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Wasatch Front 100 Report


Thank You

Speaker Series - Primal Quest - 13 September
I just wanted to take a minute to thank the 40+ people, from as far away as Washington State, who attended our presentation last night.

It was our absolute pleasure to tell our stories and we were all amazed at the turnout.

Special thanks to Sibylle and Ean for organizing the whole event and Keith Nicol for allowing us to host at North Shore Athletics, AND for presenting a 20% discount to all in attendance!

Sincerely,
Gary Robbins

Photo: Amy, Gary and Mark presenting their adventures during Primal Quest at NSA in September

The 2006 Kits Pool 5K Challenge ...

Duel at the Pool - 1
... is now over.

Today, September 12, 2006 Lesser Mako Jackson and Maybe Dick Husband splashed to a decisive draw today on a beautiful mid-September super-natural BC day.  Jackson first used the obvious manipulative ploy all weenies use when announcing this morning that today was the only day this week that he could perhaps take enough time from his supposedly over-crowded schedule to try to gain the Kits 5K Challenge.

Of course, to announce his constraint he picked 7 hours after Maybe Dick (or "wise" fatherly figure to the psychologically and emotionally imbalanced Jackson - a boy in a man's body) got off a 5 hour flight from Toronto after putting in a grueling 12 hour day the previous day.  Regardless of the bogus handicapping, the whale shark agreed to give him a go.

It was a magnificent and delightful disaster for our dynamic duo.  Lesser Mako was obliterated over the first 500m leg as the whale showed just how powerfully dominant he was over medium distances.  For the second 500m leg, Lesser Mako picked up some points as Maybe Dick abruptly was reminded that he had just gotten out of a cab from a late-night flight 8 or 9 hours previously.

A quick confab confirmed with Lesser Mako that he would become the "official winner", as Maybe D was not prepared to battle it out over 40 lengths after being handed - nay, confronted - with such an obvious and devious handicap as being forced into the swim with essentially no notice and no choice.

2006/09/09 JDF Take #2

The field was smaller this time than last week,Danimal, FT and I started this wet drippy morning from China Beach this time to try and avoid the tide on Bear Beach.
The plan was that FT would run with us to Bear Beach and double back leaving Dan and I to continue, right on through to Botanical.
There were a few factors that made this run harder than last weeks.
1.) The rain the night before.

Fall Mountain Highway Madness - 10 September 2006

Come and join us this Sunday at 7:30am for the Fall Mountain Highway Madness Run in North Vancouver, BC Canada.  If your are looking for a good hill work-out and a course where you can't get lost this one is for you. Run one lap or four. Each lap is 15km long and has about 1km (3,300') of elevation change.

Cascade Crest Classic 100 Mile

Cascade Crest
Photo from left: Daniel, Karl, Gilles and John at Cascade Crest
 

My run of the Cascade crest classic 100 mile endurance run.

I’ve tried to sit down and write up a story on this run but it’s been hard to put 27 hours and 100 miles in a short story. So here’s my best. My first memory of the weekend was the three of us John Karl and myself camping out the night before Gipsy style in a parking lot off the side of the freeway. Where I got to see how experienced ultra runners relax the night before the big race (they drink beer) no big surprise.

CFA Speaker Series - Team Mind over Mountain at Primal Quest - Press Release

NORTH VANCOUVER, BC (08 September 2006) — Next Wednesday, Club Fat Ass (CFA) will host their first in an ongoing series of free speaker events.

2006/09/02 Whale Farts

 

2006/09/02 Running the Juan de Fuca Trail

When they say the west coast of Vancouver Island is beautiful, they aren't lying!

I was fortunate enough to join some CFA folks on a run of the Juan de Fuca trail this past weekend and, without much prior knowledge of the trail, I didn't really know what to expect.
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