me in some godforsaken
corner of the canyon?" "Will I stumble over a root in the dark, fall off a cliff and never be heard from again?" and, of course, "Are there any skunks out there?"

Many of the starters rubbed or kissed our porker mascot for good luck. Runners separated into long and short distance groups. The speaches were mercifully short. Off into the night…

Photo left: Aidstation Adams equipped with PowerBar Gel Chews, Carbbooms, Oreos and chips!

The monsoons of earlier in the day had stopped, but the canyon was still dense with moisture. In the beam of powerful headlamps, the mist and fog reflected the light creating a surreal running environment like running in a cloud where visibility was no more than a stride long. Somewhere below you could always hear the rushing Capilano River. Fellow runners could only be identified by firefly-like points of light on the trail and disembodied voices.

Island girls Katie and Lysanne opted to run in their dresses. Katie chose the occasion to do little solo bushwhack. I held my camera at the ready while running with Lysanne through the Mackay Creek Jungle section of the long course. Would she slip on one of the dicey little bridges along the canyons edge and slide into the quicksand? Could I capture the moment?

While the weather was perfect for a night run, it wasn't long before the chill set in at the finish line. Around 8:00 we decamped for the hot tub. Sorry, Bill. Sorry, Michael. 'Didn't realize you were still out there!

Leg 2 of the event included hot shower, a long soak in the hot tub and some thrills and spills on the water slide. (I hope to share a little video of this later in the week.) By 9:30, runners were ravenous and desperate for a
celebratory beverage.

Leg 3: The potluck party. The table sagged with treats including seafood gumbo, Pat's phyllo-wrapped asparagus and goat cheese, JoJo's deviled eggs, Liselotte's Danish Apple Pie, Baldy's Tim Horton donut pudding, a variety of brownies and pies, and a spectacular and totally decadent chocolate cake thanks to Isabel. A few lucky runners came away with hardware for their exploits thanks to TrailRunner magazine and Kintec. There was much trail talk and sharing of upcoming events and road trips. Kudos to Des and Jess for picking up trash while out on the trail. The evening concluded with a beautiful fireside slide show of Bill and Jess's trip to Ghana and their traditional African wedding.

Thank you for joining us. Hope to see you back closer to Mardi Gras next year!

Your Event Hosts
Sibylle and Jackson

Photos of the event can be uploaded to Flickr, added to the CFA Flickr group and tagged with CapilanoCanyonNightRunMardigras, CapilanoCanyonNightRunMardigras2010 CapilanoCanyonNightRun ClubFatAssEvent2010 and ClubFatAssEvents. They will automatically be added to this slideshow.

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Results:

First Name	Last Name	Points	Event	Time
Dario	Herrera	2	18km	01:29
Ran	Katzman	2	18km	01:30
kerry	ward	1	18km	01:30
Lysanne	Lavigne	2	18km	01:31
desmond	mott	3	18km	01:40
Glenn	Pace	2	18km	01:40
Katie	Longworth	2	18km	01:55
Bill	Dagg	2	18km	02:00
Ean	Jackson	2	13km	01:30
Baldwin	Lee	1	13km	01:30
Nathan	Livingston	1	13km	01:30
Doug	Keir	2	13km	01:31
Michael	Diack	1	13km	02:04
ronald	ness	2	13km	01:38
Patricia	Barry	2	13km	01:47
Sibylle	Tinsel	4**	13km	01:47
Heather	Urquhart	2	13km	01:48
Reagan	White	2	13km	01:48
Jess	Dagg	3*	13km	01:51
Kathryn	Webb	2	13km	01:51
Janice	Bennett	1	13km	01:53
Liza	Flemming	2	13km	01:53

Ron	Adams	1	crew
Bryce	Adams	1	crew
Kyla	Adams	1	crew
Ken	Legg		party ;-)

Kristie	Congram	-1		DNS
Sylvia	Lee	-1		DNS

* Bonus Point for garbage collection
** Event Host Point
*** membership status

2011 - Year 9 - Capilano Canyon Mardigras Night Run

19 February 2011 - Starter Photo
26 Starters - 26 Finishers

A clear, crisp evening greeted night runners as they assembled behind Griffin gym in North Vancouver for the 9th annual version of this winter classic run. Given the low-key nature of this event, participants often take a low key approach to preparing for it. As co-host of this event, I have observed over the years that my guests frequently overlook minor details. Things like start time, start location and the fact that a headlamp and running shoes are good things to bring along.

While nobody won the Mike Parks "Oh, I forgot it was a night run" Award for neglecting to bring something along to light-up the dark trails, Baldwin deserves an honorable mention for forgetting to check his headlamp batteries before arriving at the start this year. Maureen and Christine arrived plenty early, but were surprised to find no runners milling around the Cleveland Dam parking lot, while Wendy and at least one other person showed up at the start of the summer night run course.

In spite of the minor start line dramas and talk of various species of cougar being spotted in the neighborhood, most of us did manage to set off promptly at 6:30 pm. The pace of both short course and long course groups was initially brisk, especially for those who opted to wear shorts. Given they had run anywhere up to 3.5 hours already today, Kristin, Wendy and Ryne and I agreed to keep our pace on the long course to something that would get us back to the finish in around 1:45 hours. It didn't take us long to get warmed up as we made our way through the secret trails of the North Vancouver urban jungle. It was interesting to see the headlamps of runners on the short course lighting the forest as we dropped down onto an obscure section of single track along the wall of Capilano Canyon. Also of note was the metallic, almost melodic sound of the spillway on Cleveland Dam being opened as we ran in the neighborhood of Grandpa Capilano. Kristen described the sound as being almost like that of whales conversing.

Our group arrived at the finish seconds behind the last finishers of the short course and it was all high-5s. As we headed to the cars, we spotted a coyote heading back down the trail.

The tradition of the MardiGras version of the Capilano Canyon Night Run sees us head over to the local rec center where we warm up in the hot tub and sauna and frolic in the pool until we are thrown out. The rec center was closed for maintenance this year, so the potluck party started early. A blazing fireplace and the scent of great food welcomed us for the final leg of the event. Kelly and Ran were first to claim a seat in front of the fire. They were thawed-out and roasted to perfection within a half-hour.

Several new Club members and night runners were acknowledged and welcomed. Thanks to Kintec and TrailRunner Magazine, many night runners came away with hardware, but I had to dig deep for award categories as nobody apart from Conroy got lost (he always gets lost, so is DQ'd from winning) or injured. Navid and Kristie got a well-deserved round of applause for setting up a great aid station and Ron Adams, who offered his back yard, was also recognized. Carlos the Jackal, who ran from Victoria, traveled the farthest to get to the start line. He challenged us lower-mainlanders to come over to the Island and join him at either the Elk Beaver Ultras, the Full Monty, or both. Other members shared details about the runs they were hosting over the next few weeks. It impressed me how the Club has grown over the past few years and how so many members are sharing their love of running and their favorite routes with others.

A big, fat "Thank you!" to everyone who contributed to the potluck buffet and congratulations to everyone who joined us. 'Hope to see you back in August for the Midsummer Night Dream edition of this night run.

Your Event Co-Hosts
Sibylle and Jackson

Lost and Found. If you are missing a turqoise and gray checkered shawl, please arrange pick-up at the Yellow Beacon.

Feedback: We welcome and encourage your feedback and comments via the comment form below. Please also take a moment to fill in this brief post event survey.

Photos of the event can be uploaded to Flickr, added to the CFA Flickr group and tagged with CapilanoCanyonNightRunMardigras, CapilanoCanyonNightRunMardigras2011 CapilanoCanyonNightRun ClubFatAssEvent2011 and ClubFatAssEvents. They will automatically be added to the slideshow below:

Results:

First Name	Last Name	Event	Points	Time
Andrew	McNeil	18km	1	1:24
Ryan	Conroy	18km	1	1:26
Ran	Katzman	18km	2	1:27
Christine	Moric	18km	2	1:29
Lishe	O'Kiely	18km	2	1:42
Kristin	Ohm-Pedersen	18km	2 +1*	1:50
Ryan	Melcher	18km	1	1:50
Wendy	Montgomery	18km	2	1:50
Ean	Jackson	18km	2 + 1* + 2**	1:50
Sarah	Liljefors	18km	2	?

Maureen	Forrestal	13km	2	1:29
Baldwin	Lee	13km	1	1:30
Reagan	White	13km	2 + 1*	1:37
Carlos	Castillo	13km	2 + 1*	1:38
Kelly	Corday	13km	2	1:42
Doug	Keir	13km	2	1:42
John	Machray	13km	2	1:42
Andy	Moore	13km	2	1:42
Craig	Slagel	13km	1	1:42
Jan	Snow	13km	2	1:42
Kelly	Corday	13km	1	?
Patricia	Barry	13km	2	1:49
Claudia	Bullington	13km	2	1:49
Sibylle	Tinsel	13km	2 + 2**	1:49

Navid	Rahemtulla	Crew	2
Kristie		Crew	2
Ron	Adams	Crew	2

Dario	Herrera		2	dns
Nancy	Veres		-1	DNS

* Bonus Point for garbage collection
** Event Host Point
*** membership status

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2012 - Year 10 - Capilano Canyon Mardigras Night Run

Capilano Canyon Night Run Mardigras - 2012 Starter Photo

18 February 2012 - Starter Photo
11 Starters - 11 Finishers

The 10th anniversary MardiGras version of the Capilano Canyon night run proved to be a test for the hard core of the Club.

It had rained all night. On Saturday morning, it started to monsoon. Given the promise of liquid sunshine and near-freezing temperatures for the evening, my email InBox and voice mail was full with messages from folks who had second thoughts about toeing the line. "Sorry, my plant died and I need to give it a decent burial," "My toenail is broken and I think I'd better let it recover" and similar excuses. The rain had abated toward the end of the afternoon and it was looking like an ideal evening for a night run, but as I packed the car before setting off for the run start, the rain started to fall again. I confess I was thinking up a good reason to bail, and secretly hoped nobody would show up.

It was inky dark when I arrived near the start. The parking lot was full of soccer Moms and Dads and a game was going on under the floodlights. Some of the spectators were jumping up and down and cheering... probably to stay warm. The rest huddled under their umbrellas and looked as if they would rather be anywhere but where they were. Craig appeared running through the mist in his yellow Club colors. I got out of the car to greet him and was almost immediately drenched. Much to my surprise, other Fat Asses arrived. I tried to think positive. Mark reminded us that the website clearly states, "No whining", so we talked of other things.

Speeches were short, as everyone at the start was keen to get moving. Conroy announced he was going for the course record in the long course. Everyone else opted for the shorter route. I thought about the hot tub and remembered that in my haste to pack a towel bathing suit, I didn't put fresh batteries in my headlamp.

It didn't take long to get warmed up and into a comfortable pace and a good conversation. Most of the assembled multitude was relatively close in pace, so in front or behind, there were always lights bobbing around in the fog. Several participants were new to the night run, so we took the opportunity to shine our lights upward toward the rain and marvel at Grandpa Capilano (a massive Douglas Fir that was already big when Columbus set sail in 1492!) I shut my eyes. The cool rain actually felt nice on my face. The first Conroy sighting was just after we said "Goodbye" to Grandpa Capilano. He was definitely running fast... but was he running the right way?

As we approached the big bridge over the TransCanada Highway, Eric and I passed a parked car with foggy windows. I was tempted to shine my headlamp inside, but figured I'd cause 2 coronaries. Imagine having your tender moment interrupted by some soaking wet guys wearing headlamps, one of whom appeared to be running barefoot?

Second Conroy sighting was near the fountain at Capilano Road and Ridgewood. 'Still running fast. Definitely not the right way!

Back at the finish line, there was no messing-around on the part of the runners. After signing out, we made a bee-line for the Harry Jerome rec
center where the hot tub was steaming. As always with this event, the vibe of "teen night" at the pool was interrupted by the presence of a bunch of giddy adult runners. Reagan used his skills of persuasion to get the pool staff to spark-up the slippery slide. Apparently, the scream I let out inside the slide was heard across the street at the gala for the Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival.

By 10:00, everyone was ravenous, so we headed back to my place for a potluck extravaganza that included Mardi Gras cake, Chinese steam buns, BBQ chicken, Sibylle's award-winning chili and fresh-baked buns, Mark's homemade chocolate granola bars and many other delicacies. While the great debate about conspiracies raged in the kitchen, a potential new Club event that involves running,
knitting and drinking wine was being discussed in the living room. John generously brought a bottle of mescal for desert and poured 3-finger shots in large water glasses for all who dared to join him. Thankfully, the gusanito remained safe in the bottom of the bottle. Until next year?

A big "Congrats!" to everyone who braved the elements and "Thank you" to all who contributed to the pot luck. Sibylle and I look forward to seeing you at the start line of the Midsummer Night Dream edition of the night run in August.

Your Event Co-Hosts
Sibylle and Jackson

Lost and Found. If you are missing black track pants, please arrange pick-up at the Yellow Beacon. Killaine, we've got your mardigras cake plate stored safely until knitting night ;-)

Feedback: We welcome and encourage your feedback and comments via the comment form below. Please also take a moment to fill in this brief post event survey.

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Results:

First Name

Last Name

City

Event

Points

Time

Bill

Maurer

North Vancouver

13km