The turn out for the Year 2000 Vancouver Fat Ass 50K was down slightly this year, perhaps due to the New Year celebrations of the night before. Running conditions bordered on perfect with cool, cloudy weather in the morning and sun breaking through in the afternoon. The Run of Distinction award goes to 19 year old Emily who had never run farther than 5K, but thought that a 50K would be fun. Emily came totally unprepared...no water bottles, no food and no money to buy any. She ran well, easily keeping up with a small pack of four veteran runners. At 20K the race director gave her $5 and convinced her to turn back. She reported the next day that she crashed and had to walk the last 12K of her 35K run. It is noteworthy that she was less than 6K from home when she crashed, yet still chose to complete the last 12K of the race. Guts and determination. We have a future ultra runner here. Note: Mathew Sessions also did the 'Freeze Your Fat Ass' 50 second swim.
Karl Jensen
2000 Vancouver Fat-Ass 50 Results
|
Name |
Time |
Place |
|
Randy Hunter |
4:40:12 |
1 |
|
Murray Cameron, Dan Whittemore |
5:05:00 |
2 |
|
Ron Adams |
5:58:36 |
4 |
|
Matthew Sessions |
6:08:04 |
5 |
|
Sarah Gallazin, John Little, Karl Jensen |
6:30:05 |
6 |
|
Emily |
35K |
7 |
|
Sam Robbins |
20K |
8 |
Total Starters: 10 Total Finishers: 8
