After doing the rounds of physio, chiro and massage and continuing to have problems with knee and hip pain (can't run right now and getting cranky!), I am being referred to a sports medicine specialist. Here's where I need your help - does anyone have someone they recommend? Looks like 6-8 weeks to get into Alan McGavin (yikes!) and really hoping to see someone yesterday. (yes, I'm impatient).

Anyone have any injuries in their past (sorry, can't stop laughing at that comment...) and an MD they recommend?

The Marathon Shuffle on the Sunshine Coast Trail has a long history in our house.  ActionJackson is intimately familiar with it, having attempted to run the trail in its entire length - 180km - in 2003 and again in 2004.  This story has been featured in Shay Wilson and Angus McLellan's documentary, XS-NRG and if you can make the next screening, I can highly recommend it.

For a long time I have struggled with injuries and muscular imbalances, as well as cramping during races. Sometimes the cramping has been so extreme - total Charlie Horses that send the muscle popping out of my leg in a huge lump - that I have gone crashing to the ground and then been unable to get up for several minutes. This has been the case in every Knee Knacker I've done, as well as my last two races the Dirty Duo 50K and Marathon Shuffle.

Thank you, thank you for all of the great suggestions on how to make our "online clubhouse" a better place for Club Fat Ass members and friends.

When we meet at Club events or on the street, all of us on the Club Steering Committee take mental notes of ideas for improving the Club website and otherwise making it a great place to share and hang out.  Keep those ideas coming!  We discuss each and every suggestion you make and hope to implement them all.

As in years past, I will again be the captain for the Cleveland Dam aidstation during the Kneeknacker race, 10 July 2010.

Cleveland Dam is strategically positioned near the half way mark of this 50km trail race.  It a popular spot as it is easy to reach and invites families and spectators alike to hang out in Cleveland Park to cheer the runners on. 

1 May 2010 Starter Photo - 10 Starters, 10 Finishers
 

The sun started to shine just after we finished! But..... the rain held off at the beginning, so we all enjoyed cruising around the Buntzen Lake area. 

A new member, John Pickles, came out for his first CFA event, and I must have done alright, as he says he'll be back :-)

The Sunshine Coast Trail is a relatively undiscovered gem of a trail that stretches 180 kilometers from Sarah Point in the north to Saltery Bay in the south on the upper Sunshine Coast near Powell River, British Columbia.

Anyone want to attempt the Pitt River Hot Springs next Friday (May 7th)?

I want to try an untried route near Pinecone lake.  There are a few possible options including following the creek in the valley (I think about 4 km bushwhack from the lake to logging roads on the other side, approx. 10 km total) or a ridge above it which may be easier going (check out Seed Peak or Pinecone Lake hike in 101 hikes or pictures of those hikes on Club Tread - although we would start from a differrent point and take a different trail the area looks worhtwhile to check out anyway). 

 Hey there,