Results - Capilano Midsummer Night Run

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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

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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 Summer 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 Summer Night Run

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 Summer Night Run

2005 Starters - More photos in the photo gallery

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

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2004 - Year 3 - Capilano Summer Night Run

	Name	Event	Home town	Finish Time
1	Shannon Wilkinson	group	North Vancouver	1:38