Travelling Colours Contest 2006

We have a winner in the 2006 Travelling Colours Contest.  Peter from Montreal won with his series of photos running through the Grand Canyon (photos #24 - #34 below).  Peter will receive a 2007 CFA membership. Congratulations.  Second place goes to Rhonda for her photos of planting rice in the paddies of Japan.  Gary's emotional finisher photo at the Diez Vista 50km takes the 3rd place.

Thank you everybody for participating.  Please keep the photos coming in 2007 (since not all members got the collectors edition shirt, submissions of previous shirts are welcome)

#50. Chris on Baffin Island
#48 and #49. Just a quick update to let you know that a small but fun bunch of the local Club Fat Assers left the cold and snow on the ground a week or so back and went over to warmer climates for some training er... running. We all planned our winter warm weather escape and went and ran the Honolulu International Marathon, held December 10th. Everyone with our group finished the marathon with times in the 3:45 to 6 hour range. It was a hot and hard course... But yes, while we were out there running we were all thinking of it "as a great training run" for the Jan 1st event. Should be pretty similar conditions right?? Ha-ha...Please see the attached shot of our group, left to right Dan, Sheldon, Ruby,Carie, Diane, Rhonda, and Pete SS. 3 generations of proud Fat Ass shirt wearers.Anyway, if you get a sec and want to post a fresh warm weather picture on the site go ahead and use this one with the above data if you like.Cheers, Pete PS   You would have laughed, I wore my CFA shirt to the big expo and had no less than a half a dozen people stop me and compliment me on it. One guy (Ithink he was from Boston) was all keen on signing up for the club just so he could get a CFA shirt...
#46. Bradley on the Great Wall of China  near Badaling.  Lots of stairs to run up and down, It's over 2,400 km long should work well for a Club Fat Ass event...	#47. Bradley at Tiananmen Square
#44. Bradley at the Tuscon Marathon	#45. Bradley at Tiananmen Square
#42. Gary: "Diez Vista took it all outa me!"	#43. Gary: "These are a bit late since we took this roadtrip in March, however, we proudly displayed our CFA colors everywhere along the way."
#40. Mark and Gary on top of The Black Tusk at the end of August.	#41. Gary at the Diez Vista Finish: "Man was I happy to finish this one!"
#39. From here....	#40. To here!
#37. Ean, Carlos and a curious gray whale at Sombrio Point while running the Juan de Fuca Marine Trail in September	#38. Mark and Gary on top of Sky Pilot during our spectacular September weather.
35. Claudia writes:This picture is from my trip wearing the club shirt in one of the nature wonders at Yoho national Park - Takakkaw Falls. Takakkaw Falls is the second highest waterfall in Canada. Takakkaw means "magnificent" in Cree. And it is. I love how the top of it "blasts" off a ledge and down over a thousand feet to finally hit the bottom. Very powerful.	#36. Baldwin at Blunderland at Burning Man
# 33. Peter crossing the Grand Canyon Rim to Rim: Point Sublime	# 34. Peter at Point Sublime during his Rim to Rom Grand Canyon crossing.
#34 - #24. Peter writes: "You may remember that I was forced to the sidelines in 2005 due to injury. It was good to take a breather as I focussed on coaching Daniele (mybetter-half) to her first marathon. She even ran my 50K race in July!!Still, I've missed  trail running too much so to get back in form I ran the Grand Canyon Rim-to-Rim during our July vacation in Arizona. Too bad it was during record temperatures of 115C in the shade.I have enclosed a series of pictures I took during this solo run in the heat. I doubt that any of them are suitable for the Travelling T-shirt display (too small) but I thought you'd enjoy them none-the-less.Geologically speaking, descending into the canyon is a descent into history as one passes ancient sedimentary layers until reaching heaven in the form of "Vishnu Schist" at the Colorado River. I was awestruck by the time-travelling aspect of descending into the canyon so I thought it was appropriate to travel backwards in CFA history with the t-shirts as well. Ciao,Peter" Peter wore 3 generations of Club shirts (red, blue and black) during his descent and ascent of the Canyon. Pictures of him in the red and blue shirts during this run are posted in the photo gallery: http://www.clubfatass.com/image/tid/49
# 31. Peter crossing the Grand Canyon Rim to Rim.	# 32. Peter crossing the Grand Canyon Rim to Rim: Point Sublime Campsite
# 29. Peter crossing the Grand Canyon Rim to Rim	# #30. Peter crossing the Grand Canyon Rim to Rim.
# 27. Peter crossing the Grand Canyon Rim to Rim: Ribbon Falls	# 28. Peter crossing the Grand Canyon Rim to Rim: Ribbon Falls
#25. Peter crossing the Grand Canyon Rim to Rim: Bright Angel Ascent	#26. Peter crossing the Grand Canyon Rim to Rim: Bright Angel Trail
# 23. Peter taking the CFA shirt on a Rim to Rim Run through the Grand Canyon: North Rim	# 24. Peter crossing the Grand Canyon Rim to Rim: Bright Angel Ascent
# 21. Geoffrey taking it easy at the rim of the Grand Canyon	# 22. Ludovic taking in the views during a test run for the Full Monty near Victoria  BC.
#19. Glenn writes: "This was taken in Memphis, Tennessee at the World Chamionship BBQ Cookoff ...also known as "The Superbowl of Swine". I thought it was perfectly appropriate for our Club Fat Ass mascot...in fact a few people saw the shirt assumed I was from one of the teams. So here I am stuffing my face with some award winning BBQ ribs from the Bodine Team...no apologies to our vegetarian members."	#20. Geoffrey getting ready for his kicks on route 66
#17. Michele braving the elements at windswept Cape Spear, Nfdl., Canada	#18. Carlos (middle) at the Vancouver Island 10okm Ultra
# 15. There is a saying in Japan that when the cuckoos return, it is time for rice planting. So, when the agriculture students at Takushoku University in Fukagawa, Hokkaido, Japan, saw Rhonda show up in her hat and this year's Club Fat Ass colours, they knew it was time. Rhonda assures us her seedling rows were spaced well and straight.	# #16. Rhonda planting rice in the paddies of Japan
#13. Grin and Bare it: (from left) Heather, Debbie and Angela just ran the Boston Marathon last Monday and had a chance to pose with their Fat Ass shirts on Boston Common following the race. As you can see, Angela really wanted to be the poster girl!	#14. Fat Ass Attitude: (from left) Angela, Debbie and Heather.
#11. James at the Seaton Trail race in Ontario - Photo by Rene Garneau published with kind permission from OUS)	#12. James at the Seaton Trail race in Ontario, April 2006 (Photo by Rene Garneau published with kind permission from OUS
# 9. Baldwin getting motivated for his first 50 Miler!	# 10. Baldwin at the finish of his first 50 Miler - American River 50
#7. Ean happily approaching the Gazebo aidstation at the Dirty Duo	#8. Ean eating his way through the Gazebo aidstation
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#5. Ean using his Club colors t-shirt as a towel	Doug using his club colours as a head rest after a tough run
#3. A joint submission by Doug and Ean in Doug's tub after their Saturday afternoon training run.	#4. Doug and Ean lounging in Doug's tub while the 2006 Club colors undergo a chlorine test
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#1. Glenn cheering for Sweden at the men's Olympic hockey final in Turin, Italy	#2. Ean and Doug marinating in the hot tub