Club Fat Ass member Jess Bassil gets quoted in the Georgia Straight.  Check out this article on winter running:  http://www.straight.com/article-281341/vancouver/runners-can-get-grip-winters-challenges 

Hello fellow fat-assers,

I still have some spots available for my Healthy Eating Workshop this Saturday in Vancouver.  The regular cost is $99 but as a special rate for CFA members you can get in for $50!  I will be covering the topic of sports nutrition and how to use nutrition to get the most out of your body for your runs and workouts. 

No takers on the 75K, although Kirsten might have been pursuaded to do a third loop if there had been anyone man enough to go with her.  Thanks to all who showed up to enjoy the dry and very mild weather.  Apparently there were some ghost runners who prefer to remain annonymous.

I'm very glad I ran in the New Years Day Fat Ass 50 and Freeze Your Fat Ass Off Swim (minus the swim as usual). I'm also glad that I didn't get really sick from doing it. It's been a long standing question of mine whether you should run when you're sick or stay at home and hide under the covers. Having had my heart set for a long time on a great start to the new year I decided to brave the elements.

My idea of a good start to the New Year includes running 50km.  Doing anything less among our ultra friends always makes me feel like a couch potato. 

Now, there are good reasons to opt out of a full 50km on New Year's Day:

I am wondering if any of my Vancouver friends are planning to make the trip down for the race?

I am entered, and on a standby for the Harriers bus which is, at the moment full!

Friday is a free day for me so I could easilly get over to your city  for the trip down across the border to Anacortes for the ferry to the Island.

Unfortunately in the winter that is the only way for us Islanders to get there...

Any cost incured will be shared.

Here's hoping....

Jackal

I am about to submit the order for the 2010 sunshine yellow, no-stink, long sleeve collectors shirts.   If you'd like to get a shirt and haven't registered yet, please do so now at http://www.clubfatass.com/join If you have registered without a shirt and changed your mind, please let me know. 

The shirts will again be made from Chitosante, an environmentally friendly fabric with natural antimicrobial (no stink) properties.  They have been well received, have great wicking properties and perform great in all kinds of weather.