Flash - All Season Classic

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What?

Flash event: A loosely-organized, one-time group run organized by individual runners with the help of this website and the resources mentioned here
50km on the Vancouver New Years Day 50km course.
Out and back course through the most beautiful areas of the city
80% trails, 20% bike paths
See the course description for the Vancouver New Years Run for details

When and Where?

Pick the date that works best for you then contact Club Fat Ass to publicize your Flash event on the listing of upcoming events so you have some company
Start and finish at Brockton Oval in Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Who?

runners should be able to comfortably run 50km various terrain, are self sufficient and can keep fellow runners entertained with stories for 4-6 hours

Agenda

This is a Flash event and as such you have to work out your own logistics.

How to get to the start?

The start and finish is at Brockton Oval in Stanley Park in downtown Vancouver. Follow the signs as if you were going to the aquarium. Just past the aquarium, take the road to your right and follow it to Brockton Oval. Best to park in the lot nearest the change rooms, as that's where the start is. Note that it's pay parking.

How Much?

Free for Club Fat Ass members and non-members. (Check out member benefits here)

Results - All Season Classic

We don't keep results for flash events in the traditional sense. Participants and flash hosts are encouraged to blog about the run. The blogs will appear below.

October Eve Fun Run

I’m not sure if you want results for this morning’s run, but I ran 42.2 km in 3:40.

My GPS has the course at 53.7 km. Downloading the data into Motion Based software yields a corrected distance of 54.4 km. This was Gilles and my guess before today based on pacing from Jan. 1. If you zoom in on the attached map, it looks like the Garmin tracked well.

Perhaps the course could be shortened by not doubling back under Burrard Bridge but going down Chestnut instead. A few people missed this doubling back bit in the last two years. In addition, maybe have the course take Lake trail after Beaver Lake, across the pedestrian overpass and some trail over to Rawlings.

Also, the short narrow trail that starts behind the bench near the turnaround should be bypassed to the trail on the right. There was a lot of deadfall deliberately placed across this trail and some small trees planted, so it was clear that someone wants this trail to disappear.

Thanks for organizing today’s run. I was going to do my last long run before the Chicago marathon today anyway, but it was more enjoyable running with Geoff and Bill than alone.

Contact - Flash - All Season Classic

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