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M & M Fun Run - 2007 Results

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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
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Mike and Melissa's Fun Run - Results 2006

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




 

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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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

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
 


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