2004 T-Shirt (the "red" year)

The 2004 T-Shirt

 

Rhonda and Rob model the 2004 Club Fat Ass 'Club Colors'

Manufactured by Gaia. High quality technical t-shirt made with flo-tech fabric to keep you cool and dry. We went with separate men's and women's styles and colors to keep everyone happy. (Please note: women's sizes are form fitted and fit fairly small; men's sizes are loose fitting and fit large. We recommend that women preferring a loose fit take smaller men's size.) Bright red was chosen because we are told it is 'hot!'

On the front:

The Club Fat Ass porker logo and "promoters of oddball athletic events and a healthy, outdoor lifestyle" in white with 'club fat ass' in orange across the porker. Subtitle and informative, enough to turn heads and prompt the question, "What's Club Fat Ass?" from the cashier in the grocery store checkout line.

On the back:

"I may be a fat ass, but I'm in front of you!" in orange.

"www.ClubFatAss.com It's an endurance sports thing. You wouldn't understand)" in white.

Provocative, but tasteful. It answers the question, "What is Club Fat Ass", but barely. The cashier checks out your butt.

 

On the right arm:

A small acknowledgement to Rackets and Runners for all of the help Kevin Thomson provided.

Our 2004 Poster Children

Rhonda Schuller

A Club Fat Ass member since 2003, Rhonda has a penchant for creative turns and alternate course routes. Despite the fact that she sometimes runs farther than she has to, Rhonda earned women's 50+ 2nd place in the 2002 Montrail BC Ultra Trail Running season and 1st place 2003 women's 50+ Iron Lung series.

Rob MacDonald

Club Fat Ass member #2! As of early 2004, Rob had run 27 ultras and 15 marathons including five Haney-to-Harrison 100K races and the Boston Marathon. While he feels like he's getting slower, he's still game to go 100-miles on a beer bet. He likes long runs in the woods where there's a chance of seeing some wildlife... and has been the wildlife at more than one Club Fat Ass finisher party!

2004 Club T-Shirt Survey Summary

Thank you for participating in our first annual club colours survey. The survey was conducted in October 2004. All Club members and newsletter subscribers were invited to participate. Here are the results:

Survey invitations sent:

175

Survey participants:

66

37.7%

Question

Options

#

%

1.Do you think a short sleeve t-shirt is a good garment?

Yes
No
No opinion

62
3
1

94%
4.5%
1.5%

2.How often do you wear your club colours?

Never
<12 times a year
<4 times a month
1-6 times a week

5
17
28
12

8.1%
27.4%
45.2%
19.3%

3.Where do you wear your club colours?

Don’t wear the shirt
Only at CFA events
Only in races
Only in training
Races and training
Socially
Anytime, anywhere

4
2
0
12
31
1
12

6.4%
3.2%
0%
19.4%
50%
1.6%
19.4%

4.Fabric. Assuming you like the t-shirt, which fabric do you prefer?

Technical fabric (as with current t-shirt)
cotton

63
3

95.5%
4.5%

5. Shirt quality. The manufacturer of this years t-shirt was Gaia. Were you happy with it?

Yes
No

46
9

83.6%
16.4%

specific comments regarding # 5:

wicking - it didn't wick enough - the fabric became clammy during snowshoeing, and stuck to my skin. Not a pleasant shirt to wear as an underlayer during winter sports
- Personel preferance is a cotton green shirt as I'm not a runner and don't require the extra high tech type of body fabric that most of your club might prefer for long runs.
- Fabulous shirt,comfie and quick drying. Plus the colour was so distinctive it was easy to spot and cheer for another Fat Asser!
Chafing - an excellent material and not as tough on the nipples!
- For long runs, up to marathon, it rubbed more than some others of softer material (sore nipples).
- two words: nipple irritation. The fabric is too rough on the inside and if I wear my GAIA shirt for runs longer than 30 minutes I feel it. No other technical shirt I use has this problem (Sugoi). Also I find the neck hole a bit larger than others which means the strap of my hydration pack is in contact with the collar, and worse, rubbing on the skin of my neck.
- I had problems with chaffing the first few times I wore it but after half a dozen washes it was fine.
Sizing - I really liked the quality and look but I found that the sizing on last year's T-shirt was on the small side and the cut of the shirt just didn't feel right. I found it to be uncomfortable to wear (even after losing weight) and therefore never have worn it out anywhere. If I had seen them before ordering I would have definitely ordered a man's shirt as they appeared to have a better cut.
- Sizing - perfect ! Quality - rated 4 out of 5 , not as much give as other brands. I wanted to add that I was injured since January and now just coming back . I wore my shirt mostly to the gym , plus a few light jogs.....
- nice light weight material; only downsize is it snagged easily. The women's shirt sizes were on the small side (this is mentioned on the website), but it be easier to just deal with on sizing for all.
- quality was good but I thought the large size was larger than large so it makes a good nightgown if you know what I mean.
- quality of material good, red good, very small sizing was problem
Screening - The shirt itself was very nice. But the screening was poor quality - most of it is peeling off. Can we go with embroidery next time?
- Good quality shirt. Just one issue with white text on back comings off partially. Perhaps just a single bad batch.
Material - good quality, pills and snags a bit, but for the price...
- I don't like the Gaia name on the front of the neck.I think it makes the shirt look a bit backwards.It should be on the back or somewhere else.
- Fabric has runs after only wearing it a few times.
- But I found the terri-clothe front panel to be a bit heavy (never used it for what it was designed for.
- Very easily snagged and pulled, i.e. by velcro in the washing machine. Otherwise it's holding in there
- I liked the material it was nice and light for hot days and racing. But also kept me warm on the cold days. I did notice that it got sags before I ever wore it in the woods?
- Only thing is that the material is not a stretchy as I'd like as when it gets overly stretched in a particular area, it doesn't come back.
General - Material seems excellent. No problems whatsoever.
- Love it!
Worked well for me.
- not sure if they are local, maybe good to go with a group that supports trail running etc, like bone-dri, sugoi?
- I much prefer the bone-dri line of clothing
- It's my favourite shirt in terms of its feel-- the only reason I don't wear it more often is that I find the slogan a little "in your face"

6. Shirt cut. Do you think we should have different cuts of shirts for men and women?

Yes
No
No opinion

23
16
27

34.9%
24.2%
40.9 %

7. Screening. Has any of the lettering or logo come off your Club t-shirt?

Yes
No

10
56

15.2%
84.8%

8. Were you happy with the overall design of the shirt?

Yes
No

50
9

84.7%
15.3%

9. Colour classification. Should we have one colour for men and women?

Yes
No
No opinion

32
18
15

49.2%
27.7%
23.1%

10. Colour. What colour would you like the 2005 t-shirt to be?

Blue
Yellow
Orange
White
Black
Other (earth tones, not olives and earth tones, dark green (2), not light blue, white, not white – will get stained, not yellow – attracts wasps, light to keep cool, red)

43
8
10
10
11
9

47.2%
8.8%
11.0%
11.0%
12.1%
9.9%

11. Do you have any other suggestions regarding the club colours

- add reflective stripes (2)
- Patagonia brand
- Long sleeve (1)
- Different colour each year is nice
- Not light blue with white
- Light colours go better with different
skin tones
- Keep it distinctive (don’t go for black)
- Overseas members should have the chapter country added to the shirt on the back
- always the same shirt and colour, only for new members, not for renewing members
- multi coloured
-let 2005 be the year of the goths

12. Are you currently a member of Club Fat Ass?

Yes
No
No, but I am planning to join for 2005

63
2
1

95.5%
3%
1.5%