2010 5Peaks Golden Ear Warm Up - Results

17 April 2010:  Starter Photo - 35 Starters

Report: It was a perfect day for a run in a rain forest.  The sky was overcast when our car pool arrived at the parking lot near Alouette Lake in Golden Ears Provincial Park.  Soon excited chatter bonded the runners trying to figure out which group to sign-up for. We had 9 run leaders for about 30 runners, not a bad ratio. 

There were two different distances, 8.8km Sports- and 14km Enduro to choose from.  We set out together on the Valley Trail, following Eric, who had devlish fun guiding via his GPS.  The rest of us leaders navigated from our memory of the course from years past and maps.

I had forgotten, how beautiful the area is.  Moss covered trees, gentle, runable trails, waterfalls, lots of creeks and some mud.  Duncan and Craig had set out on a custom course and saw a huge owl shortly after they left the main group.  The rest of us didn't see any wild life or maybe we were too occupied huffing and puffing up the Lookout Trail to notice.  The long downhill back into the Valley was well deserved and Spirea Trail brought us safely back to Alouette Lake.

Thanks to Jackie, who baked and brought along yummy date bars, MEC, who provided the PowerBar Gel Blasts and all the run leaders who came out and guided a group through the forest.

Photos of the day are posted in the slideshow below.  If you have more photos of this event, please upload them to Flickr, add them to the Club Fat Ass Flickr Group, tag with 5PeaksGoldenEarsWarmUp2010 5PeaksGoldenEarsWarmUp ClubFatAssEvents2010 ClubFatAssEvents and they will automatically appear in the slideshow and in the Members In Action section on the right.

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Note: 5Peaks and Club Fat Ass already are planning orientation runs for the Burnaby Mountain Run 2010.  Details here.

Results: (please note this was an orientation run with an emphasis on staying together and we did not keep times)

First Name Last Name Event
Caroline Bentley Enduro - 14km
sharon davison Enduro - 14km
Liza Flemming Enduro - 14km
Susan Kamachi Enduro - 14km
Ross Laird Enduro - 14km
NAM HEE LEE Enduro - 14km
Christie Lynn
Lana McGarry Enduro - 14km
Cory Ratke Enduro - 14km
Jennifer Roberts Enduro - 14km
Walter Scott Enduro - 14km
lara spence Enduro - 14km
     
Sharon  Dillon Sport - 8.8km
Pamela Felix Sport - 8.8km
Kristin Hilts Sport - 8.8km
Ian Hilts Sport - 8.8km
Wan Sook Lee Sport - 8.8km
Kirstin Lindquist Sport - 8.8km
cristy maltese Sport - 8.8km
Jackie Montgomery Sport - 8.8km
David Montgomery Sport - 8.8km
Shawn Nelson Sport - 8.8km
Derek Sakamoto Sport - 8.8km
Imelda Wong Sport - 8.8km
Kirsten Solli  
     
Ward Beemer Leader
Brad Deabreu Leader
Katie Drechsel Leader
Pamela Keck Leader
Katie Longworth Leader
Eric Lorenz Leader
Simon Adams
Sibylle Tinsel Leader
Craig Moore
     
Nathan  Livingston DNS
Joy Andreassen DNS
Janice Bennett DNS
Stacey Harman DNS
Vera Horsman DNS
Jen Jackson DNS
Tristan Jenkin DNS
Jennifer Lackey DNS
Kelly Mikkelson DNS
STEEN SKAANING DNS
GABRIELA  STOIAN  DNS
Janice Vallis DNS
Kathryn  Webb DNS
gerda wever DNS