June 29
Wednesday evening saw a great turnout as Kevin, Glenn, Brenda, Edie, Nikita, René, Liane, Alex and Larry used the shade of the Stoney Creek trail, North Road, Burnaby Mountain gravel trail, Jim’s Jungle trail, back to Stoney Creek trail and to Cameron Centre, to remain cool in the rather muggy evening weather, our distance 5.5 km and time 1h25.
Larrytheyounger
June 27
On Monday evening Kevin, Shiraz, Nikita, Flora, Edie, Alex and Larry attended. The group walked along the Stoney Creek trail to North Road, at which point Edie and Alex turned back, their distance 4 km and time 1h16. The rest of the group continued up North Road, across the gravel trail on Burnaby Mountain, then down Jim’s Jungle trail to Stoney Creek trail and back to Cameron Centre, distance 5.5 km and time 1h30.
Along the way we saw Rod and Pat, as did Edie and Alex, and we saw Norman Lum as well. Stoney Creek trail is a popular trail, you never know who you’ll meet!
And last Saturday we think we saw Ivan driving down North Road as we were walking up from Joe’s trail. Good to see everyone.
[Ivan: yup, it was me 🙂 ]
Larrytheyounger
June 25
On Saturday morning René, Rick, Len, Miriam (with Jax), Edie and Larry met at Cameron Centre and walked down Cameron to the park between Cameron and Eastlake, then along Eastlake, Production Way/Brighton Ave., crossed Winston and along Cariboo Road, Joe’s trail, up North Road and Len, Miriam, Jax and Rick returned to Cameron Centre while Larry, Edie and René stopped at Jimmie’s at Cariboo Shopping Centre for a snack.
Walk distance was 9.5 km and time was 1h45. It was unexpectedly cloudy and cool, still great weather for a walk though.
On Sunday, Alex completed the Vancouver Half Marathon, his chip time 3h04:06. Congratulations Alex! Edie and Larry cheered him on as he crossed the finish line.
Photos: Edie
Afterwards, Alex, Edie and Larry celebrated by having lunch at Las Margaritas on West 4th.
Larrytheyounger
June 22
On Wednesday evening Flora, Edie and Larry walked the Stoney Creek trail, up North Road to the gravel trail on Burnaby Mountain, then returned via Jim’s Jungle trail, Stoney Creek and back to the Centre. Distance about 5 km, time 1h10. The clouds disappeared as we walked.
If you wish to join Edie and Larry to cheer on Alex at the Vancouver Half Marathon on Sunday, meet at the Production Way skytrain station at 9:15 a.m. We’ll take the train and bus to the Vancouver Museum/Planetarium.
Larrytheyounger
June 20
On Monday evening some Cruisers were out for the walk – details to come. (I was not able to attend.)
On Monday evening René, Nikita, Brenda and Glenn walked Stoney Creek trail and North Road to Chapman and returned the same way. Distance 4.8 km, time 61 minutes.
Thanks to Glenn for the report!
From Jennel: This morning (Tuesday) Jennel and Heather walked 11 km!
Alex has signed up for the Vancouver Half Marathon to be run this Sunday June 25. Details TBA as we arrange a crew to go and cheer him on.
Larrytheyounger
June 18
On Friday evening Alex, Larry, Edie, her friend June (from Merritt), Flora, and Rachel participated in the Longest Day Run and Walk at UBC. We all took various skytrain and bus routes to get to and from UBC which worked out well. On the way there we were prepared for clouds and rain, but as we got closer to UBC it got sunny and warmed up, so we had great weather to do our runs and walks. The food and music after were very good too! Our walking/running times are as follows:
10 K: Flora 1h25:30, Rachel 1h23:08
5 K: Edie and June 1h00:55, Alex 0h37:13, Larry 0h36:35
On Saturday morning René, Larry, Flora, Glenn and Brenda attended at Cameron Centre and the group walked along Stoney Creek trail, North Road trail, up the powerline trail past the junction and down to the dead moped trail (wonder how it got that name?!) and along that trail to North Road trail, Stoney Creek trail and back to the Centre.
Distance was about 8.75 km to 9 km, time 1h50. It was cloudy and cool but the light rain stopped as we started our walk – lucky us!
Larrytheyounger
June 15
Thanks to everyone who attended the Retirement and Birthdays Celebration at Burnaby Mountain on Wednesday evening! Flora, Ross, Edie, her sister Chris and Chris’ husband Glenn, René, Denise, Shiraz and his sons, Nikita, Glenn, Brenda, Rod, Pat, Len, Miriam, Barry, Kevin, Alex, Angela, and Larry were there, the food was great (thanks everyone!!) and the weather co-operated so all was good. If you haven’t seen the rose garden there, now is a good time to see it as there are lots of roses in bloom.
Larrytheyounger
June 13
On Monday evening Flora, Edie, René, Shiraz, Nikita, Glenn, Brenda and Larry walked along the Stoney Creek trail, up North Road trail to Burnaby Mountain, then down Jim’s Jungle trail back to Stoney Creek trail and back to Cameron Centre. We met Rod and Pat on the Stoney Creek trail on the way back – they are getting their exercise in too!
From Jennel: Jennel and her two dogs ran down the Coquitlam crunch, up Lansdown, where Jennel dropped her dogs off then she went back down Noons Creek and up the crunch. Her total distance was 14.42 km, distance for the dogs was 7 km.
Larrytheyounger
June 11
On Saturday morning René, Liane, Flora, Glenn, Brenda and Larry met at Rocky Point park and walked in the shoreline trails as far as they would take us to the junction at Alderside, then along Alderside to Ioco Road, then returned mostly the same way, extending our route to the pier, then of course to Rocky Point ice cream shop for ice cream and coffee. We all jogged at various points along our route! It was much cooler and misty, such a change from recent weather which we kind of enjoyed. Our distance was 10.2 km and our time was approximately 2h05.
On Friday afternoon, Flora, Ross, Edie, Larry, Eoin, Laura, Bob and Marie enjoyed coffee and snacks at Rod and Pat’s backyard deck, which fortunately was covered as it was raining that day! It was good to catch up with some longtime Cruisers.
Larrytheyounger
June 7 – Global Running Day
On Wednesday evening the air was a bit hazy and it was warm out there, as Edie, Nikita, Liane and Larry walked along the Stoney Creek trail, up Jim’s Jungle trail to Burnaby Mountain, then down the North Road trail to Stoney Creek trail and back to Cameron Centre. We stayed near the trees as the air was cleaner there. Our distance was 5.5 km and our time was 1h20.
From Ivan: On Wednesday Ivan joined the North Burnaby Runners (NBR) on their celebration of Global Running Day. Crews from FitFirst Run Club, Striderz Run Club, Horizons Track, and NBR joined forces in celebration of running. Together, there were more than 100 runners overall. Ivan was the unofficial representative for the Cameron Cruisers. The event was sponsored by On Running, Partake Brewing and FitFirst Footwear.
Runners left the Christine Sinclair centre, headed north to the under pass that leads to the bike path, then followed the path around the Burnaby Lake Rugby Club House and fields and followed their tracks back to the centre. 5.5k distance; time of 36m
Larrytheyounger
June 6
On Monday it was another beautiful sunny evening as Shiraz, Nikita, Edie, Flora, Liane, René and Larry walked from Cameron Centre along the Stoney Creek trail, up Jim’s Jungle trail to the gravel trail on Burnaby Mountain, then down the North Road trail to Stoney Creek trail and back to the Centre. Our distance was 5.5 km and our time was 1h20.
We saw Rod and Pat on the way on Stoney Creek trail and they say hello to all the Cruisers!
Larrytheyounger
June 4
On Saturday morning Edie, Flora, Liane, Alex and Larry met at the Kensington Rink parking lot and walked around the fields near Burnaby North secondary school and down Fell Ave., along the trail to Penzance Dr. and Confederation Park, then onto Hastings St. and Hats Off Day celebration by the merchants of the Burnaby Heights area. Hastings St. was closed off to motor traffic from Gamma Ave. to Boundary Rd.
There was a parade which started after 10 a.m. then kiosks set up by the merchants with displays for the public. There was lots of food, music (including a Kiss tribute band in full makeup and outfits!) and a classic car show and shine (apparently some 1990s cars are now considered classics?!) which drew the crowds. Alex joined his son and granddaughter on Hastings St. and spent most of the day there. Edie, Flora, Liane and Larry covered most of the open Hastings St. area then walked back to the rink parking lot.
Cruisers at the Hats Off Day – Photos: Flora
Distance from the rink along the trail to Hastings St. was 4.31 km and time 1h06, and distance from Hastings St. along Frances St. back to the rink was 2.74 km in approximately 27 minutes. Alex returned to the rink parking lot later in the afternoon.
Thanks to Flora and Alex for keeping track of the distances and times! Including the walk up and down Hastings St. we most likely walked more than 10 km during the day.
Larrytheyounger
June 1
On Wednesday evening Nikita, Brenda, Glenn, Kevin and Larry walked from Cameron Centre along Beaverbrook, the Gaglardi overpass, Forest Grove Drive and into the trails going up alongside the townhouses up to the drive and along the trail behind Forest Grove elementary school, then down along Forest Grove Drive, Beaverbrook, and back to the Centre.
Distance 7.5 km and time 1h20. Another beautiful sunny evening!
Larrytheyounger
