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NORTH VANCOUVER, BC (08 September 2006) — Next Wednesday, Club Fat Ass (CFA) will host their first in an ongoing series of free speaker events.  At this event, CFA member Gary Robbins and his team Mind Over Mountain (Mark Fearman, Aimee Dunn, Niels Torp Madsen) will share their adventures at this year’s Primal Quest Adventure Race in Utah.
Along with racers from all over the world, team Mind Over Mountain ran, biked, paddled and traversed over 800 km in 9 days, with only guts, determination and the aid of a map and compass.  Considered by many to be the toughest adventure race out there, Primal Quest provides the ultimate test of athletes’ teamwork, endurance and mental toughness.

Team Mind Over Mountain was one of five Canadian teams.  They finished 41st out of 89 teams, an impressive accomplishment considering the team had never raced together prior to Primal Quest and none of the team members had ever raced longer than 36 hours.  Three of four team members had met and bonded through the local “Mind Over Mountain Adventure Racing” series and their shared love of the outdoors.  CFA members Robbins and Fearman had done a lot of shorter distance adventure races with little or no training.  In fact, Robbins is only in his third season of racing.  “Prior to March of 2004 I had only run more than 10 km three times in my entire life and somehow I managed to convince myself that an 800 km expedition race was within grasp for 2006,” he says.  Robbins now splits his time between adventure racing and trail running/snowshoe running and hosts the annual “Squamish Scrambler” snowshoe event through CFA. Details of this evening of camaraderie and inspiration are as follows:

Wednesday 13 September 06 – starts promptly at 7:00 p.m.
North Shore Athletics, 1200 Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver, BC

Admission is free to both members and non-members of Club Fat Ass, but all guests must pre-register online to insure a seat.

Just one week before the Go Deep or Go Home 20/40/60/80 km. 

Come and join us for the Mount Lorne Misadventure Trail Run 23 July 2006 featuring 21km of awesome trails with spectacular views. The run is rough and hilly and can be wet in places. There is a gut busting hill near the beginning and last year we had a fellow playing the bag pipes at the top of it for motivation.

The North Idaho Kick Ass 25/50 is coming up July 1.  Enjoy wonderful the wonderful trails and terrain near Copper Falls.  Event Host Keith Thompson has spared no trouble to make sure you have a great time.  He organized 4 aid stations and there will be a bonfire in the evening after the run.  Find out more and register here!








Copper Falls - North Idaho

Mark your calendar for the Go Deep and Go Home on August 26. This year marks another year where 4 pair of Montrail are up for grabs to anyone completing any of the distances. No one ever has completed the 80km yet and if they do, I might consider having a special 1 pair for the 80km distance.

The pub is booked, the door prizes plentiful, so come out and raise a toast to the Enduro! There's one catch - you have to run 6-hours first. The Enduro is a 6-hour run on a 7km loop course in the LSDR. Great training run for those running summer 100 milers. Not up to 6 hours? Get some buddies together and run the Enduro as a relay. For more information, check out the Enduro website.

Join the Coquitlam Fat Asses this Saturday for a 22km trail run. Aptly named "Run To The Clouds", you can expect fantastic views of the Greater Vancouver area and over 2000 vertical feet (or 600 metres) of elevation gain/loss. More details and registration here.

As part of their BC launch, and the first of the Impact Magazine Speaker Series presentations, Impact invites you to join them, and guest speaker Cale Dougans, (B.Hk, CSCS). Cale will be discussing preventative training methods for runners and athletes that effect the entire recreational population.

Please join Event Host Peter Zubcsek next Saturday at the Burnaby Mountain Run for a 11km or 22km trail run. Enjoy some new trails and spectacular scenery...and of course a killer hill! Find out more through the links below:

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