2005/11 Newsletter

Promoters of oddball endurance events and a healthy outdoor lifestyle

 

Dear friends and members of Club Fat Ass,

Club registration and membership renewal is now open for 2006! Please click here to renew or register for the first time.

 

I aim to have the first batch of our new 2006 Club t-shirts by late January. Please make sure you get your Club colors in this order by signing-up before 15 November. Thanks to all of you who already renewed your membership for 2006.

Another word about shirts: Last year's blue MEC shirts were very popular. Mine survived countless washings and still looks like new. We still have a few left, so if you would like to purchase one for yourself or a friend (only $15 for current members and $20 for non-members), please contact me. They make awesome Christmas presents!

Have fun reading the November 2005 Newsletter below

Happy Trails,

Sibylle Tinsel
Chief Executive Fat Ass


UPCOMING EVENTS
Club Fat Ass, dom Repta, Go Deep Or Go Home, Ultra Running, Trail Running, tough, Vancouver, North Shore, Canada, BC, 2005, Seymour Mountain

Go Home: Saturday, 19 November at 9:00am - North Vancouver, BC Canada. 20km on beautiful trails on Seymour Mountain.

M&M Fun Run: Saturday, 26 November at 8:00am - North Vancouver, BC Canada. Prepare for all the Christmas indulgence...26km or 52km.

Pure Satisfaction: Sunday, 11 December at 8:30am - North Vancouver, BC Canada. A trail run to celebrate the pure satisfaction of being in good shape during a busy and dark month. 12km, 24km and 48k

Vancouver New Year's Fat Ass 50 Run: 1 January 2006 - Vancouver, BC Canada. A 50 kilometer resolution run to kick the New Year off on the right foot. A less extreme challenge (1K to 49K) for the more hung-over and those with resolutions they are not likely to keep.

NEWS

2006 Membership Registration. Make sure you get your t-shirt and the size you want by renewing your membership now. New members signing up before the end of the year benefit from 3 great 2005 events plus all events in 2006. At $35 this is a value hard to beat. What are you waiting for? Find out more and join here!

Your Very Own BlogBy popular demand, the Club now offers a free blog to all members. Release that inner journalist!. It's easy, it's cool...try it out. To get started, all you need to do is to set up a free account on our website or of you have done that already, sign-in. To learn more about how to use the Club website, please check the updated help pages. Check out what other members are blogging about in "Recent blog posts" in the right side column on our site.

Become a CFA event host

Your Club is always looking to add fun and funky events. If you would like to become a CFA Event Host, please see what's involved at our Host an Event page and get started by filling out the form.

PAST EVENT RESULTS AND REPORTS

Wendy's Get Your Fat Ass Off The CouchClub Fat Ass, Wendy't Get Your Fat Ass Off The Couch, Friends, Cameraderie, Trailrunning, Rainforest, Fall, Start
I am sure that a few people were having second thoughts about running the event as they listened to the downpour throughout the night. Luckily, we were rewarded with a great day that was warm and got progressively sunnier as time passed.

Thank you to the group that waited for me as I lifted myself out of the mud. We may have broken the course record if we had not had to stop. We missed it by one minute. See Wendy's full report and results here.

CONTESTSClub Fat Ass; WS100, Ultra Run, Trail Run, Success, Glenn Pace, Finisher, Happy

2005 Point Series
Up-to-date standings here

2005 Traveling Shirt Contest
Don't forget to pack your CFA shirt when going on holidays. Send in your traveling shirt photos for a chance to win a 2006 membership.
Pictures we've received to date here!




Photo: Glenn Pace savouring the accomplishment of finishing the WS 100 Mile Endurance Run

CAUSES YOUR CLUB SUPPORTS

If you have any causes close to your heart and want to raise awareness and/or funds let us know. A number of CFa Event Hosts use their events as fund raisers. There is a special section on our website to highlight certain fund raising efforts.

Jesper Did It!!!
Club Fat Ass, Jesper Olsen, World Run, Ultra Running, Canada, BC, Kamloops, 2005Jesper Olsen recently became the first documented person to run around the world!. The New York Times published a great article about his adventure. You can read it here. You can still access Jesper's website and read up on his epic run: www.worldrun.org


Mary Leliveld Tri BC Fund
It's been almost a year since fellow Club Fat Ass member and friend, Mary Leliveld, passed away. Our thoughts are with her partner, Doug, and her family. Mary's Happy Trail Run will be held around her birthday in August 2006. In the meantime, the Tri BC Fund, set up in Mary's name can accept your donation year round.

PRPAWS (Powell River Parks and Wilderness Society

SPONSORS

We could not do it without the generous support of our sponors. Many thanks to Mountain Equipment Co-op for their help with the Club shirts and Trail Runner Magazine for the gift subscription draw prizes and discounts on magazine subscriptions.

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