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Seymour Super Fun Run - 2009 - Year 8

Starter Photo - 28 November 2009
 

Report: It was a heinous morning when a sturdy group of die hard trail runners assembled at the Bean Around The World Cafe in Parkgate Village.  Nobody really wanted to brave the cold, driving rain, but off we went.  The field featured a handful of virgin Fat Asses, including 4 participants from south of the border.   Huffing and puffing up Old Buck we quickly fell in a few pace groups.  The rains didn't stop during the long, steep ascent to the Vancouver Lookout, nor on the technical downhill on Neds Atomic Dustbin and Bottle Cap.  Seymour River was roaring as the runners made their way up Fishermen's Trail, eventuallly looping back across the river across the Pipeline Bridge and on to Bridle Path.  Everybody was happy to have a warm place at Bean Around the World for a coffee and sweet baked goods.

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Results

First Name Last Name City Event Points Time
Ran Katzman Vancouver 27km 2 2:45
Wayne Guest Vancouver 27km 2 2:52
Michael Wardas North Vancouver 27km 4 3:12
Jason Eads Kirkwood 27km 3 3:31
Ean Jackson North Vancouver 27km 3 3:31
desmond mott north vancouver 27km 3 3:31
Valerie Henderson North Vancouver 27km 3 3:48
Craig  Moore North Vancouver 27km 3 3:48
Sarah anderson Seattle 27km 2 4:21
Noal Cattone Seattle 27km 2 4:21
Brian Landau Seattle 27km 1 4:21
ronald ness north vancouver 27km 2 4:21
John  Machray North Vancouver 27km 1 4:21
Reagan White Vancouver 27km 2 4:40
Sibylle Tinsel North Vancouver custom 3 3:00

 

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2009 Seymour Super Fun Run Report - Midwest U.S. Style!

My wife, Lauren, works on the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday – every year. It’s a bit of a bummer, but that’s the way it goes. This year, like usual, I was faced with deciding what to do with my 4-day weekend. It’s typically a choice of: (A) driving from my home in St. Louis, MO to visit my mother in Arkansas, or (B) staying in the St. Louis area to spend the holiday with my Dad & his side of the family.

This year I created option (C) – fly to Vancouver to spend some time with friends and participate in the Club Fat Ass Seymour Super Fun Run! “Super Fun” is not a misnomer, although it’s a little less that fully descript in terms of this year’s event. It was rainy & very wet. This is exactly what I expected so I wasn’t surprised or disappointed in the least bit!

A whole host of characters (and believe me, CFA events are always FULL of characters) showed up for the run. 2009 featured a relatively large contingent of U.S. participants. In fact, 4 of the 15 runners were from the States: Me, from Kirkwood, MO and 3 others from Seattle, WA. Canadians and States folks alike, We all met at Bean Around the World Coffee near the base of Seymour Mountain in North Vancouver to start the run at about 8:30am.  

Event host, Mike Wardas, explained the course and the format: 27k beginning with a long climb up “Old Buck” trail. As we jogged off from Bean Around the World Coffee runners were immediately met by this “hill”. According to my GPS watch we started at 323ft of elevation. In the subsequent 3 miles of SSFR we gained over 1,600ft! It was a well-groomed trail and run-able for the front-runners. I ran most of it, but there were some sections where I was just too out of breath to run, so I shuffled up the steepest parts.  

Since this is a loop course there would inevitably be a downhill to offset the climb up Old Buck. SSFR chooses “Ned’s Atomic Dust Bin” as the route back down. Ned’s is a supremely crazy & highly technical downhill mountain bike course. It was practically a river due to the rain that “blessed us” all morning during SSFR this year. To say that I “ran” down Ned’s would be misleading. I think it’s more accurate to say I was in a controlled fall! Fortunately for me, fellow runners Wayne Guest & Desmond Mott were ahead of me on the way down to show me how it’s done. To my own surprise I didn’t fall once on Ned’s or any other portion of SSFR yesterday.  

After Ned’s the course leveled out a bit, but that’s only by North Shore/North Vancouver standards. By Missouri standards this course was a monster all the way! The “rolling hills” coming in were between 100ft & 850ft in elevation – AMAZING. Sections of the last half of SSFR share portions of the famed Knee Knackering North Shore Trail Run (the Knee Knacker, as it’s best known) on the Baden-Powell trail. It’s beautiful.  

For the last 30% of the race I ran along with Ean “Action” Jackson & Desmond Mott. It was a good thing I did because these fellas know the trail! There is such an abundance of trails on Seymour mountain that there’s no way I would have found my way, even with the handy instructions so kindly provided to me by Sibylle Tinsel (thank you Sibylle!).  

After 3 ½ hours (happily) soaking in the rain, mud & general slop we had made our way back to Bean Around the World. I did feel as though I had been around the world by that point. Some impressive times were thrown down by some of the local participants, most notably Ran Katzman’s 2hr 45min dash around the course, and Wayne Guest’s highly respectable 2hr 52min effort. Well done to them, and to all of the participants. In fact, my new friend Reagan White complete his first run of this distance. Wow, Reagan, tough run to pick for your first run over 25k – good job!  

I think all had good fun and I enjoyed catching up with CFA’er Craig Moore & others at the finisher celebration over a cup of joe.  

Thanks Mike & CFA for hosting the event!   Great to see you all out there, and I hope to be back soon for another run through the woods with you.  

Cheers everyone,

Jason Eads

Ode to Seymour Super Fun Run 2009

15 of us set out from the coffee shop to run, walk, jog, slosh, slide and teeter, until we petered,

out and about the misty Seymour mountains.

2 of us turtlepacers stuck together,

We bounced down Ned’s and over the Bottle Top

2 became 1 when a calf cried stop!

3 times alone I thought I might quit,

My legs and lungs felt like s***

1 PB&J, 2 Clif bars, and 85oz of Gatorade kept me grooving,

1 foot in front of the other kept me moving

Then 2 dudes on bikes told me, “We just saw a running pack, up on Bridle.”

With a new surge of energy, I would not idle. 

Up the trail, only 5K to go!

2 gals on bikes now = instant go go go!

… and to boot, they knew the way to Horse Loop!

Old Buck we’re here!  Thank you mountain biking hotties,

So stoked, I shed a tear - I kid you nottie.

280 minutes after we all set out,

I crossed the goal and let out a shout!

27K on a day like today was something else,

and when my 2 eyes saw the other Club Fat Asses

I let out another shout! 

Cool people and good times means…

…we’ll do this again.

How convenient - only 15 days until Pure Satisfaction begins!

 

I should be able to feel my legs again by then…

 

Photo bonus:  a Texas-sized puddle I dodged today

Seymour Super Fun Run - 2010 - Year 9

Starter Photo - 27 November 2010  - 46 Starters
 

Report: Mike will post his report soon.  In the meantime here are the highlights of today:

The day started unexpectedly dry and the 60% chance of rain did not materialize.  Nevertheless, the trails were challenging and in parts very slippery.  Were there was no slush, there was cold mud and puddles.  Perfect conditions for a trail run. We had a record field of close to 50 starters, many of them Club Fat Ass virgins.  Most did take the challenge and completed the 27km course, which by the way is part of the original Dirty Duo course from way back when Mike was the race director.  A small group finished the short course and clocked in 14km, with the remaining crowd doing various custom distances.  
Dario provided some excitement, first by bonking, then being AWOL, then, as I was just debating to initiate a search, found weaving across the parking lot at Parkgate.  Not quite coherent and very cold, he happily slurped down the hot, sugared tea, a cookie and a bowl of chili we forced upon him.  He did resist us ripping off his wet clothes (and putting dry stuff on him) and really didn't like Ran's hat....but it had to be done...sorry Dario.

A few folks walked away with prizes, thanks to Kintec, Trailrunner Magazine and Sugoi.  

Thank you to all who came out today!  It turned out to be a fantastic day to run around in the woods.   The turn out was absolutely amazing!  I can't wait to rip up Craig's Pure Satisfaction in two weeks. 

Thanks again and we'll see you next year!

Cheers, Mike

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Results 

 

First Name Last Name Distance Time Point
Ran Katzman 27km 2:37  2
Mike Palichuk 27km 2:37  2
Ryan Conroy 27km 2:44  1
Adrian Powell 27km 2:45  2
James Clarke 27km 2:53  2
Carolyn Goluza 27km 2:58  2
Pat Malavi 27km 2:58  1
Susan Reynolds 27km 2:58  2
David Parker 27km 2:28  2
Will Schuurman 27km 2:59  1
John Neels 27km 3:10  2
Ross Fleming 27km 3:14  1
desmond mott 27km 3:14 3
Sukhi Pawa 27km 3:14  2
James  Wanless 27km 3:20  2
Paul Martin 27km 3:28  2
Heather Urquhart 27km 3:28  2
Ean Jackson 27km 3:40  2 + 1
Bill Maurer 27km 3:40 3
Julie Flynn 27km 3:42  2
         
Andrea Balakova 27km 3:45  2
Eric Rannaud 27km 3:45  2
Ward Beemer 27km 3:47  1
Jessica Glowacki 27km 3:47  3
Helen Tilley 27km 3:47  2
deavah yerxa 27km 3:47  1
Craig Moore 27km 3:49 3
linda wong 27km 3:50  2
Liza Flemming 27km 3:51 3
Herb Yang 27km 4:59  2
Laurie  Brookbank 27km 4:59  2
Lori Clerkson 27km 4:59  2
Carie Moran 27km 5:03  2
Rachel Fouladi 27km 5:03 3
Lindy Yeates 27km ?  1
         
Bill Dagg 12km 1:44 3
Tanya Jones 12km 2:45  2
Steve Deller 12km 3:30  1
Pamela Keck 12km 2:45  2
         
Jess Dagg custom 1:36 3
Sibylle Tinsel custom 1:40  3
Ray Levasseur custom 1:56  2
Benji Chu custom 2:00  1
Tracy Wakaluk custom 2:03  1
Reagan White custom 3:44 3
Dario Herrera custom 4:00  2
         
Norma Bastidas DNS    -1
Glenn Cameron DNS    -1
Ruby Ferguson (Willis) DNS    -1
Hassan Lotfi-Pour DNS    -1
Gabriela  Stoian  DNS    -1
Allison Tai DNS    -1
Barry Young DNS    -1
Edward Sargisson DNS   -1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Seymour Super Fun Run - 2011 - Year 10

Starter Photo - 26 November 2011 -  24 Starters
 

Report:  What a day we had! This was a record for me in two ways: 1) we had 3 new members sign-up on the spot! 2) I ran a personal best at this years run (which was totally unexpected).

We had 24 starters and 24 finishers this year.  Not bad considering the forcast for Saturday was calling for 50mm of RAIN!  Well needless to say the weather didn't disappoint.  We started out in sprinkling rain about 5 deg C which abated for a good part of an hour.  Snow greeted us as we topped out at the high point at the Vancouver Picnic area.  

I could go on how Ran and Mike P led the charge up Old Buck making the steep incline look non-existent or the fact that my buddy Mike F doing his first FA was giving me a fun run for my money!

Congrats to the two gals who came out and did they're very first FA event, and have NEVER ran on the North shore Trails!  They navigated flawlessly through the maze of trails with only their instructions in hand (very cold hands I might add!).

I was lucky enough to end my run as the second 'deluge' started.  My friends at the back weren't so lucky as they had to endure quite a bit of extra wetness! 

We handed out a running hat, Montrail water bottle, and ladies T shirt all from Kintec.  We also gave out 4 trail runner subscriptions!  Wahoo!

Thank you so much to all of you who came out and braved the weather to enjoy our north Shore trails!

The 10th annual Seymour Super Fun Run was a complete success!

Cheers, your host

Mike Wardas

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Results: 

First Name Last Name Age Event Time Comments
Mike Palichuk 40-49 27km 2:31:00  
Mike Wardas   27km 2:32:00  
Ran Katzman 40-49 27km 2:33:00  
Michael Forbes 30-39 27km 2:38:00  
desmond mott 50-59 27km 2:04:00 Custom + trash
Bill Maurer 50-59 27km 3:38:00 Garbage
Karl Jensen 60-69 27km 3:48:00  
Eric Rannard   27km 3:50:00  
Craig Moore 50-59 27km 4:25:00  
Neil Ambrose 40-49 27km 4:25:00  
Carolyn King 40-49 27km 4:25:00  
Alicia Woodside   27km 3:12:00  
Tarn Berry   27km 3:12:00  
Jessica Glowacki 30-39 27km 3:12:00  
Pamela Keck 30-39 27km 3:12:00  
Paul Martin 30-39 27km 3:12:00  
Helen Tilley 40-49 27km 3:12:00  
Todd Kennedy 30-39 27km 3:12:00  
Monika Kriedemann 40-49 27km 3:34:00  
           
Liza Flemming 30-39 custom 3:00:00  
           
Carlie Smith 30-39 short 2:04:00 Custom + trash
Rob Kay 50-59 short 2:15:00  
Jose Houle   short 2:15:00  
Jay Jardine 30-39 short 2:30:00  
           
Rachel Fouladi 40-49 27km No show  
Dave Berg 40-49 27km No show  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Seymour Super Fun Run - 2008 - Year 7

Congratulations to all that came out for a wonderful day of camaraderie and running! 

36 starters today plyed the treacherous trails of the North shore, some on route some not!  The 'official' route is ~27km with 3,200 ft (975m) of elevation gained and lost.  The weather was wet most of the time with temperatures around 5-7 deg C and puddles-o-plenty on the trail.  We encountered 2 hiking entourages with 20+ members that made zigging and zagging through moving obstacles all the more challenging!

 

I ran with Jeremy who ran extremely well which enabled us to challenge each other duelling it out down Ned's!  Of course Nevee the wonder dog accompanied me the whole way having a blast!  Chris and Ran ended up ahead of me when I hit Bridle path and was surpised to see them in front of me.  I accused them of going the wrong way and they looked at me puzzled.  After the run we compared notes and it was me who went wrong!  I went up Mystery creek and should have gone up the Hyannis connector access trail!  There were many stories like that.  We run so many events in those woods that we get them all confused! 

The Bean Around the world venue worked out well as we seemed to have enough room for everyone as people filtered in and out.  We had two draws for prizes to enable as many FA members as possible to get a prize regardless of when they came in.  If you missed the draws we gave away - 6 pairs of Newbalance socks, 2 Newbalance touques from our sponsors at Kintec Footlabs, Kinesys products and two subscriptions to Trail Runner magazine.

Thank you to our sponsors who supplied the prizes.  Thanks to everyone for making this event so fantastic every year.  I'd like to say a special thank you to Daniel Probst who drove up from Bellingham to bring me my 'pulk' and run with us today.

After this run I had a chance to chat with Gail and George Foreshaw about putting on a 100 miler in the Manning Park area the second weekend in September.  This is how it all happens folks, the maps come out, the distances start to be calculated, aid station locations, add a few demented former race directors and find a few runners who want the challenge and Voila! you have a new event!  Keep looking on this website for details as it will run as a FA event first.

Cheers,

Mike


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Note: Teri Bridgen, a new CFA member, had an unforeseen conflict arise which left her unable to attend the actual run on Saturday.  She ventured out earlier this morning and here is what she had to say: "Well, it rained and it poured, but the route was fantastic.  A little slick and full of large puddles but a great route that offers something for everyone.  No snow, even at the parking lot and top of Ned's but some very cold, slightly frozen rain.  Thanks for planning the run.  I wish I could have done it with the group. Sibylle, my time was 3:24.  Not a fast day but an enjoyable one.  Good luck tomorrow and try to stay warm, it was a chilly morning.  Teri".  I received her note Friday evening before the start of the MM Run ... first results up on the website...gotta be a record ;-)

Results (please let us know missing times/names or corrections)

First Name Last Name City Event Points Time
mike wardas N. Vancouver 27km 3** 2:38
Ran Katzman Vancouver 27km 2 2:40
Chris Benn Vancouver 27km 1 2:40
Jeremy Hill North Vancouver 27km 2 2:42
Bill Dagg Vancouver 27km 2 2:43
Colin Freeland North Vancouver 27km 2 2:43
Pano Skrivanos North Vancouver 27km 1 2:43
Rob  MacDonald Burnaby 27km 2 2:45
David Crerar North Vancouver 27km 1 2:48
Chad Hyson Vancouver 27km 2 3:05
Daniel Probst Bellingham  27km 1 3:05
Dave Berg Burnaby 27km 2 3:06
Jackie Muir Vancouver 27km 1 3:06
christine  rybak north vancouver 27km 1 3:06
Stephen Blyth North Vancouver 27km 1 3:08
Kirsten Ramage Vancouver 27km 1 3:08
Garry Rathbone North Vancouver 27km 2 3:08
Jess  Bassil Vancouver 27km 2 3:16
Krys pick maple ridge  27km 2 3:16
Ray Levasseur Vancouver 27km 1 3:20
Teri Brigden North Vancouver 27km * ran Friday 2 3:24
Baldwin Lee Burnaby 27km 2 3:29
Gail Foreshaw Poco 27km 2 3:50
George Foreshaw Poco 27km 1 3:50
Karl Jensen North Vancouver 27km 2 3:50
philip waters vancouver 27km 2 3:50
Laddie Hannam North Vancouver 27km 2 4:02
john  machray n vancouver  27km 1 4:10
Jennifer McGrath Surrey 27km 2 4:34
Arthur Gee Vancouver 27km 3* 4:38
Sibylle Tinsel North Vancouver 27km 2 4:38
           
Gord Thompson Coquitlam Custom 2 2:33
Lorraine Suomi North Vancouver custom 1 2:49
Rea Blyth North Vancouver custom 1 3:08
Monty Watts North Vancouver custom 2 3:20
Craig Moore North Vancouver custom - 10km 2  1:30

*  Garbage Collection point
** Event Host point

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Seymour Super Fun Run - 2007 - Year 6

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I think we had 19 people meet out front of Bean Around the World coffee shop just before we started the run. We have a photo to be posted soon in which we can count everyone! I kept saying to Melissa as we drove to the start that it was a 'grey day' but she thought I was saying it was a GREAT day with a quizical look on her face. As it turned out it was in fact a Great day and a Grey day!

The usual suspects toed the line and suffice it to say I only saw most of them at the start and at the finish! I have a quick story to tell about our friend Karl who only a short time ago was off for 5 months with a serious back injury. We has always been a great ultra runner but now he seems to have a very 'lively' spark in him. As if Karl wasn't positive enough about life already he's back and running at full force. I'm afraid he will not only be finishing the long 100 milers but I predict he will be finishing them very competitively. Keep up the good work Karl!

Nevee the wonderdog was back running her 2nd M&M in her life and had a fantastic time out there. She truly loves playing with all the people on the trail and is at this moment lying spread out on the floor exhausted from the run Saturday and subsequent hike today!

The rain held off and there were rays of sunshine at times on the course. The temps were in the 3-4 C range and quite enjoyable for running. Personally I was happy to be out running and enjoying the commraderie that these FA runs embody. Even though i haven't run with our friends for a while seeing them seemed like we haven't missed a beat.

Thanks for all who came out to do the Mike and Melissa's fun run. We really appreciate you coming year after year. Thanks to Sibylle and Trail runner for the 2 free yearly subscriptions that we have away as draw prizes. They were very well received!

Till neext year take care and we'll see you at the next Fat Ass event.

Michael Wardas and Melissa Pace

Group picture!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/21683470@N06/2096288215/

 

Results
Colin tracked the route on his GPS checkout the link: http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/invitation/dashboard.mb?episodePk.pkValue=4499158#

Sadly Colin recorded 24km where I was sure it was closer to 27km. I measured the whole route with my mountain bike 2 weeks before and got 27. So if there is anyone out there that can make a case for either one I'd love to hear it! If there are any errors with the times posted please let me know and I'll correct them.

First Name Last Name Event Time Points
Bill Dagg 27km 2:36 2
Tim Wiens 27km 2:36 2
Ran Katzman 27km 2:41 2
Carolyn Goluza 27km 2:41 1
David Crerar 27km 2:41 2
Ean Jackson 27km 2:47 1
Colin Freeland 27km 2:48 2
Glenn Pace 27km 2:48 1
desmond mott 27km 2:53 3
Ann Taylor 27km 3:11 2
Michael Wardas 27km 3:19 3
Penny Jacobsen 27km 3:19 3
Karl Jensen 27km 3:19 2
Rob Ruff 27km 3:20 2
laddie hannam 27km 3:32 1
Kim Taylor 27km 3:37 2
John Machray 27km 3:37 2
Amy MacArthur 27km ? 1
Baldwin Lee 27km 3:50 1
Lorraine Suomi custom 2:00 2
Melissa Pace custom 2:00  
Berglind Hafsteinsdottir custom 2:08 2
Sarah Goring custom 2:08 1
Craig Moore custom 2:45 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Seymour Super Fun Run - 2006 - Year 5

Well we were blessed with a break in the weather with temperatures around the freezing mark and partly cloudy skies. 
 
Mike and Melissa's Fun Run 2006 - Nevee in SnowThe snow on the ground was to vary from a few inches at the start to 6-12 inches in the higher elevations depending on whether you were 'on' or 'off trail'.  Here's a picture of Nevee the wonder dog strutting her stuff in the new snow that fell days before.
 
We had 17 Fat Asses toe the line with a number of members doing 'custom routes' either by choice or by circumstance.  We had one individual end up running down Mt. Seymour and get picked up by a Knee Knacker committee member and got a ride to our house!
 
One of the things that we love about these runs is that they are not competative and always bring everyone closer together.  Well maybe the fornt runners were competetive but the rest of us had a great time.  The conditions warranted some 'alternative foot gear' to accomodate the snowy conditions. Check out photos here!
 
Off to the Aid Station a short climb later.  We were greeted by Berglind (who was injured but wanted to help anyway) and her good friend Deborah.  These little angles supplied us with hot chocolate, water, York peppermint patties, Santa Jube-jubes, Christmas coloured M & M's and chips.  What a menu!
 
The post run is always the highlight of the Melissa and Mike's Fun Run!  Melissa ran a short distance with us so she could be home to prepare the fertada and other goodies that were to be consumed by our running friends.  this year's run added about 40 minutes on average to the finishing times.  Tim wore a GPS and officially pegged the distance at 30km!  Well so much for a 26km trail run!  30 sounds so much better anyway.
 
Thanks to all the runners who came, and the volunteers that perservered the cold.  We also like to thank North Shore Athletics, Kinesys and TrailRunner for the prizes and Sibylle for obtaining the Body Worlds passes.
 
Until next year thanks a lot and see you out on the trails...
Melissa and Michael - M & M Fun Run 2006

Thanks to Tim Wiens who measured the course with his GPS.  He writes:

"Hi Mike & Sibylle.  I have attached a map and elevation chart of today’s run in case you are interested.  The GPS distance was 29km.  From the map it looked like the GPS lost lock for about 15 minutes, a half hour from the finish.  So It’s possible that the distance was around 30km. 

In case you didn’t get the times, Bill, Chris, Ran and I finished together at 3:25.  Des finished at 3:34. 

Thanks for a great event!

Tim

First Name Last Name 1/2 way time final time Course Points
Berglind Hafsteinsdottir Volunteer!   2
Desmond Mott 1:45 3:25 30km 2
Bill Dagg 1:45 3:25 30km 2
Tim Wiens 1:45 3:25 30km 2
Ran Katzman 1:45 3:25 30km 2
Chris Benn 1:45 3:25 30km 1
Doug Keir 1:50 3:41 30km 1
Michael Wardas 1:50 3:41 30km 3
Stephen Keeley 1:50 3:48 30km 1
Jim Mandelli 1:50 3:48 30km 1
Karl Jensen 2:22 4:31 30km 3*
Gilles Barbeau 2:22 4:40 30km 2
John Machray 2:22 4:40 30km 1
Lorraine Suomi - 1:55 Custom! 2
craig moore ? 3:25 Custom! 1
Patricia Jensen 1:50 3:27 Custom! 1
Baldwin Lee 3:15 4:50 Custom! 2




 

Seymour Super Fun Run - 2005 - Year 4


The third annual Mike and Melissa's Fun Run was a complete success! A fun, hilly, rocky run through the trails of lower and upper Seymour Mountain.
Jim and I drove up Mount Seymour to drop off the van to act as our un-manned aid station. We were welcomed with a glorious clear, crisp day of about 2C with a little ice on the road and crunchy trails underfoot, promising to be a spectacular day for a run!
Melissa and I welcomed 21 runners into our home (one soon to be Fat Ass) to get signed up, organized for the run, drop off food for the pot luck and most importantly use the facilities! It's great having a run like this it really connects us to our friends that we haven't seen for a while and gives us a great opportunity to visit. What sport can you participate in that you can actually catch up on someone's life while participating?! Not many I'm sure.
The race briefing was 'brief' as everyone brings their own set of printed instructions and course map only if they think they need it. The only real item of note was that we now had a 'manned' aid station as our good friend Peter 'Popular' would make his way up Seymour to hand out hot chocolate, water, pretzels, Santa jube-jubes, brownies, bananas, oranges and baklava to runners who wanted to partake in the goodies! Some runners arrived before Peter was set-up and were content to keep hammering as they didn't want to linger even though Pete would be ready shortly. I think Patrica, Bill and Glenn were there in about 1:20-1:30.
Pete also took a picture of our motley threesome of Jim, myself and Rob as we did a modified route. Heads up for next year: we will probably run the trail that starts where the van was and traverses parallel and downhill to Mt Seymour road. You take a right down perimeter trail to Mt. Seymour road, cross the road head up the road a bit and take a left down Upper Old Buck.
I have to say that personally that was probably one of the best runs in terms of connecting with my friends that I have had in a while. I admit however that I'm not in the best of shape and that running that far (or long) was a challenge for me. Lots of work to do before the big runs this summer! Some people didn't show the strain and came in really fast with times of 2:42 for Patricia and Bill, 2:47 for Glenn (with some question as to a 'short cut' ) and 2:59 for Desmond. To give credit for the ladies that had the most fun and stayed out there the longest was Sibylle, Michelle and Cheryl with a time of 5:10. For full results scroll down (will be posted ASAP)
The after party was absolutely awesome! I get back to the house and there is a casserole from Cheryl in a crock pot plugged into our outlet outside in the carport ... awesome! We enter the house and the smell of Melissa's tortiere fills the nose! She abbreviated her run so that she could prepare the delicious dish for our guests. Everyone contributed something to the pot-luck, Baldwin even provided 2 dishes, one pot of soup and he made in our kitchen 'sweet potatoe pie'! Delicious! Thanks to all who brought something to share, it's a real testimony to the spirit of the Club FA.
Well another successful event has taken place and we had a wonderful time having our friends in our home and sharing the great outdoors and our favorite trails.
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Points First Name Last Name City/Town Country Event Time
2 Bill Dagg Vancouver Canada 26km 2:52
2 Patricia Jensen North Vancouver Canada 26km 2:52
2 Desmond Mott North Vancouver canada 26km 2:59
3 Michael Wardas North Vancouver 26km 3:15 - Scouting next year's route
2 Rob MacDonald Burnaby Canada 26km 3:15 - Scouting next year's route!
1 Jim Mandelli North Vancouver 26km 3:15 - Scouting next year's route.
2 Baldwin Lee Burnaby Canada 26km 3:25
1 Yifat Farah Israel 26km 3:48
2 Doug MacKay North Vancouver Canada 26km 3:48
2 Geoff Palmer Coquitlam Canada 26km 3:48
2 Berglind Hafsteinsdottir Vancouver Canada 26km 3:50
1 Laddie Hannam North Vancouver Canada 26km 3:50
1 Carlos Castillo Victoria 26km 3:50
2 Karl Jensen North Vancouver Canada 26km 3:50
1 Neil Ambrose Maple Ridge 26km 4:36
1 Carolyn King Maple Ridge 26km 4:36
2 Cheryl Johnson Pitt Meadows Canada 26km 5:10
2 Michele Sherstan North Vancouver Canada 26km 5:10
2 Sibylle Tinsel North Vancouver Canada 26km 5:10
1 Glenn Pace North Vancouver *26km *2:47 - Possible short cut?
2 Craig Moore North Vancouver Canada *26km *3:37 - *Riverside short cut!
3 Melissa Pace North Vancouver 12km 1:10 - Mod. route to prepare post run!
-1 Dom Repta Vancouver Canada 0km No show - Bad Dom!

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Seymour Super Fun Run - 2004 - Year 3

Finisher List

Name Hometown Loop 1 Time Loop 2 Time
1 Bill Dagg Vancouver, BC 2:52
2

Desmond Mott

 North Vancouver, BC 3:09
3 Ann Taylor North Vancouver, BC 3:11
4

Melissa Pace

 North Vancouver, BC

3:39
4 Berglind Hafsteinsdottir North Vancouver, BC 3:39
4 Peter Poburan North Vancouver, BC 3:39
4 Glenn Pace North Vancouver, BC 3:39
4 Kevin Hatfield Georgia, USA 3:39
9

Ken Hardinge-Rooney

 New Westminster, BC 4:42

Name Hometown Custom Distance
Mary Betts Surrey, BC 6:10 got lost
Jennifer Winiarski Maple Ridge, BC 6:10 got lost
Allan McMordie North Vancouver, BC 3:00 shorter loop
Colin Freeland North Vancouver, BC 1:48 shorter loop
Dom Repta Vancouver, BC 1:30 got lost
Terry Lewis North Vancouver, BC 1:30 got lost
Laddie Hannam North Vancouver, BC 1:20 shorter loop
Ean Jackson North Vancouver, BC 1:19 shorter loop

17 starters
17 finishers


Photo: Melissa at pre run briefing

Seymour Super Fun Run - 2003 - Year 2

This event was first hosted in 1999.  We did it again in 2000, took a breather, and revived it as a Club Fat Ass event 29 November 2003.

  Name Loop 1 Time Loop 2 Time
1 Matt Sessions 3:27 dnf (6:27)
1 Ron Swirid 3:23  
2 Bill Dagg 3:23  
3 Colin Freeland 3:23  
4 Jacquie Trudeau 3:25  
5 Desmond Mott 3:25  
6 Michael Wardas 3:27  
7 Melissa Pacé 3:27  
8 Mary Leliveld 3:27  
9 Doug Kier 3:27  
10 Glenn Pacé 3:27  
11 Derrick Johnson 3:27  
12 Ean Jackson 3:27  
13 Kathy Nomura 3:28  
14 Craig Moore 3:35  
15 Julie Matteau 3:43  
16 Mike Palethorpe 3:43  
17 Keith Nichol 3:43  

18 starters
18 finishers

note:  Matt Sessions was the only person to attempt 2 loops.  He got in a good run, but didn't complete the second loop
 


Seymour Super Fun Run - 2000 - Year 1

  Name Loop 1 Time Loop 2 Time
1 Randy Hunter 2:44 5:29
2 Ted Russo 2:50  
3 Chris Paterson 2:55  
4 Mathew Sessions 2:57 6:23
5 Curb Ivanic 3:02  
6 Duncan Coo 3:02  
7 Greg Ambriac 3:03  
8 Melissa Gillard 3:03  
9 Michael Wardas 3:03 6:56
10 Jeff Austin 3:12  
11 Dave Beckley 3:13  
12 Craig Moore 3:14  
13 Terry Sayyari 3:40  
14 Don Prince 3:40  
15 Harvey Nelson 3:40  
16 Calla Romses 2:28  

16 starters
16 finishers