Congratulations to the North Shore News for winning the Club Fat Ass Media Spirit Award. The inaugural competition was held at Wendy's "Get Your Fat Ass Off the Couch" runs on 21 October 2006.Meghan Jones and Hector Diakow were running for the Capilano Courier newspaper. Mike Wakefield and Jordan Back, a previous top finisher in the event, represented the North Shore News.
It was a very tough call for the judges. The Capilano Courier and North Shore News both were both represented by the same number of enthusiastic runners. Since Meghan and Hector were new runners and boasted a total of 6 hours sleep prior to the run, they were inching ahead, even though Jordan had bonus points for having broken a rib on the trail in an
earlier running of "Wendy's" and still came back for more.
Hector showed up at the finisher party, which gave the Courier additional spirit points. However, Mike Wakefield got double spirit points for the pile of trash he picked up during the run and the bouquet of fall leaves he presented to his host, Wendy Montgommery, after the run. The judges called it a tie coming into the finish.
The tie-breaker came in the form of Mick Maguire who, although unable to run for the North Shore News team, came out to set up
an aid station for the benefit of all runners. Now *that's* media spirit! Mick cinched the award and the Porker Plaque trophy for the North Shore News.
On behalf of the Club Fat Ass Steering Committee, Wendy Montgommery and the Club Fat Ass members, congratulations to all participants and we hope to see you all out at the next Club Fat Ass Media Challenge!
Do you remember what your sports and fitness-related New Years resolutions were for last year? How well did you do relative to your goals? If you are like most, your answers are "No" and "No clue".
Plenty of studies show a common trait of overachievers is that they write their goals down. By sharing those goals with peers, the odds of them being achieved goes up even more.
The Club Fat Ass website makes it possible for us to keep track of our fitness-related goals and resolutions... right up there where the world can see them.
As a gift to anyone, from anywhere in the world, the Club has offered this service for free. Instructions on how to share your fitness-related resolutions follow.
To spice things up a bit, and keep those who use the service honest to themselves, I propose a contest. Contest is open to anyone. Guidelines follow.
Happy New Year!
Ean Jackson,
Host of Vancouver New Years Day Fat Ass 50 & Freeze Your Fat Ass Swim
PS I've taken a first step by stating my goals for 2008 and going one step further by registering for many of the races I hope to compete in.
How to Share Your Resolutions
Notes
It's never too early to start thinking about your New Year's Resolutions!
With the new year getting closer every day, I've been thinking about what I can still do to acheve my 2007 fitness goals. This got me thinking about what I'll do with my sorry ass in 2008. Yikes.
Given that I plan to once again host a little resolution run on New Years Day, I figured I'd also once again offer my guests, and anyone else who is interested, a place where they can log their 2008 fitness resolutions.
You can look at this as a goal-setting tool, as a way to keep yourself honest or as a contest to see how close you come to meeting your goals. More information at 2008 New Years Resolution log.
Ean Jackson,
Host of Vancouver New Years Day Fat Ass 50 & Freeze Your Fat Ass Swim
PS Anyone (Club Fat Ass member or not) can log their goals and/or enter the contest. Our sponsor, Kintec Footlab, has offered a pair of shoes to the Club member who comes the closest to achieving their goals. Craig Moore won a pair of spanking new runners for his effort in '06. Since I was the only person to log my goals in '07, I guess I win, eh?
PS If you resolve to start the new year with a run, please join me for a 50K on New Years Day
For 2008, I want to (in no particular order):
PB a marathon.
PB a 50K. - Diez Vista 50K April 5, 2008 - 6:36:12, Diez Vista 50K April 2004, 7:38. 1 hour PB!
PB a 50 miler - Mt Si 50 miler April 13, 2008, 8:39, previous best, Elk Beaver 10:16!
Complete a 100K - Miwok 100k May 3, 2008, 15:20 I completed despite severe electrolyte depletion.
PB a 100 miler- Stormy 100 miler August 8-9, 2008. 29:30ish. About 4.5 hour PR! Good enough!
log over 1000 miles in training and races (I have a GPS for this)
and most importantly make my no stink, long sleeve Chitosante tech shirt to be classified as a biological hazard.
For nobody other than myself, here are my draft 2008 fitness resolutions:
Running events:
It's a nutty idea, but it would also be cool to run my 100th ultra as a 100-miler or at least be able to say that in 2008, I ran my 100th ultra and completed a 100-miler.
Apart from the running events, I aim to:
By the way, if you get ambitious, you can also post your New Years resolutions on this site.
Complete at least 15 Club Fat Ass events in 2008.
Complete 2008 kneeknacker.
Survive 2008 kneeknacker.
Run one international marathon.
Tone my fat ass.
In this upcoming year, 2008, I want to focus on overcoming the injuries I have suffered through over the last couple of years.
To accomplish this my goal is daily practise of pelvic aligment, core stabilisation and stretching, especially of chronically tight hamstrings and hips. Also use of the Indo Board and balance drills to improve alignment and balance.
In addition one of my main goals is to fully incorporate cross training into my weekly workout schedule. The main activities being
I am going to start the year off on a four month marathon training plan, building from 60 to 100 km per week. My main goals are to complete all 5 runs every week, and to increase my tempo run pace from 4:25/km to 4:10/km by April. After that I will move to a modified 6 day per week plan to get ready for the Knee Knacker, assuming I get in.
I plan to attend all of the Knee Knacker Sunday training runs, and assuming I can get a shift that finishes early enough on Wednesday all of those as well. The races I have planned for the year so far are:
Goal #1: Vancouver New Years Day Fat Ass 50km, ideally beating my time from 2006.
Goal #2: Marathon under 4h. I would like to find a spring marathon somewhere less than 1h drive from Vancouver. Failing that, I'll try Vancouver and have fall marathon (Kelowna) as back-up.
Goal # 3: Assuming I get in, participating and finishing at the 20th Kneeknacker North Shore Trail Run 50km.
Goal # 4: Participating in following other events/races:
Since it is so early in the year I reserve the right to "fiddle" with these goals depending on my training, health status and injuries...
Welcome!
This is where fitness-oriented resolutions for 2007 are displayed for all of the world to see.
You are most welcome to submit your fitness-oriented resolutions at any time up to 31 December 2006 for the 2007 contest.
Ean Jackson,
Host of Vancouver New Years Day Fat Ass 50 & Freeze Your Fat Ass Swim
PS If you resolve to start the new year with a run, please join me for a 50K on New Years Day by clicking on the link above!
It's Sunday 31 December 2006. I just assessed my 2006 fitness resolutions and gave myself a 75% or "C" grade. Room for improvement!
One of my BHAGs (Big, Hairy, Audacious Goals) is to run my 100th ultramarathon during the year I turn 50. I recently turned 49. Given that I ended 2006 with 83 ultras under my belt, I'm going to have to run at least 10 ultras in 2007 if I'm to have a realistic crack at achieving my big goal. I'm also injured and out of shape.
When I look back on my resolutions for 2006 and think about how often I referred back to them over the year, I've come to the conclusion that writing goals down really helps me to achieve them. So, for nobody other than myself, here are my 2007 fitness resolutions:
Running events:
Things happen. Race cancellations, work or family commitments may mess up my plans to do any one of the above. I also may run other events. For the purposes of my resolutions, then, I'd be very happy to 12 out of the 17 listed above and get in at least 8 ultras. For the purposes of keeping score, I'll give myself credit for an equal trade. (E.g. no penalty if I trade one 50K run for another, for example.)
Apart from the running events, I aim to:
By the way, if you get ambitious, you can also post your New Years resolutions on this site.
This is bizarre for a last-minute, non-committal kind of guy to actually plan out a year in advance! Here goes:
Running events:
OK, I"m a newbie to the club but am a big "goals" person, so here's my preliminary attempt to lay out 2006...
That's the initial list, I'll see what else I can come up with over the next 2 weeks...
Well, I hopefully have the Longest Title award wrapped up.
First of all, the Big Three,
Apr 1/06 - American River 50 Mile Endurance Run, Sacramento (guess I'm going to miss the Burnaby Mountain CFA event)
July 8/06 - Knee Knacker (if I get in) or
July 29/06 White River 50 miler, WA (if I don't. I really hope I get in)
Nov/06 - Haney 2 Harrison 100K (I'm gonna need a bigger boat)
Personal stuff
A sub 4:00 marathon and I'll have two cracks at it: Penticton (May) and Portland (October) (why only sub 4:00? Well, thereby hangs a tale...)
60 days (of continuous) Bikrams Yoga Challenge (Yes, it's the hot one)
As many CFA events as I can manage and justify it as training: FA 50, Mardi Gras Night run, Mtn Highway Madness, etc.
and finally...
Put less noodles in my chicken noodle soup cooker, as it absorbs valuable sodium and use 2 cloves of garlic rather than 2 bulbs.
Wow. The resolutions that have been posted are totally inspiring. Amazing and you are just the people to do it. But I have to say, don't wait. Do it now. Time goes by in a blink.
My main, number one 2006 goal is to run faster. I'm having fun but I need to work on that. It can be measured easily because I'm doing many of the same races, plus a few:
As Carlos says, I love this sport!
Cheryl Johnson
Here's my 2006 athletic wish list. A long time ago I thought I wasn't very competitive ... but apparently I am so watch out!
1) Do at least 1/2 hour of heart raising activity six days per week, for the entire year, including: Run, walk, swim, hike, snowshoe, bike, lift weights, etcetera ... does sex count? If it does I'm golden.
2) Achieve a new Personal Best time at the Knee Knacker (working toward a sub 7:30h) ... better luck next year.
3) Do 50 pushups in a row ... I'm pretty sure I did 50 push ups this year ...
4) Do 10 complete full body chin-ups in a row ... I'll give myself 10 pretty good chin ups in a row with room for improvement.
5) Think longingly about doing the Forbidden Forest Run and hopefully be in good enough shape to accept an invitation ... favourable intuition prevailed ... I passed this time until a better opportunity arrises ;)
6) Do the Fluffy Bunny Trail Run and not be concerned about getting lost (it's a CFA event after all) ... something about this being "the toughest trail run ever" hasn't scared me off. I'm feeling good enough to think about doing it still for the first time.
7) Dirty Duo 25 Km ... oh ya baby! number 2 on the new course.
8) Do the CFA Vancouver World Run 50K on March 26 with Jesper Olsen ... yup but a shortened version 'cause I'm just not a road runner after all.
9) Crew the Crew and run one section at the new CFA Vancouver 100 trail run in June ... it was allll goooood!!!! I watched the guys have a super day and joined Mike for the section between Cleveland Dam and Mtn Hwy.
10) Run the CFA Pure Satisfaction 24K in December ... short and fast for me this year and feeling awesome. Since there was one more event added after mine (Galbraith Mtn Run) I did it for good measure as well. Nothing like a good run in December and it was awesome too.
Complete new years day 50 K
Run in at least 5 Fat Ass events in 2006
Commute to work by foot or bicycle (sickness or mechanical failure excepted) Commute on fixed gear for at least 1 month in the year
Morning "sun salutations" up to 4 days weekly by March and maintained in 2006
Complete my first 100K (H2H) in November
These are my goals for 2006.
1) No injuries-This means implementing a stretching regime and yoga into my weekly workouts
2) Running with Team Snowrunning.com Snowshoe Racing Team
b) Yeti Snowshoe Race Series-Mt. Washington, Mt. Seymour, Cypress Mountain and Whistler.
c) Grouse Mountain Snowshoe Race
3) Diez Vista 50km Trail Race-April-Sub 4:50:00-Port Moody
4) Miwok 100km Trail Race-May-Sub 9:15:00-Marin County, California
5)Knee Knacker
6) Secret Run-involves 100km/day for 4 days-July-location known but I'd have to kill you
8) Various Fat Ass Events. Andy's 6 Hour, Go Deep or Go Home, Jackson's Night Runs, Mountain Hiway Madness, Secret Fat Ass Run, Go Home
9) I want to have someone run my Fat Ass Go Deep 50 mile run
10) Piece together potential course for Whistler to Squamish 100 Mile Race
Training goals
Run 6 days per week, Stretch and Yoga 2 days per week, bike 3 days per week, gym 3 days per week. Average 2 workouts a day. Focus on heart rate training and recovery workouts.
Keep working on daily nutrition knowledge and implementation. Try and reach race weight for every race (less beer)
Motivate three people to run their first ultra
Make 3 out of 4 Wednesday night groups runs per month
Secure financial sponsorship for Team Snowrunning.com
Get into the mountains 4 times per week
My resolutions for 2006 will be to do 3 of these events( hopefully getting faster with each one).
i would like to take a finish photo of gary (boyfriend) winning a race.
get a second job to support garys racing costs.
learn a new hobbie.
thats about it for me ... good luck
donna turner
My main goal for 2006 is to have my team on the finishers list for Primal Quest. This promises to be the biggest and badest expedition adventure race in the last 5 years, we are going in with a team of complete rookies! We have already started training and no matter what happens, we have to finish. Something interesting is that my personal total adventure racing experience to date is a culmative 700k, PQ will cover 800k through 8 disciplines! I honestly think we will have a shot at top 30 (out of 90) if things go well for us...this is an outside goal we are shooting for.
I haven't had the time to think beyond PQ yet, so I'll be improvising as I go here:
-Complete a 100km ultra run, and have a respectable finish time
-Break the single lap record for Mountain Highway Madness, presently 1h0m20s, and throw in a second lap if feeling up to it after this. This is something I told Jackson I'd do in 05 but my race schedule did not allow me to do either of the runs. MHM is the first trail run I ever did in 2004, my life hasn't quite been the same since.
-I would set a goal of a 5h25m KKer, but since this race is just four days after PQ, I will regretfully have to withdraw my name from the entrant list, event though I was the first person to sign up for 2006. This will be my goal time when I next get to do KKer.
-I will hopefully be taking part in Diez Vista, and as long as I get in I am setting a goal of a top 5 finish. As long as the 'top guns' aren't out I might have shot, but ya have to aim high!
-To outright win a race, whether an AR or trail run, it doesn't matter, I just wanna win!!. I promised my girlfriend that I'd win a race for her in 05, unfortunately I did not get to do as many trail runs as I would have liked. I am focused on building a solid adventure racing base and this often takes me away from my strongest discipline of running, and puts me on my bike or in a kayak. If I can find a trail run that Ean, Andy and Dom don't know about I may have a shot!
-Dirty Duo, solo (run/bike). Top five finish, with fastest run time.
-Vancouver Sun Run, beat last years time of 37m51s
-Climb/scramble Mount Curry in Pemberton, Sky Pilot in Squamish and The Black Tusk in Whistler
-Significantly improve my navigational skills
-Siginficantly improve my kayaking abilities
-Stretch regularly...well at least more than last year!
-Top five finish at a Yeti snowshoe race
-Canoe/kayak trip from Squamish to Anvil Island
-Remember that I have a girlfriend, she actually likes to spend time with me, and I have to fit her into all of this somewhere!
That's it, I just took myself out of the 'running' for the free pair of shoes!
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL, AND GOOD LUCK TO ALL RESOLUTIONERS (it's a word, I made it)
GARY ROBBINS, SQUAMISH
I am going to use the same format that Jackson did... "events" and "other" goals.
Might be a bit ambitious to do all of them, but I've never really been one to set my sights low.
Events
Dirty Duo 50 km
Spring Highway Madness
Elk Beaver Ultra (event TBD)
Vancouver 100
Fluffy Bunny Trail Run (without getting lost)
STORMY
Walk in the Park 50km
Fall Highway Madness
Silvertip 50 km
Haney to Harrison 100km (at a faster time that this year’s run)
1 36-hour adventure race
2 marathons (I have to beat my dad’s PR)
Other
Keep a log of all running and biking training
Ride to school 3 times/week (average)
50 km/week of weekday running (average)
Acquire better eating habits (ok so I know this isn’t tangible, but I really do have to eat better)
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.
Cross train on mountainbike & tele-skis.
Cut out soda drinks & candies from my diet (except at aid stations when I am participating as a runner).
Continue to participate as course coordinator & run leader for the Knee Knacker.
2006 Calendar of events:
New Years Fat Ass 50 (with the requesit dunking at the finish), Vancouver, BC. Jan. 1, 2006
Dirty Duo 50k, North Vancouver, BC. March
Elk/Beaver 50 miler, Victoria BC. May
Vancouver 100, North-toWest-to-North Vancouver, BC. June.
White River 50 miler, Washington. August
Wasatch Front 100 miler (if my application gets through), Somewhere, Utah. September
My top one for this year will have to be :
1. Go to Leadville and complete it.
2. Run more with my son.
3. Focus more on having fun.
4. Have a successful event here in Idaho (Kick Ass 50/25).
5. Stay injury free!!!
Well here is the assessment for my goals for this Year.
1. Leadville.......went and completed it first time out with 29 hours 31 minutes. I was very happy about that.
2. Run more with son. This one we did a little but not as much as I wanted. Work more on this.
3. Focus more on having fun. Done.....I had much more fun and less seriousness with training and running. Still got things done but did'nt stress over it.
4. Successful event.....it went so, so, with only 4 of us running it. But I didn't stress over it.
5. Stay injury free. Did it!! Very happy about it.
Thanks to all of you for your friendship and fun this year.
I know it's well into Jan but it's taken me this long to search and sift through all the amazing things there are in this city! This has been a great organizational tool for me. The only real "ultra" I'm signed up for is child rearing at the moment but here is the rest of what I intend to do this year!!
Complete all Yeti Snowshoe Series Races
Participate in at least 5 Fat Ass Events
Try an X-Terra Race
Dirty Duo Run-25km
Complete a trail run over 50km
Run- 3x/wk-Wed night intensity run group-weekend long run
Pilates-2x/wk
Swim-2x/wk
Mt.bike/trainer- 2x/wk
Eliminate licorice
Play in the mountains at least once a week
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The winner of the 2008 Club Point Series will receive a pair of running shoes, kindly provided by our sponsor, Kintec Footlabs.
Please refer to Club Point Series for details on how points are allocated.
The table below reflects all points collected up to 24 August 2008 and includes referral and photo points as well as points collected during events (exluding Squamish Crawler and Mary's Run for which points have not been submitted).
| Total P. | Event P. | EH P. | Referal Points | Photo Points | Bonus P. | Crew P. | First Name | Last Name | # Events |
| 33 | 22 | 1 | 10 | desmond | mott | 11 | |||
| 24 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 4 | Ean | Jackson | 7 | ||
| 18 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Bill | Dagg | 6 | |
| 17 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | Baldwin | Lee | 7 | ||
| 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | Sibylle | Tinsel | 5 | |||
| 13 | 10 | 3 | Penny | Jakobsen | 5 | ||||
| 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | Ryne | Melcher | 6 | |||
| 12 1/4 | 8 | 1 | 1/4 | 3 | Craig | Moore | 5 | ||
| 12 | 12 | Gord | Thompson | 6 | |||||
| 12 | 12 | Monty | Watts | 6 | |||||
| 11 | 10 | 1 | Ran | Katzman | 5 | ||||
| 11 | 10 | 1 | Amy | MacArthur | 6 | ||||
| 11 | 11 | Ellie | Greenwood | 6 | |||||
| 9 | 9 | Rick | Arikado | 5 | |||||
| 9 | 9 | Rob | Ruff | 5 | |||||
| 8 1/3 | 6 | 1/3 | 2 | Ron | Adams | 4 | |||
| 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | carlos | castillo | 2 | ||
| 8 | 6 | 2 | Paul | Cubbon | 4 | ||||
| 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | Tim | Wiens | 2 | |||
| 8 | 8 | Jessica | Bassil | 4 | |||||
| 8 | 8 | Chris | Benn | 4 | |||||
| 8 | 8 | Ryan | Conroy | 6 | |||||
| 8 | 8 | Doug | MacKay | 4 | |||||
| 8 | 8 | michael | spagnut | 4 | |||||
| 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | Cheryl | Johnson | 3 | |||
| 7 | 6 | 1 | Chris | Atkins | 3 | ||||
| 7 | 6 | 1 | sukhbir | pawa | 4 | ||||
| 6 1/3 | 5 | 1 | 1/3 | Gary | Robbins | 3 | |||
| 6 1/4 | 6 | 1/4 | John | Machray | 5 | ||||
| 6 | 5 | 1 | David | Crerar | 3 | ||||
| 6 | 6 | Karl | Jensen | 3 | |||||
| 6 | 6 | Andrew | Laing | 4 | |||||
| 6 | 6 | Allison | Mackay | 3 | |||||
| 6 | 6 | 1 | Killaine | Sharman | 3 | ||||
| 6 | 6 | Kim | Taylor | 3 | |||||
| 5 1/4 | 3 | 2 1/4 | Gilles | Barbeau | 2 | ||||
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | James | Sinclair | 1 | ||
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Mark | MacRae | 2 | ||||
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Andy | Nicol | 2 | ||||
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Geoffrey | Palmer | 2 | ||||
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Angela | Spooner | 2 | ||||
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Lara | Taylor | 2 | ||||
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Pete | van Gaalen | 2 | ||||
| 5 | 5 | Claudia | Bullington | 5 | |||||
| 4 | 1 | 3 | Danielle | MacLeod | 2 | ||||
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Tara | Jackson | 1 | |||
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Amber | Ringers | 1 | ||||
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Graham | Archer | 3 | ||||
| 4 | 4 | Neil | ambrose | 2 | |||||
| 4 | 4 | Susan | Blackwood | 2 | |||||
| 4 | 4 | Rea | Blyth | 3 | |||||
| 4 | 4 | Stephen | Blyth | 3 | |||||
| 4 | 4 | Dan | Daoust | 2 | |||||
| 4 | 4 | Rhonda | Gallant | 2 | |||||
| 4 | 4 | gottfried | grosser | 2 | |||||
| 4 | 4 | Chad | Hyson | 2 | |||||
| 4 | 4 | Alison | Jones | 2 | |||||
| 4 | 4 | John | Jones | 2 | |||||
| 4 | 4 | Mark | Lesack | 2 | |||||
| 4 | 4 | Gord | Lord | 2 | |||||
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