The year is not over yet.  At last count there are 10 more Club Fat Ass events before the end of 2009. Make full use of your member benefits and join us at the great line-up of fall and winter events.  Here is what is still in store:

To celebrate the life and passions of our dear friend and fellow runner, Susan Giuffre, we will be running her favorite North Shore mountain trail run October 18th.  Please join us, for a 1 - 2 hour run or walk starting at Hyannis drive, Sunday Oct 18 at 9:00 a.m.

A brief description of the running route follows.  A modified version for walkers will be available at the start. Please come, meet some new runners or run with some good friends and enjoy the trails that Susan loved so much.

As the sun sets on the 2009 Baggers Challenge, I have come to the sad conclusion that I should have quit my job if I were serious about bagging them all. 

Yes, at one time I thought it might be possible to bag them all in one season.  It is.  But you have to get on it early and get those high bad boys while the sun shines and the days are long.

Mid September, the family had planned and hoped to camp at the Frosty trail race and enjoy a last late season camping trip...but circumstances saw us throwing a birthday party for a freshly minted teenager and hauling dirt for the never ending backyard project...

So here we are,October the 2nd. 6:40 am in the dark setting out to do it one more time...

I will offer this sevice for another couple of weeks then I have to rest for my 100 miler in the desert.

http://jackal100.blogspot.com/2009/10/running-juan-de-fuca-trail.html

While you busy-bodies were bagging peaks on the coast, two other fat-assers were exploring new trails in the Interior during a week off in September.

If anyone ever gets a chance to visit Glacier National Park near Roger's Pass, BC, you gotta do the Glacier Crest Trail! We had an amazingly beautiful day and the views were spectacular (see above).

More pics:

I think I have Bagger's Fever.  The symptoms have been particularly acute this past week: