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Dear Friends and Members of Club Fat Ass,
The wait is over! If you ordered a shirt with your Club membership, you should have received it in the mail by now. Our choice of colors was a bit risky, but I've received lots of thumbs-up so far. What do you think? Remember to take lots of photos for the Travelling Colours Contest!
Our new business members, Dave and Meghan at Distance Runwear, are giving away a $25 gift certificate to the 5th CFA member visiting their new store on Vancouver's Mainstreet in their new club colours. Details and address below!
One might think that wintertime is a slack time for an outdoors-oriented club. Not so with this one!
A big, fat, "Thank you!" to the members who make-up the backbone of our club: your Event Hosts. Thanks to them, there have been 12 Club events in the 7 weeks since New Year's Day. If you do the math, that translates to almost 2 events per week.
We are especially happy to see Marc's informal weekly training runs, the Seymour Sundays, in the event calendar. You can find more info about these free runs in the Seymour Mountain area of North Vancouver below and in the Upcoming Event section.
The first Steering Committee Meeting of the year is behind us and the second one is approaching fast. Thanks to the members who have come forward to offer their time and expertise on the Steering Committee or for special projects. If you have a few hours to spare and would like to help shape the direction Club Fat Ass is going, please get in touch with me.
Sibylle Tinsel
Chief Executive Fat Ass
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UPCOMING EVENTS
 Flash - Seymour Sunday. Ongoing - North Vancouver, BC, Canada. Join Marc on a 90min training run on the trails around Seymour Mountain. All abilities. Please check the event calendar for upcoming Seymour Sundays or click here. If your friends are not members, this is a great, free way to get introduced to the Club.
Photo right: Discover the gnarly trails on Seymour Mountain during the Seymour Sundays
Photo left: Run around sparkling Buntzen Lake and up a mountain during the aptly named Run to the Clouds
 Run to the Clouds. 3 March - Port Coquitlam, BC, Canada. A 12.5km or 25km run, all on trails with some gravel road sections. Come see and run around beautiful Buntzen Lake and surrounding mountains. A challenging route with over 2000 vertical feet (or 600 metres) of elevation gain/loss. Fantastic views of Buntzen Lake and the Greater Vancouver area. Details here.
 Flash - Quicksilver Spring Run Off. 17 March - Cochrane, AB, Canada. Join Margaret in the Big Hill Springs Provincial Park on a 5km out and back course. Go for as long as you want up to 6hrs. Open to non-members. More details here.
Photo right: Big Hill Springs Provincial Park. Photo by D'Arcy Norman on Flickr.
Photo right. Sometimes there is lots of snow on Mountain Highway!
 Mountain Highway Madness - Spring edition. 18 March - North Vancouver, BC, Canada. This mind-numbing interval session is officially held twice a year. Runners complete one or more 15 km laps (with approximately 1 km or 3,300' of elevation change per lap) on a wide dirt and gravel access road (no traffic). We'll have a couple of runners from Fort St. John join us, so come on out to show them a good time. Details.
 Spaghetti Trees. 31 March - Victoria, BC, Canada. Teagirl Katie, the girl who runs in a dress (and stockings) shows off the best our west coast has to offer. Find the elusive Spaghetti Trees on the 12km or 16km trail loop run in East Sooke Regional Park. Skip past ancient copper mines and gorgeous west coast vistas. Get to the start via an optional bike ride along the Galloping Goose trail from the ferry. Play along with Katie's antics along the course and finish the day with a pint of local micro brew in a 116-year-old pub. Why is it called Spaghetti Trees? We'd love to hear your guesses :). Find out more here.
Burnaby Mountain Run. 14 April - Burnaby, BC, Canada. Check out the trails around the Simon Fraser University. Great views - weather permitting - and a killer hill! Details here.
NEWS
 Win with Distance Runwear. As a kick off to Distance Runwear's support for Club Fat Ass Dave and Meghan, the owners, are offering a prize of a $25 gift card to the fifth (5th) CFA member that comes by their new shop at 4800 Main Street in Vancouver. You need to be wearing your shirt. Don't dispair if you aren't the fifth they'll still have something for you... a little nourishment for your next run.
Photo right: Dudes in kilts and snowshoes...during the recent Snowshoe for the Haggis outing and Burns dinner.
 2012 Club Colours and Membership Registration. We have pre-ordered special Fat Ass Wear t-shirts this year. I still have all sizes available, but numbers are limited. If you'd like a new, no-stink, short shirt sleeve, pumpkin colour 2012 collector shirt, better not procrastinate and renew your membership now.
Photo left: Can you spot the 2012 orange Club Fat Ass Wear collectors shirt at the start of the Mardigras Night Run?
 Steering Committee. We need your help, ideas and feedback. Now is the time to get off your rear end and start thinking about joining the Club Fat Ass Steering Committee. Please contact Sibylle if you can contribute a little bit of love and enthusiasm to helping manage the club. Our next Steering Committee Meeting is scheduled for 28 February in North Vancouver.
New Event Hosts. Get Your FA Off The Couch has a new event host! Gottfried Grosser, RD for the Tenderfoot Boogie and Frosty, is taking on a new challenge, hosting the Get the Fat Ass Off the Couch, October 20th.
Photo right: Showing of alternate footwear at the recent Squamish Scrambler Snowshoe run
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PAST EVENT RESULTS AND REPORTS
 Photo: Our mascot, Piggy Porker, and Squamish Scrambler newbie, Andrew, preparing for a pork roast
For the latest reports and results, please click here.
2012 Travelling Colours Contest. Same contest, same rules, new year. Pictures of your 2012 adventures wearing your Club t-shirt (any colour) can be posted to Flickr following the instructions here.
 Photo right: Refuelling after the Squamish Scrambler. Eat up, Eric!
Photo left. Posing on Indian River look-out during a Seymour Sundays run.
2012 Point Series. Up-to-date standings are
here. New member Marc is giving Ean a run for his money by hosting weekly training runs and racking up the points. Learn how to collect points here, or try to pry some secrets from Des the next time you see him at an event!
CAUSES YOUR CLUB SUPPORTS
Club Fat Ass and our members support a variety of charities, causes and events. Please check them out here.
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. Be sure to consider the special section on the Club website that offers ideas on how to raise money for your favorite cause while hosting a free CFA event.
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