March 30
On Saturday morning Kevin, Liane, Larry, Len and Miriam with Jax, and Edie met at the Port Moody Rec Centre and walked on the Rocky Point park trail to Old Orchard Park and continued to Alderside. Edie, Kevin, Larry, Len and Jax turned back about halfway along Alderside and walked to Rocky Point park and the ice cream shop, and were soon joined by Liane and Miriam, who had walked on Alderside to April Road and Ioco Road, then returned the same way. Refreshments were enjoyed by the group, then we walked back to the rec centre. The weather was good – it only misted rain occasionally.
Distance for Miriam and Liane was 10 km, and for the rest of the group 7.8 km according to Len’s tracker. Our walk time was estimated at 1h45.
Also on Saturday morning, Alex did a Park Run at Central Park in Burnaby, targeting some runners he wanted to keep pace with, and passing them to do his 5 km run in a zip fast time of 39 minutes and 51 seconds! An 8 minute pace! He continued his run, doing a total distance of 7.45 km in a time of 1h09:08. Truly an inspiration Alex!
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March 27
On Wednesday evening Liane, Brenda, Glenn, Kevin, Edie, and Larry walked along Cameron, Eastlake Park, and Eastlake; Larry, Edie, Glenn and Kevin to Production Way and back, their distance about 4.5 km and time about 1h10; Liane and Brenda continued to Underhill and returned, their distance over 5 km and time also 1h10. No rain and very mild out – spring seems to be here.
From Jennel: On Tuesday evening Jennel ran to Town Centre with her dogs, then dropped off her dogs at home and continued her run – 10.3 km in total. While on her run, she saw the aftermath of a traffic accident with emergency vehicles there, so changed her route away from that!
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March 25
On Monday evening Liane, Sandy, Brenda, Glenn, Kevin, Alex, and Larry walked along Cameron, Eastlake Park, and Eastlake; Larry, Glenn and Kevin turned back at Production Way, their distance about 4.5 km and time about 1h13; Liane, Brenda and Sandy continued to Underhill and returned, their distance over 5 km and time 1h18; Alex jogged to Underhill and did a bit more distance back and forth on the way back, his distance 6.23 km and time 1h13.
It only rained lightly while we were out, thankfully! Alex brought dried apple and banana slices for the group after our walk – very tasty! Thank you Alex.
From Jennel: On Tuesday Jennel did a 2 km walk with her dogs, then a 5 km trot, finishing up with “pedal to the metal” speed at the end.
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March 23
On Saturday morning the Cruisers walked from Christine Sinclair Centre. Kevin, Edie, Len and Miriam with Jax, Liane, René, and Larry walked along the Sperling walkway and the trail that runs parallel to the Skytrain route, to Douglas Road, and back to the Centre, our distance about 5 km and our time just over 1 hour.
Afterwards most of the group had coffee with Flora, who ran 8 km with the Fit First group. Brenda and Glenn were also there doing a spinning class, and said hello too.
Meanwhile, Alex ran a route in Central Park, his distance 8.23 km and time 1h16.
From Jennel: On Saturday Jennel ran 18 km !!, including doing some shopping along the way, from Town Centre, the Coquitlam crunch, a run uphill because a dark rain cloud was chasing her, but she beat the rain. Thank God for compression socks, right Jennel !!
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March 21
On Wednesday evening Kevin, Liane, Glenn, Brenda, Edie, and Larry walked on Beaverbrook and Eastlake to Production Way and returned the same way along Eastlake, Eastlake Park, Cameron etc back to Lougheed Mall, distance about 4.5 km and time just over 1 hour, with speedsters Liane and Brenda leading the way. A bit of a sprinkle of rain at the start but the wind blew that away.
From Jennel: On Tuesday Jennel did 10 and 1 intervals for 10 km around Town Centre.
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March 19
On Monday evening Kevin, Liane, Alex, Glenn, Brenda, and Larry walked along Beaverbrook and Eastlake to Production Way and returned along Eastlake, Eastlake Park, Cameron etc back to Lougheed Mall, distance about 4.5 km and time just over 1 hour.
Runner Alex extended his route along Eastlake to Underhill and returned the same way, his distance 5.58 km and his time 1h01. Thanks for the stats Alex!
The weather was good – no rain and a bit of a chill in the occasional breeze.
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March 16
On Saturday morning Edie, René, Kevin, Liane, Len with Jax, and Larry met at Christine Sinclair Centre and walked along the Central Valley paved trail that runs parallel to the Skytrain route, starting out on Kensington Ave. and returning via the Sperling walkway. It was raining lightly but steadily most of the way but we just kept going.
Our distance was just over 4 km and our time about 1 hour, thanks to Len’s stats. While having refreshments back at the Centre, we met Nikita and Flora, who had run with the Fit First groups, Nikita jogging 5 km and Flora jogging an estimated 10 km – way to go in that rain!
Also on Saturday morning, Alex ran a route in the Maitland St.- Dover St. area of South Burnaby, distance 4.26 km in a time of 41 minutes, a good pace.
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March 14
On Wednesday evening Kevin, Edie, Glenn, Brenda, Liane, and Larry walked on the Stoney Creek trail. A bit of adventure for the evening – Kevin, Glenn, Brenda and Liane were a bit ahead of Edie and Larry on the trail, and saw a big black bear in a tree across the creek from the trail, about three quarters of the way to North Road, so they high-tailed it back to the Broadway-Como Lake underpass and detoured up to Norcrest and Noel Drive and took that route to Beaverbrook and back to the mall.
Larry and Edie did not see the bear, but had already turned back on the trail and continued back to Beaverbrook. Brenda and Liane returned to the mall first, their time about 1 hour and distance about 5 km, followed by Larry and Edie, distance about 4.5 km and time about 1h10, then Glenn and Kevin, distance about 5 km and time about 1h15.
It only rained lightly towards the end of our walk, and there was daylight (yay!!) for most of our walk.
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March 12
On Monday evening Kevin, Edie, René, Glenn, Brenda, Liane, Flora, and Larry walked from the mall to the Stoney Creek trail, taking advantage of the daylight, and some of the group, René, Liane, Brenda and Glenn, walked the entire way to North Road, while the rest of the group walked most of the way.
Distances and times ranged from 5.5 km and 1 hour for the North Road gang, and about 4.5 km and 1h10 for everyone else. It was dark and a bit rainy by the time we got back to Beaverbrook but overall it was good weather.
From Jennel: Also on Monday, Jennel did 30 minutes on an indoor bike and 30 minutes running intervals on a treadmill at Hyde Creek Park Rec Centre.
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March 09
On Saturday morning it was raining heavily, however – as René and Larry arrived at the Burnaby Mtn. golf course, the rain amazingly lessened considerably, then stopped about 10 minutes into our walk, so we walked along Greystone, crossed Duthie and continued on the urban trail to Hastings and Cliff Ave., then returned the same way, our distance 5.25 km and our time about 1h10.
Meanwhile, Flora did interval training with the Fit First group, sprinting up the Kensington overpass for 25 minutes – that is a good workout!
From Jennel: Jennel went for a 12/13km run on Friday down to the Library, then walked her dogs a couple of kms.
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March 06
On Wednesday evening Liane, Glenn, Brenda, Edie, Kevin, Larry, Flora, and Rachel Lindquist (and her dog) walked along Cameron, Eastlake Park, Eastlake to Production Way, where Edie, Kevin, and Larry turned back, their distance about 4.5 km and time 1h05, while the rest of the group continued on Eastlake to Underhill and returned the same way, their distance about 5.5 km and time about 1h10 to 1h15. It was good weather again, no rain or wind, and a hint of light as we started out. Very nice to see Rachel – it’s been a while!
From Jennel: Jennel and Heather walked 10 km on Wednesday.
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March 04
On Monday evening Kevin, Brenda, Glenn, Edie, Alex, and Larry walked from the mall along Cameron, Eastlake Park, Eastlake to Production Way and returned the same way, distance about 4.3 km and time 1h03, thanks Alex for the stats. It was a great night for a walk – no rain or wind and not too cold. We were encouraged by the semi-light outside as we gathered to start our walk – looking forward to having light for at least part of our walks starting next week.
From Jennel: Jennel’s daughter Anamaria’s volleyball team is going to the national championships in Edmonton in May!
The team is raising funds for the trip. They are selling plant seeds. If you are interested in getting some seeds and helping the team, go to https://ducksu171nationals.growingsmilesfundraising.com/home
When you get to the spot that says “I’d like to support” please type in Anamaria Fatiguso. Thank you!
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March 02
On Saturday morning Kevin, Edie, Liane, René, Len and Miriam with Jax, and Larry walked to North Road and down to Joe’s trail through to Cariboo Road, Government St. and along the trail to Eastlake, through Eastlake Park, up Cameron and back to the mall, distance 6.3 km and time about 1h25, thanks to Len’s stats. Nice sunny morning, almost spring-like.
From Flora: Also on Saturday morning, Flora’s Fit First group jogged 8.06 km starting from Burnaby Lake, Kensington to Union St., Duthie, Broadway, Bainbridge, Greenwood and Winston. Does it get any better than that?? beautiful weather!
From Jennel: Jennel walked and ran 12.3 km from her house down the Coquitlam crunch to Barnet and to the Port Moody liquor store and back up the same way. A tough route back as she almost felt like asking someone in front of her to carry her the rest of the way up the crunch, but she made it!
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