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Dear Friends and Members of Club Fat Ass,
One would 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 are the backbone of our club, the Event Hosts, who put on 20 events in the 8 weeks since New Year's day. If you do the math, that translates into 2.5 events per week.
We are especially happy to see 3 informal weekly training runs in the event calendar. You can find more info about these free runs below and in the Upcoming Event section of the online club house.
On the subject of Event Hosting, for the past several years, Club Fat Ass members have organized training runs for the Stormy Trail Race. We are currently looking for enthusiastic members to take on the Squamish B2B on the weekend of the 25/26 of June and the Squamish Crawler, on the evening of July 16th. Let me know if you are interested.
The first Steering Committee Meeting of the year is behind us and the second one is approaching fast. I might be jumping the gun, but it appears we have a new committee chair, Kirsten Ohm-Pedersen. Kirsten will be in charge of Event Promotion. Welcome Kirsten. 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.
Lastly, we are planning for the 2nd Annual Fat Ass Film Festival. If you like to participate and submit videos of CFA events, check out details in the contest section below.
Happy Trails,
Sibylle Tinsel
Chief Executive Fat Ass
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UPCOMING EVENTS
 Weekly Training Runs. I'm pleased to announce that, due to popular demand, your Club now offers 3 weekly group runs in convenient locations around Vancouver, BC. The Pacific Nights are led by Ran in Pacific Spirit Park near UBC, usually on a Monday. The Capilano Nights are led by Sibylle in and around Capilano Canyon in North Van. The Burnaby Mountain Down Up Run is hosted by Rachel on the Burnaby Mountain SFU campus. Please check the website for details, as dates and times may change from week to week.
Flash - Pure Foolishness 50km. 26 February - North Vancouver, BC Canada. Join foolish Karl for a 50K run between Deep Cove and Lynn Canyon. Since this is a Fat Ass event you may, of course, run whatever you distance like. There is no fee and you don't need to be a member of Club Fat Ass to participate in a Flash event, however whining is not allowed. No registration is required but please indicate your participation via the comment form on the event page here.
 Photo right: Crossing the floating bridge across Buntzen Lake during Run To the Clouds
Run to the Clouds. 6 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.
 Photo left: Some young Fools charging down Mountain Highway
Spring Mountain Highway Madness. 20 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). Check it out here!
Photo right: Kat, Carlos, Reagan, Sibylle and Claudia enjoying the vistas on the Spaghetti Tree Run
 Spaghetti Trees. 2 April - Victoria, BC Canada. The newest offering on the Club Fat Ass calendar features a 12km or 16km trail run in East Sooke Regional Park 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 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.
 Photo left: Amazing views on a clear day during the Burnaby Mountain Run.
Burnaby Mountain Run. 9 April - Burnaby, BC, Canada. Check out the trails around the Simon Fraser University. Great views - weather permitting - and a killer hill! Details here.
NEWS
 Steering Committee. Please help me to welcome Kristin Ohm-Pedersen to the CFA Steering Committee. Kristin will be the chairing the Event Promotion Committee.
Membership Registration. Club membership registration for 2011 is ongoing. Yes, that means it's time to get off the couch and join the Club or renew your membership so you can benefit from all of the sweaty pleasures CFA offers.
Photo right: participants in the Squamish Scrambler breaking trail
Business Members. Are you a business owner? Want to share the gift of fitness or connect with outdoor enthusiasts? Consider joining Club Fat Ass as a Business member. For a low annual fee you'll see your banner rotating on the Club Fat Ass website, have a web page on the Club Fat Ass site, featuring your product or services and receive 2 personal annual memberships for your staff. Details here.
New Initiatives. So many ideas, so little time... We are hoping to offer regular informal training runs throughout the year as well as another free, short course, Check-Us-Out run. Reagan is planning to update our "Help" files with video. Action Jackson is working on the film festival and we're hoping to spiff-up the Club website before Christmas. If you like to be involved in any of these projects, or have an idea for something you'd like to do to improve your Club, please let us know.
Travelling Colors Contest. Share photos of your adventures wearing your Club shirt (any colour) on Flickr. Get your pals to "like" your submissions and win awesome prizes! Instructions here. A gallery of current submissions are posted here.
Second Annual Fat Ass Festival of Outdoor Adventures. Don't be shy: Share your short videos of awesome adventures with fellow Club members and the world at the Fat Ass equivalent of the Oscars . All submissions will be acknowledged, those with the top votes will make it to the final screening in November. If you have submissions, please upload them to YouTube, then embed it into a blog post on the CFA site.
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.
BUSINESS MEMBERS
   
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