I am in the process of updating the Canadian Ultras Calendar that Club Fat Ass has been "hosting" on our website.

If you are an RD of a Canadian Ultra Run, please take a moment to let me know the date and specifics for your 2010 event.  It would be most helpful, if you use this form to update your event.

The Galbraith Mountain Tour is coming up soon.  Anyone in Vancouver interested in car-pooling?

My highlights of the last time I went were Daniel's Mom serving up donuts at the start, great views from the top of Galbraith Mountain, dark ale and Mexican food at the finish.  Maybe get in a little Christmas shopping with robust Canadian dollars, too?

Please find more details through the links below:

This table holds the all time results from 2003 to 2008. Were you there?

Are you joining us in 2009? Sign up here. Then have fun.

Just a quick note to you Vancouverites,

Who of yous is doing the Orcas Island 50K?

I Desperately need to know.

I have only two wheeled transportation, (or two legged.)

I know that there are a whole bunch of Prarie Inn Harriers going , but I am more reluctant to ask for support from them as they have a "on again, off again." approach to runners from the "Dark Side".

Just trying to expand my options....

On the other front.

Who else, other than me, wants to run the E/B 50K this coming May?

Here's an article about snowshoe running that references the host of the
Vancouver New Years Day Fat Ass 50 and the current record-holder of the Lord
of the Loops:

http://www.straight.com/article-268549/snowshoeing-takes-heart

Time to draw the lines in the sand for 2010. 

Last year saw me injured for the first 7 months and on the comeback trail for the balance of the year.  For the first time in 4 years, I feel as though I am starting the year with a fitness base I can build on.

For those of you too young to remember it (Showing my age a bit here), that's from Hill Street Blues and the phrase was "Hey, let's be careful out there"

This Saturday past, we were up Grouse for an exceptional morning of showshoe running. Beautiful day if a little icy. We headed up and over Dam and then swung back towards the chalet. There was talk of heading down Thunderbird ridge, but it technically wasn't opened yet and there were zero tracks, so the opting was to do the lap of the Blue Grouse Loop instead. 

The most popular run in Switzerland took part yesterday in Geneva.

Around 27'000 persons ran it (it's not the Sun run, but compare to Swiss population is not bad) from 6 years old till 89yo.

It's a pretty fun run and short one (4,8km for women and 7.3km for men), which egals with a fast run. Usually after the run we all say "Oh my God, I ran it too fast" but the atmosphere is so great that you forget about the pain!

At the 6:00am start there were several SLUG's ready to throw down with Green Rock trail. In my opinion, it's one of the more difficult trails in the St. Louis area. Green Rock is named as such because it's a 10-mile point-to-point trail that connects Greensfelder Park in Eureka, MO northward to Rockwoods Reservation in Wildwood, MO. The terrain is difficult, but the positive is that the weather was supposed to be clear and cool with a high of 40 degrees F.