Hey again,  The race is on! But Dave is walking away with my Diamond I'll have to see what I can Do. Feeling good but not fast.  Have you seen the temps up here Burr! they keep telling us that it's going to warm up.  Ha!

Are you ready to build an arc?  Feel like so much rain has fallen that you have moss growing on your skin?  There is hope....I just checked the hourly forecast for tomorrow morning and it looks like participants in the Mountain Highway Madness can leave their Goretex at home.  According to the weather man the rains are going to stop early in the morning and not resume until mid afternoon.  Rain-no-Train Jackson should be happy (if he survived the Chuckanut 50km race in the monsoons today, that is!)

 

Hey everyone tomorrow is the big day.  300k in the froze north.  you'll be able to follow me at http://www.sleepmonsters.com and rockandiceultra.com Not to cold for pants yet ; )

Race gear and draw prizes can be very distinctive.  The lions share of my wardrobe came from a race packet.  My fashion-conscious Mom might argue that this is not a good thing, but that doesn't bother me because I am a fashion trend-setter rather than a follower. 

Most of us are familiar with the debate over whether or not work colleagues should date one another.  Some say no.  Some say yes.  Some yes but only if they’re not already married to other people.  Yet others say work?  But tasteless jokes about small island nations like Newfoundland aside, I’m wondering if the same question should be asked about Fat-Asses dating Fat-Asses. 

Mountain Highway Madness is coming up this Sunday.

Mountain Highway Madness is an interval run. About 15K long, in the woods
on a wide, dirt and gravel road... it goes up and down a big mountain in
North Vancouver. While you don't need a doctor's certificate, you have to
be at least a bit crazy to even consider the challenge. Details at:
www.clubfatass.com/events/springmhm

Shoot for bragging rights and a place in the records book. Word on the
street is that someone might go for the second level of Platinum this
spring. (bronze = 1 lap, silver = 2 laps, gold = 3 laps, platinum = 4 laps
and he's talking about running 75K or 5 laps.) Believe it when you see it!
 Details from last year at:
www.clubfatass.com/events/springmhm/results/spring2006

At 3 weeks before Diez Vista and 5 weeks before the Vancouver marathon, this
makes for a fun way to put a little variety and competition in your
training.

It's a Club Fat Ass event, so it's free to members. Please help me make
sure we start on time by registering online at:
www.clubfatass.com/events/springmhm/registration

Ean Jackson

PS Join us for a free beer at the Mosquito Creek Grill afterwards.

Well we had six keeners show up for the 10:05 ferry to Bowen ... which we almost missed due to blatant disregard for a coned-off section of the walkway. In the end it turned out to be good training for the Midnight Madness run ;)

Anyway, the rains held off for the most part and we looped the lake, with Chris setting a brisk pace while Desmond, Bill, Susan, John and Mark drafted behind. We were back at Snug Cove in just under 50 minutes, feeling like it was a bit more than 7km, given the pace we were keeping.