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Please note: this event will be on a new course for 2008. Details to follow.

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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.

Desmond Mott
Your Club Fat Ass Event Host

Agenda

Saturday 17 November 2007

8:00 Get up. Check the weather. Print off this agenda so you can be sure to find the start.
08:30 Arrive at Panorama Park in Deep Cove (Map). Find a parking spot. Check-in.
08:45 Welcome and final briefing
08:55 Photo
09:00 Start 20km
11:00 First finisher?
12:30 Finisher party and awards (awards will start at around 1:00pm) at Mosquito Creek Pub (Map)


How to get to the start?

  • From Trans-Canada Highway (Highway #1) in North Vancouver, take Seymour Parkway exit heading eastward approximately 4 kilometers toward Deep Cove. At intersection with Deep Cove Road/Dollarton Highway, go left.
  • continue 10 blocks along Deep Cove Road. Turn right onto Gallant Road heading toward the ocean. (Note Cove Cycles on your left.) Take first left (Panorama Drive) and park in or near the parking lot
  • start/finish is in Panorama Park next to the playground between the parking lot and the beach
  • additional information at http://www.deepcovebc.com/deepcovebcparks.html

What to Bring?

  • bring your own food and fluids. 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 at the start/finish and likely someone to record your finish times.
  • Don't forget a towel and change of clothes for afterwards.

Post-Event

  • A post event celebration will be held at the Mosquito Creek Grill. The Mosquito Creek is about 20min from the finish in the Westview Plaza at Westview and Highway #1. Their telephone number is 604-983-3083.
  • Come and celebrate your accomplishment together with other runners, crew and friends. Please be sure to note how many people you plan to bring with you on your registration form so we can be sure to accommodate them

Other Notes

Results

Please check back in for 2007 results after the event. You can find results for Go Home's big brother, the "Go Deep or Go Home" here.

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2007 Go Home - Results



Thanks to the 30 or so runners who came out for a tough 20 km ( rumour has it it might be a little less). We all started the day in dry conditions but that was short lived, as we got to the high point of the run, the rain started. There where a few missed turns (even though the runners had directions) and a couple of tumbles. Chris being the most serious, a scraped knee which drew some blood. Tim and Micheal set a fast pace which a few of us kept up with for a while, but they dropped us (me anyway) on the downhill on Neds. I now take it a little easier on the downhills and definitely don't look at my watch when I'am going down steep trails . I've learnt my lesson after a bad face plant a few months ago . Bill was next to the finish a few minutes behind Tim and Micheal followed soon by Ran. Laddie and Carrie end up with the draw prizes and most of us enjoyed our free beer courtesy of Mosquito Creek Grill . Next year Cheryl will take over this event in this time slot,and I'll will put on the Hanes Valley Crossover run in late August. Hope to see you all there . Des

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Name

Distance

Time

Points

Micheal Spagnut

20 km

2:11

1

Tim Wiens

20 km

2:11

2

Bill Dagg

20 km

2:16

2

Ran Katzman

20 km

2:20

2

Chris Benn

20 km

2:24

2

Desmond Mott

20 km

2:24

3

Greg Puchniak

20 km

2:33

2

Penny Jakobsen

20 km

2:50

2

Daniel Probst

20 km

2:50

2

Karl Jensen

20 km

2:50

2

Melissa Pace

20 km

2:50

2

Glenn Pace

20 km

2:50

1

Laddie Hannam

20 km

3:01

1

Kim Taylor

20 km

3:02

2

Al Harman

20 km

3:30

1

Marla Allen

20 km

3:35

2

Carrie Walsh

20 km

3:35

2

Carolyn King

20 km

3:38

2

Neil Ambrose

20 km

3:38

2

Cheryl Johnson

20 km

3:47

2

John Machray

20 km

3:48

1

Chad Hyson

20 km

3:55

1

Arlene Macaulay

20 km

Good time

2


Ryan Conroy

Custom

1:32

1

Sibylle Tinsel

Custom

2:50

2

Barb Crone

14 km

3:03

2

Shauna Puchniak

14 km

3:03

2


Dom Repta

No show

-

-1

Ann Taylor

No show

-

-1

Carolyn Goluza

No show

-

-1

2006 - Year 2

  Go Home - 2006 Starters

18 November 2006 - Starter Photo

They did not Go Home...

More photos are posted here

First Name Last Name City/Town Points Time
DomReptaVancouver
32:15
Bill Dagg Vancouver 1 2:22
Ran Katzman Vancouver 1 2:22
Daniel Probst Bellingham 2 2:22
DesmondMottNorth Vancouver22:32
Sarah Browne Vancouver 1 2:58
Ean Jackson North Vancouver 1 2:58
Doug Keir North Vancouver 2 2:58
Wade Repta
Vancouver 13:01
Gilles Barbeau Vancouver 1 3:08
LorraineSuomiNorth Vancouver23:10
Karl Jensen North Vancouver 2 3:10:01
LaddieHannamNorth Vancouver13:13
Baldwin Lee Burnaby 2 custom 3:14
Gary  Moorman Vancouver 1 ?
Nicholas Swianiewicz Vancouver 2 ?
Alana Arnold Hope ? DNS

2005 - Year 1

19 November 2005

31 Starters
31 Finishers

More event photos in our Photo Gallery and the Club Fat Ass Flickr Photo Gallery. For results, please scroll to the bottom of this page.

Event Report (by Ean Jackson)

The Go Deep or Go Home 80/20 trail run is held in Deep Cove, BC in late August. It’s a tough 20K loop on technical trails that offers distances up to 80K. While many of Canada’s top trail runners have attempted the course, none have ever completed the loop 4 times.

The Go Home 20K is a fall classic and sister run to the Go Deep or Go Home. Starting at the civilized hour of 9:00, it’s a good workout on the same loop, and a challenge that trail runners of any ability can complete before lunch.

Today, host Dom Repta lived up to the challenge: He stayed home!

Poor Dom. Actually, he was stuck in Washington, DC. In spite of time he’d invested preparing the Go Home 20, he feared he would let his running guests down. There was a flurry of emergency calls and emails. Dho! Lightning struck twice: He could send email, but due to a computer glitch, he couldn’t receive!

As it turned out, a comparatively large group of runners for a Club Fat Ass event showed up in the parking lot of Panorama Park in Deep Cove. Kaioma, brother Wade’s dog, was the only one who may have noticed Dom wasn’t there!

Given that it was an election day, we took a vote and opted to have the finisher party at the start. Gary “Birthday Boy” Robbins from Squamish was awarded an annual subscription to Trail Runner magazine. (It was Dom's birthday, too, by the way.) After a very brief trail briefing, we were off.

The start area was a thick with fog, but looking up toward Mount Seymour, we could see the snow-capped peak draped in sunshine. It was cool, but since the course starts with a long, undulating ascent, it didn’t take long before the layers started coming off. By the time we reached the Deep Cove lookout, Troy Angrignon had removed his jacket and gloves. By the time we got to Old Buck, Sue Nicholson had stripped down to her jog bra. Goodness knows what was going on up ahead with the lead pack!

As with many Club Fat Ass events, a handful of runners figured they could figure out the way without a course description. They all logged a few bonus miles. Bill Dagg and Mike won purple heart awards for twisting an ankle and wrenching an arm, respectively. Patricia Jensen pointed out that a particular intersection near the mushroom parking lot was a “Y” and not a “T” as described in the course instructions. According to Club Fat Ass tradition, the Event Host buys a beer for the first person to indicate an error in their course description. Would this be considered a nit, or is Dommer buying?

No mystical patches of magic mushrooms were discovered. There were no bear sightings on the course. Warm sunshine and spectacular views of Deep Cove welcomed finishers who seemed to arrive in groups of 3s and 4s. A tailgate party spontaneous happened in the parking lot.

Many thanks to Cheryl Johnson who offered her windshield as a place to put the results list, Aimee Dunn who passed around a big Tupperware container of home baked cookies and muffins and Dom Repta who organized the event.

Please contact Sibylle if you have corrections/additions to the results below:

First Name Last Name City/Town Event Time Points
Tim Wiens Vancouver 20k 2:12:45 2
Magnus Johansson Vancouver 20k 2:13 2
Chris Benn Vancouver 20k 2:13:42 2
Jim Swadling North Van 20k 2:13:42 2
Patricia Jensen North Van 20k 2:14:47 2
Desmond Mott North Van 20k 2:24 2
Bill Dagg Vancouver 20k 2:28 2
Louise Oram Vancouver 20k 2:28:06 1
Ron Adams North Van 20k 2:35 1
John Foy North Van 20k 2:35 1
Derrick Johnstone North Van 20k 2:35 2
Dan Havens Whistler 20k 2:37 1
Mark Fearman Pemberton 20k 2:37 1
Gary Robbins Squamish 20k 2:37 2
Tom Jarecki Delta 20k 2:37 2
Aimee Dunn North Van 20k 2:37 2
Rob Ruff Surrey 20k 2:45 1
Corey Doell Langley 20k 2:47 1
Sue Nicholson North Van 20k 2:49 1
Wade Repta Vancouver 20k 2:49 1
Baldwin Lee Burnaby 20k 3:25:46 2
Gilles Barbeau Vancouver 20k 3:34:55 2
Christopher Oram Vancouver 20k 3:42 1
Carolyn King Maple Ridge 20k 4:00 1
Craig Moore North Van 20k 4:00 2
Cheryl Johnson Pitt Meadows 20k 4:01 1
Patricia Barry Vancouver 20k 4:18 2
Michele Sherstan North Van 20k 4:18 2
Michael Grimley Vancouver custom 2:57 1
Troy Angrignon Vancouver custom 1:24 1
Ean Jackson North Van custom 1:24 2

Backgrounder

In the fall of 2004 Dom Repta introduced the Go Deep or Go Home 80/20 to fill the a void for ultrarunners looking for a challenge late in the year. Everybody had so much fun, that although the Go Deep or go Home is now held in August, Dom decided to keep a 20km option for the fall.  In 2007 Desmond Mott took over as Event Host for the Go Home.

The Go Home 20 is held almost entirely on trails in the spectacular North Shore mountains above Vancouver, Canada. The trail surface is a mix of steep ascents and descents, technical terrain and fast, rolling groomed trails with approximately 2500m (8,000') of vertical change.

In keeping with Club Fat Ass guidelines, we aim to tread lightly and leave no trace of the event on the trail or the environment. The course will not be marked with surveyor tape. Directions won't be painted on rocks. There will be no flour used at intersections or along the trail that could wash off or alert the hazardous materials squad. Written course directions that note existing signage and key landmarks are posted on the course page and should be printed out for the event day.

The Glory

  • Completing a tough 20km on some of the most spectacular trails in North America!
  • Stay focused late in the season
  • Take a chance at setting the course record
  • Earn bragging rights
  • Finish!

The Differences

This event follows the guidelines provided by Club Fat Ass for safe and successful, informal endurance sports "parties":

  • It is free for Club members
  • It is hosted by a Club member
  • It is small and informal. Guests should come prepared for the weather and the terrain and not expect aid or course marking. They should expect to follow detailed written course instructions
  • It is environmentally friendly. We aim to leave our route in better shape than it was before we passed though.
  • It is as much about the camaraderie as the competition.

Detailed questions and clarifications specific to this event are provided in the Go Home FAQ.

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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.

If you'd like to support the Go Home 20 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.

Many thanks to:

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

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. www.ClubFatAss.com

 

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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.
   
Q: Do I need to print off course instructions and bring them with me?
A: Yes. Otherwise, we guarantee you will get lost!
   
Q: What if I get lost?
A: You shouldn't get lost! Follow the route directions. If you do feel you are lost, ask a mountain biker or backtrack to the last place you saw a runner.
   
Q: What if I have to heed the call of nature.
A: There is a public washroom at the start/finish in Panorama Park. If you have to go 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: Please check the agenda for thoughts
   
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 on what they might be able to do.
   
Q: Where can I park? Where can I change?
A: Parking is an issue.

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Course

Please print out the course description and put them into a zip-lock baggie for the event (scroll down for a printer friendly version). I strongly encourage you and your friends to run the course in training.

There are lots of slippery roots to slip on and the terrain is quite technical and hilly. The signs are a variation of triangular Baden Powell (BP) trail markers, orange squares on trees and wooden post with trail names and directions on them.

Fastest
Time

Description - Go Home

8:30am

 

Meet at Panorama Park in Deep Cove, check in

km

8:45am

Welcome, final briefing, group photo

 

9:00am

Start – Panorama Park

0.0

 

Baden Powell Trail to Indian River Road-Orange BP Markers on trees

(Deep Cove Baden Powell to Old Buck Section)The climb out of Deep Cove begins at the Baden Powell sign at the North end of the Panorama Park parking lot. The “trail” begins about 200 meters north down the road off Panorama Drive on the left hand side. Look for a steep little driveway and a BP Sign. Take the stairs up, way up. The section takes you up over 9 bridges (most new), 1 long set of stairs and to the power lines.

0.2

 

When you hit power line clearing (before Indian River Road) do not take immediate left (up dirt road) but stay on Baden Powell trail.

 

 


 

 

BP Sign: Arrive at Indian River Road: Turn left and follow the road straight for about 0. 5km to the water tanks on the right. Notice the nice house in the middle of nowhere. There is a BP Sign here at the water tanks, pay attention, go straight.

 

 

The BP Trail rolls nicely and is very easy to follow over a number of bridges. But it’s all up.

 

 

RP (Reference Point)#1. Seymour Road. There are toilets here and a garbage can. Please watch carefully for speeding cars as you cross the road back on to the nice rolling trail.

 

 

Follow this trail until you come to a marked intersection (Old Buck and Baden Powell). Turn right - uphill - onto Old Buck. Go until you hit Mt. Seymour Road.

4.5

 


 

 

Come to a Yellow Gate and Seymour Road. Be Careful Crossing Road. At road turn right and you can see the trail entrance across road to the right (short downhill).

 

 

When you get to trail entrance this is Old Buck and it continues uphill. (There is a Mtn Biking prohibited sign here). Take this trail up. There are a few switch backs here.

 

 

You will come to a sign “Old Buck Access Trail to Vancouver Picnic Area”. Turn Left here. 

6.0

Major RP

You will come to Mushroom Parking Lot. This has Washrooms, Information Booth and this is a place where Aid could be waiting (ours of your own crew).

Turn Left from trail into parking lot and continue running down to Seymour Road. Cross Road and turn right up the shoulder behind the road barrier. The trail entrance is approx 100 m up on the left hand side.

 

 

Look for a “Mushroom Parking Lot Trail to Baden Powell” (BP)-sign post. This is where you turn left.

 

 

There are two trail options. Stay straight and DO NOT go down Corkscrew (which would be a left turn). The trail to run down is technical, rocky and fast. Don’t get too excited and start hammering though-it is ankle twisting territory.

7.8


Cross Section-Turn right at the sign that says “Mushroom Parking Lot Trail to BP”. This is very technical and downhill

 

 

Cross Section-A sign that says Mushroom Parking Lot to BP. Do Not turn left here-Go Straight-on mushroom parking lot trail.

 

 

Come to a "Y" intersection. Go right over some old, warn-out, hard to see log bridges. We are heading toward Mystery Falls. You will hit Mystery Creek Falls and cross over. You might get wet feet.

 

 

After Falls-Take First Trail LEFT(about 100 m-there may be two pink markers on tree) Dirty Diapers is the trail name.

 

 

Cross T Section-You will hit an intersection where you must turn Right heading downhill. This is Neds. This continues to be very technical. You will see a new bouncy bridge. There are no options here-just keep running down hill!

 

 

You will eventually hit another “T” intersection (There is a Yellow 18 on a tree to the right). You will Turn Left here.

11.5

 

You will come to a Power Line clearing. Turn Left heading uphill.. Keep heading straight slightly downhill over a bridge and creek. Veer Right after Bridge. This trail is quite wide and 13 old tree stumps are lined up on left hand side of trail.

 

 

Cross Section-You will come to a sign “Bridle Path Trail to BP”. Turn Left at this trail. You will also see orange squares.

 

 

Cross Section-Stay on main bridle path. DO NOT turn right onto Will’s Way.

 

 

Cross Section-A sign that reads Mt Seymour Rd-(This is still Baden Powell Trail). 3.6km. Head this way (left).

14.0

 

You will hit another sign 100 m up. Take the left on Baden Powell (follow Baden Powell back to Deep Cove). You will see a triangular BP marker.

 

 

Keep following BP signs . There is one section that the BP is difficult to see. If you come out to a Power Line clearing-you have just missed the BP trail approx 100m back. Basically, you keep climbing. This section is steep, slow and tough (there is a triangular BP sign and a Red and silver BP sign with an arrow that is partly covered by a tree branch keep an eye for that and it is a slight right)! This section is known as the Seymour Grind.