Valentine's Fatazz Trail Run

Name: Valentine's Fatazz Trail Run
Start: 2025-02-15T05:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-02-15T17:00:00-05:00
Location: The Usual Place

Schedule

Sat Feb 15 2025 at 05:00 am to 05:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

The Usual Place | Kitchener, ON

Participants’ Guide
EVENT PAGE (DONATION LINK) ***coming soon***
Please register to "run" a fundraiser, donations gratefully accepted.
TRAIL RUN: A 5.5 km loop will hopefully be marked for those we are interested in some groomed trails mixed with technical single track.
TIME:
Clay will be on the course starting at 5am, the course will be marked with flags by 8am, and flags will be removed around 5pm. Feel free to join at any time and stay as long as you like.
REGISTRATION: Registration page ***coming soon****. It would be great to know how many people intend to show up on the day of the run. Please indicate you’re attending by clicking the “GOING” button on this event page.
T-SHIRTS: There are no t-shirts (it’s a fatass run).
PRE-RACE DINNER: There is no pre-race dinner.
COST: ALL DONATIONS WELCOME! There’s a voluntary $10.00 donation, honour system. Proceeds from the event will go to the Mood Disorders Society of Canada. Donations of $25.00 and more, and accompanied with name, address, and email will get a charitable giving receipt.
Clay Williams will be there from 5am to 5pm, please try to find him, say “Hello” and make your donation / entry fee payment.
THE FLAG: For the past ten years, Clay Williams has organized the Canal Pursuit for Mental Health, and he and the relay team have carried a Canadian Flag with them. He has asked people who know someone or are themselves struggling with depression, anxiety, bipolar, or any mood disorder to sign the flag, and the flag will be carried to Ottawa on the Canal Pursuit as a symbol that they don’t have to carry their burdens alone. Clay will be carrying the flag during the Valentine’s Fatazz Run, and would be happy to let you help carry it for a lap or two. Find him on the course and ask him about it and why he’s running to #DefeatDepression and #endthestigma.
LOCATION: Same as previous years.
POTLUCK AID STATION FOOD: Bring some for yourself, bring some to share.
WASHROOMS: I think the washrooms are open year round.
TIMING: There is no formal start or stop time. Runners are welcome to start as early as 5am, and finish as late as 5 pm. Sunrise is around 7:30 am, sunset around 5:45 pm. There will be a leader board on one of the tables to write your name, your start time, and time for each lap that you ran, and finish time. After the event, the info for all runners will be available on the Facebook page.
THE COURSES:
The trail running course is a 6.5 km loop which will (hopefully) be flagged by 8am. About half of it is single track, with some small hills, and the technical level depends on snowfall and prior foot traffic. Snow angels are encouraged.
FINISHER’S SWAG: Depends on the generosity of sponsors. Nothing to offer yet.
POST RUN PIZZA: There’s a great place down the street called Rustic Slice for those who are interested. (this place has kind of gone down hill since the change of management)
POST RUN SHOWERS: Sorry.
THANKS!!!