Registration - Mary Leliveld's Happy Trail Run

Thank you for registering online and in advance.

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 required in case I need to contact you... or your next of kin! Also, to make sure I spell your name right in the results. 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.

Chris Mager
Your Club Fat Ass Event Host

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Agenda

27 July 2008 - 15:00h
12:00	Check the weather. Print off this agenda so you can be sure to find the start.
14:30	Arrive at start at 4465 Underwood Avenue in North Vancouver, BC. Find a parking spot. Check-in.
14:45	Welcome and final briefing
14:55	Photo
15:00	Start
19:00	Finish
19:05	Pot luck dinner and party starts - non - runners are welcome to join in!
?	Doug will eventually throw us out or the beer will run out

How to get to the start?

• From Trans-Canada Highway (Highway #1) in North Vancouver, take the Lynn Valley Exit heading north (towards the mountains) approximately 3 kilometers.
• At intersection with Dempsey Road, go left. After approx 200m turn right on Underwood Avenue.
• start/finish is at 4465 Underwood Avenue
• click here for a map of this location.
• call Chris on his cell (cell#: 604-785-1278) if you should get lost.

Route

This is a group hike to Lynn Peak and Mary's memorial plaque high above Vancouverr. We are hoping that everybody stays together so there is no need for detailed route descriptions.

What to Bring?

• Come dressed for the weather.
• A change of clothes is a good idea. Doug might throw you out of his house if you stink.
• Please bring whatever you want to drink and a creative potluck dish to share

Post-Event

• Doug Keir has kindly offered his place for the potluck party.
• Come and celebrate Mary's life together with good friends, old and new.
• Be prepared to chip in to the Tri BC bursary fund in Mary's name if you are an annual Club Fat Ass member. If you are just joining for the day, CFA and Chris will donate your Single-Day-Membership fee to the bursary in Mary's name (minus a small transaction fee collected by Paypal for online registrations)

Course

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This is a group run and you may not need to course description. If you are unfamiliar with the course and/or a very slow runner/walker you may want to print out these descriptions to avoid getting lost (scroll down for printable version)

Mary Leliveld's Happy Trail Hike - Course Directions

• 15:00 - Start at 4465 Underwood, North Vancouver
• Head right on Underwood to Dempsey. Turn left on Dempsey. Turn left at stop sign.
• Turn left down first gravel road (do not take Baden Powell Trail to right).
• Upon reaching a bridge stay left and do not cross bridge. Follow gravel road until you hit Varley Trail on your right.
• Follow Varley Trail until you come to Lynn Headwaters Park.
• Continue right through parking lot and cross bridge.
• after bridge take the road to your right.
• After 100m look for the Lynn Loop Trail on your left and follow it for about 200m to the turn off for the peak trail. Follow this trail until you reach the Lynn Peak look out.
• Retrace your steps on the return trip
• Turn left on Lynn Loop Trail. At intersection with wider gravel path turn right.  After about 100m look for the bridge to your left and cross Lynn River. 
• Continue through the Lynn Headwaters parking lot and take Varley Trail on your left immediately after exiting the parking lot.
• Follow Varley Trail back to Lynn Valley Road.
• Cross Lynn Valley Road and hike 1 block west on Dempsey. Turn right onto Underwood.
• Hike back to 4465 Underwood. Total km's = approx 14

 

Results

Background

This run is dedicated to Mary Leliveld.

Mary, a member of Canada's National Triathlon team, the Capilano Eagles Running Club, Runners World running club, Club Fat Ass and a hasher, died of melanoma in 2004 at the age of only 40 years.

Mary Leliveld will be remembered as a talented athlete, bubbly friend and loving partner. You could always count on Mary to be the last one to leave a party. Her energy and zest for life seemed boundless to all who knew her.

Amateur sports were one of Mary's passions. Mary would want us to remember her by celebrating life. To that end, her friends are hosting this run on Mary's favorite trails. It's a fun, social run rather than a competition. It's all about catching up with old friends and meeting some new ones. Of course, it's also about the party!

In keeping with the principles of Club Fat Ass, this event is free to Club members and anyone is welcome to join the Club for either the day or the year. It's also intended to be a fundraiser to support a bursary fund that has been set up in Mary's name with TriBC. This fund will serve to help deserving athletes get to the start line.

How can a free running event for Club members also be a fundraiser? Here's how:

• the $15 Day-of-Event membership in Club Fat Ass is normally split between the Event Host, the Club and Events Online, our credit card processing company. All have generously offered to chip in their share of the fees, so the entire $15 will go to Mary's fund
• annual members of the Club will be given the opportunity to contribute to the fund. Suggested donation is $15

Detailed questions and clarifications specific to this event are provided in the Mary Leliveld's Happy Trail Run FAQ.

 

Thanks!

If you'd like to support Mary Leliveld's Happy Trail Run 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.

Thanks to all those who have, and will help out with the hosting of this event:

Chris Mager

Thanks for organizing and getting all of Mary's friends together. Chris donated the event host portion of your day-of-event membership fees to Mary's Fund.

Doug Keir

Mary's long time partner whose support has allowed us to have this run and celebrate Mary's adventuresome life.

All participants

Participants raised a total of $2413 at the 2005 and 2006 Mary Leliveld's Happy Trails Run towards the Tri BC Fund in Mary's name.

Many thanks also 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.

Club Fat Ass: Club Fat Ass helps the run with web hosting, online registration and coaches us on how to host a safe, fun, environmentally-friendly event. All proceeds from your Day-of-Event registration (online credit card and cash) will go towards Mary's bursary fund.

FAQ

Q:	I've never done a trail run before. Is this a good place to start?
A:	It's a perfect place to start! The trail is beautiful and tame and it's a group run, so you won't get lost or dropped.
Q:	I am a crazy Ultra Runner and 10km is just not far enough for me?
A:	No problem, come out early, say 5pm and log some extra miles before the run starts.
Q:	How long should the run take?
A:	It is a group run so it is hard to say exactly depending upon the pace, but likely between 50 minutes and 70 minutes.
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