What a wonderful holiday season it was so far. Since the Pure Satisfaction Run in early December, it's been eating, drinking and being merry with friends and family...Now it's pay back time.

To get my goals set, I find it easier to tell someone what I'm doing, and then I really have to do it! So hear goes.... Training:- Forget about trying to convert unmeasurable training runs to Kilometres or Miles.(for us trail runners, it's just a hangover from our 10K days...) Up my average training hours per week to 12,throughout the year, with some more roads and trails. Make one of my runs at least 4 hours.(this will give me hours in the bank plus a couple of rest days) Get in some dawn running in the spring.

This whole thing about New Years resolutions is starting to cause me stress. Now that I've made a public comittment, I now have to make sure I achieve my goals. 'Got to fill out some applications. 'Got to come up with some cash. 'Got to get on the program and start training!

Ok, here it goes...

I, Glenn Pace, being of (relatively) sound mind & (sorta) body bring forward the attached action items for the year 2006:

Stretch no fewer than 5 nights a week.

Club Fat Ass is proud to announce that North Shore Athletics has joined the Club as a Sponsor Member. What this means is that North Shore Athletics will be providing prizes for Club Fat Ass events in the Vancouver area. What's more, they are offering all Club members 15% off any regularly priced inventory with this coupon (click on the link and print out the coupon) and a free toque for purchases over $150. Thank you, Keith Nicoll and the North Shore Athletics team!

Craig did not only host and run the Pure Satisfaction, he also was the official photographer. Check out the pics at http://www.flickr.com/photos/19621215@N00/sets/1592485

The Vancouver Hashers (officially the hash house harriers) invite all Club Fat Ass'ers to come out this Saturday for our annual Twas the week before xmas run, dinner and party.

Three years ago, during the first Pure Satisfaction Run, we jokingly called it "Pure Aggravation"...It poured for the entire run. We are not talking rain, we are talking West Coast monsoons. The trails were hidden under knee deep mud and it never really got light.

The first annual Club Fat Ass Point Series came to a conclusion last weekend with the final event of the year, the Pure Satisfaction run.

Event Host, Craig Moore, earned 3 points for hosting this event and solidified his lead over Cheryl Johnson and Bill Dagg, who tied for 2nd place. Third place went to Desmond Mott who participated in 10 CFA events this past year.

Craig, who strategically had planned his win by hosting 2 CFA events, pre-registering, showing up for 12 events and collecting garbage along the trails (and stuffing it in his waterbottle - yuck), took home a complimentary 2006 membership in Club Fat Ass and a nice warm hoodie from North Shore Athletics.

This is how you fasten and old pair of running shoes to your snowshoes.  If you do this, your snowshoes will never come off during a race!