Speaker Series

This weeks Speaker evening was well received.  Here is what Action Jackson said afterwards" Thank you so much for your time and insights, Anita.  I've been "sold"

Please join Club Fat Ass and Runner's Den for a entertaining and informative evening on November 22nd that explores the lunatic fringe of running:  The 100-miler.

There is a horse race in the gold rush country of California called the Tevis Cup.  When his horse went lame at the start of the race 34 years ago, Gordie Ainsley decided to challenge the course on foot.  Gordie ended up running the 100-mile distance faster than some of the horses.  Like Forrest Gump, he started a trend.

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.