Thanks everybody for coming out and making this 4th running of the Pure Satisfaction a great success.  21 runners toed the start line ready to brave the elements. In the end the rain and wind fore casted didn't materialize, the snow had almost completely disappeared and the blow downs were manageable.

Thank you to Berglind for weathering the cold and handing out Craig's Zone Bar's at the turnaround.  

Thanks to North Shore Athletics, TrailRunner, Kinesys and Body World 3 everybody who showed up at the Lazy Cafe got away with a draw prize.

As we approach the end of 2006 and the start of a new year, the Steering Committee and I have been doing a lot of behind the scenes planning regarding Club Fat Ass.  Straight up, the success of the Club may also kill it! 

Your Club has accomplished a lot during 2006.  We have grown to 300 members.  Members benefited from 33 free Club events in 2006 including our new speaker series and flash events.  Our online "clubhouse" finally works across most common browsers and members are using it to share their adventures, photos and advice.  The Club newsletter is received by over 1,000 subscribers and this is growing rapidly as friends tell friends. 

The challenge is that the Club doesn't have the resources to support this kind of growth.  Membership dues bring in approximately $10,000 but this does not even come close to covering the actual costs of overhead (the t-shirts, the world class web site, Club marketing and promotion, accounting and legal fees, etc.). 

Well we were blessed with a break in the weather with temperatures around the freezing mark and partly cloudy skies.  The snow on the ground was to vary from a few inches at the start to 6-12 inches in the higher elevations depending on whether you were 'on' or 'off trail'.  Here's a picture of Nevee the wonder dog strutting her stuff in the new snow that fell days before.  

Anybody going out to Bellingham  for the Galbraith Mountain Tour next weekend want to carpool? I can drive if need be.

Geoff

What comes after a morning of fun in the sun and snow at the Club Fat Ass MMFR?  Come and find out on Dec 10 at Pure Satisfaction.  I can promise you distance, terrain, weather and time, all in the extreme nature of a classic course on the North Shore.

Up until a few days ago, it was mild and rainy in Vancouver.  Time to clean up the garden, rake the leaves and maybe kick some leaves while out on a run on the trails between rain showers.

Then it started to snow.  And it snowed.  And it's still snowing.

Hi guys and gals,

Please come out and join us on Saturday, 2 Dec, before the Christmas season kicks into full gear!  Sorry for the date change but circumstances were such that we could not pull off the event and instead of canceling we opted to postpone it.  There is snow on them thar hills and unless it rains or warms up by next weekend there should still be a light dusting that makes the trail absoutely spectacular!

More details and registration here.

See you next Saturday. 

Cheers, Mike and Melissa.

"March for the Cure" - Nanaimo

A showcase of tales and images

On November 30th join Team Canada for an evening of sandstorms, blistered feet and tales of adventure as they present a slide show on the 2005 Marathon Des Sables, a 250km ultramarathon race across the Sahara desert completed by team captain Rob Mackay and preview their upcoming challenge, the Gobi March 2007.