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18 October 2008 - 28 Starters
Report - Well another amazing day was had by all for the anual get you fat ass off the couch run. The torrential rain from the previous day was long gone and the morning was greeted by gorgeous sunshine. The trails were amazing with all the shades of red, orange and yellow and the streaks of sunshine peeking through the trees. A fairly large group of very keen trail runners gathered. Bill Des,Pano, chris, Ran and darbyKai set off with a strong steady climb up Berkeley and quickly disappeared in the trails. It was also great to see all the new runners out for this fat ass event....hope to see you all in future fat ass events. As I ran down the powerlines and made my right hand turn part way down I was greeted by THE PUDDLE/lake! I thought it might be a good idea to change that part of the course next year but everyone voted unanimously to leave it as is for the adventure aspect!...OK....the puddle remains but Karl may modify the bushes next year. All in all it was a great day with all my favorite trail buddies. Hope to see you all next year...spread the word!!
Ann
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Preliminary Results
First Name |
Last Name |
City |
Event |
Points |
Time |
Chris |
Benn |
Vancouver |
20km - Old Chesterfield |
2 |
1:52 |
Bill |
Dagg |
Vancouver |
20km - Old Chesterfield |
3* |
1:52 |
Ran |
Katzman |
Vancouver |
20km - Old Chesterfield |
2 |
1:52 |
desmond |
mott |
north vancouver |
20km - Old Chesterfield |
3* |
1:52 |
Pano |
Skrivanos |
North Vancouver |
20km - Old Chesterfield |
1 |
1:52 |
DarbyKai |
Standrick |
Mission |
20km - Old Chesterfield |
1 |
1:52 |
Ann |
Taylor |
North Vancouver |
20km - Old Chesterfield |
3** |
2:02 |
Greg |
Barreca |
North Vancouver |
20km - Old Chesterfield |
1 |
2:08*** |
Andrew |
Laing |
Burnaby |
20km - Old Chesterfield |
1 |
2:18 |
Amy |
MacArthur |
Burnaby |
20km - Old Chesterfield |
1 |
2:18 |
Courtney |
Briggs |
Delta |
20km - Old Chesterfield |
2 |
2:22 |
Jess |
Bassil |
Vancouver |
20km - Old Chesterfield |
3* |
2:38 |
Kim |
Taylor |
West Vancouver |
20km - Old Chesterfield |
2 |
2:38 |
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Sukhi |
Pawa |
Vancouver |
10km - Cushy Couch |
2 |
0:57 |
Naomi |
Dunaway |
Vancouver |
10km - Cushy Couch |
1 |
1:02 |
Karl |
Jensen |
North Vancouver |
10km - Cushy Couch |
2 |
1:02 |
Arthur |
Gee |
Vancouver |
10km - Cushy Couch |
1 |
1:20 |
Raelene |
Thomas |
Port Moody |
10km - Cushy Couch |
2 |
1:20 |
Gord |
Thompson |
Coquitlam |
10km - Cushy Couch |
2 |
1:20 |
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gottfried |
grosser |
n vancouver |
Custom - 19km |
1 |
2:09 |
Penny |
Jakobsen |
North Vancouver |
Custom - 17km |
1 |
2:07 |
Pamela |
Keck |
Vancouver |
Custom - 15km |
1 |
1:35 |
Jessie Marches |
Marches |
Vancouver |
Custom - 15km |
1 |
1:35 |
Ean |
Jackson |
North Vancouver |
Custom - 15km |
2 |
1:52 |
Quin |
Halpin |
Tulsa |
Custom - 15km |
2 |
2:00 |
Kelly |
Jamieson |
Richmond |
Custom - 15km |
1 |
2:00 |
Sibylle |
Tinsel |
North Vancouver |
Custom - 15km |
3* |
1:45 |
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Alex |
Cameron |
seattle |
0 |
-1 |
DNS |
Dom |
Repta |
Vancouver |
0 |
-1 |
DNS |
michael |
spagnut |
vancouver |
0 |
-1 |
DNS |
Dave |
Berg |
Burnaby |
0 |
-1 |
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* bonus point for garbage collection
** Event Host point
*** started a day late ;-)
Comments
Ean/Ian? Is my hero!
Aw Shucks
It was a pleasure running with you, too (two)! For a while there I thought the bears got you. Glad to hear it was only a misplaced camera.
Did you see the photos I took? (Check link on results.) If you have a Flickr account, you can share yours, too.
It worked out well for me. I caught the lead pack (OK, they ran 4K more than me) and we all ran in together.
Glad to hear you had a good time. When will we see a Club Fat Ass run in Tulsa?
Mystery Runners
Hello, I showed up on Sunday and found out the race was Saturday. Good
thing I signed up for a year membership. I found 4 guys and 1 lady who were
running the big Chesterfield on Sunday and they didn't know the course.It
all worked out and we did it in 2 hours and 8 minutes. Not that it counts
for anything.
Greg Barreca
30m? 200m?
Bite me
Ha ha ha. I was helping damsels in distress.
I think the "official" distance is calculated from the stop sign behind the Chevron, isn't it? If I was a betting man, I'd bet one could shave 20% off the total mileage in your training log and there'd probably still be some margin for error.
'Miss 'ya! Looking forward to you kicking my butt on the trails some day soon...
Thanks for the run today,
I am always amazed how the skies clear up for Get Your Fat Ass Off The Couch. Year one saw a gigantic Pineapple Express move through the area, leaving huge puddles, mud and washed out bridges, yet the second we started running the rains stopped. The pattern continued in the following years, so I wasn't surprised that the weather forecast promised and delivered dry conditions for Saturday morning.
Because of some last minute family matters I was unable to make the start in time, but Ann had everything under control and a good size crowd set out to Get Their Fat Ass Off the Couch. A handful of CFA virgins had taken us up on the offer for a free trial Single Day Membership and trusted Action Jackson to guide their way. Judging by the photos they had fun ;-) especially with THE PUDDLE in "the tunnel". Karl was overheard at the post event party in Mosquito Creek Pub to cut away the brambles in said tunnel for next year and somebody volunteered to engineer dry passage through the puddle.
By the time I set out on the trails, the Cushy Couch runners were on their way down Berkeley and the faster of the Old Chesterfield participants were just hurtling down Bridle Path. I decided to run the course backwards to be able to greet everybody.
The course for this event is one of my favorites for the relatively easy trails and the fall atmosphere. There aren't many technical bits, but I did realize why the course follows Homestead and Bottleneck down instead of up. We west coast citizens don't get blazing fall colours like the east, but during Ann's run, I am always amazed at the blazing, yellow and orange Maple leafs smattered between those ancient Douglas Firs.
A good day all around - and most present at the pub even won a prize thanks to Trail Runner Magazine, Kintec Footlabs and Kinesys. The free pint courtesy of Mosquito Creek Bar and Grill was also very appreciated. Happy Trails - Sibylle