Speaker Series – Team Mind Over Mountain at Primal Quest

Speaker Event Highlights Club Fat Ass Member Gary Robbins

Next Wednesday, Club Fat Ass (CFA) will host their first in an ongoing
series of free speaker events. At this event, CFA member Gary Robbins
and his team Mind Over Mountain (Mark Fearman, Aimee Dunn, Niels Torp
Madsen) will share their adventures at this year's Primal Quest
Adventure Race in Utah.

Along with racers from all over the world, team Mind Over Mountain
ran, biked, paddled and traversed over 800 km in 9 days, with only
guts, determination and the aid of a map and compass. Considered by
many to be the toughest adventure race out there, Primal Quest
provides the ultimate test of athletes' teamwork, endurance and mental
toughness.

Team Mind Over Mountain was one of five Canadian teams. They finished
41st out of 89 teams, an impressive accomplishment considering the
team had never raced together prior to Primal Quest and none of the
team members had ever raced longer than 36 hours. Three of four team
members had met and bonded through the local "Mind Over Mountain
Adventure Racing" series and their shared love of the outdoors. CFA
members Robbins and Fearman had done a lot of shorter distance
adventure races with little or no training. In fact, Robbins is only
in his third season of racing. "Prior to March of 2004 I had only run
more than 10 km three times in my entire life and somehow I managed to
convince myself that an 800 km expedition race was within grasp for
2006," he says. Robbins now splits his time between adventure racing
and trail running/snowshoe running and hosts the annual "Squamish
Scrambler" snowshoe event through CFA.

Details of this evening of camaraderie and inspiration are as follows:

Wednesday 13 September 06 – starts promptly at 7:00 p.m.

North Shore Athletics, 1200 Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver, BC

Admission is free to both members and non-members of Club Fat Ass, but
all guests must pre-register online to insure a seat. Select "Speaker
Series – Team Mind Over Mountain at Primal Quest" at:

http://www.clubfatass.com/events

The 90 minute presentation will be followed by a brief Q and A
session, time permitting. Refreshments and special Club discounts on
running gear provided thanks to North Shore Athletics.

Club Fat Ass is a grassroots sports event club. Our members host
trail running and other outdoor adventure events for fellow members.
Club events are fun, physically challenging, environmentally friendly
and emphasize camaraderie as much as competition. Each event is a
reflection of the unique personality of the Event Host. All Club
events are free to Club members. Membership is open to everyone who
enjoys playing outdoors.