May 2019
BMO by the City Hall
On Wednesday RA Edie with April, Larry, Kevin, Alex, and Bobtoc walked from the Centre once again to North Road using the Stoney Creek trail and returned to the Centre. The five enjoyed a comfortably warm evening. On the way back, Alex, who was walking with Bobtoc, spotted on the bridge joining the Stoney Creek Elementary School grounds to the trail, three plaques for want of a different name, illustrating and discussing the life of chum and sockeye salmon, species which spawn using the Stoney Creek. The artwork and description of the lives of those species were prepared by pupils of the school, and the plaques themselves seem to have been professionally made, but paid for by the City of Burnaby. The pupils involved undoubtedly learned those kinds of things from the annual Salmon Send Off which takes place at and from the school. The school, its teachers and students should be congratulated for the fine work on the plaques and the knowledge gained by all concerned. The plaques should be a must for the Cruisers on their outings along the trail. Having said all that, time for Alex and Bobtoc, one hour, less for the others, and distance, say 5 km.
From the Coquitlam Cruisers:
Oh my, Heather & Jennel ran again Wednesday morning. Lovely temperature. Same thing….met at Pinetree and David, ran 3 laps…. 14 km for Heather, 17 km for Jennel (ran a bit before our run….so I’m clocking that too). It’s getting to be LONG and drainng, so I’m clocking everything I got!!
Saturday May 4 2019: On Saturday morning, Eoin, Laura, Rod, Alex, Susan and Larry walked along the Burnaby Lake trail to the nature house, saw all the geese with their tiny goslings along the way, watched the ducks at Piper Spit, then returned to Cameron Centre the same way, enjoying the sunny weather. Distance 7.8 km, time 1h45.
Coquitlam Cruisers: Heather ran 15 km on Friday at Town Centre…4 laps. Both girls (Heather and Jennel) have run a total of 47 km this week 🙂 Hope everyone is having a great weekend, enjoying the sun!!!
Sunday May 5 2019: BMO Vancouver Half Marathon today: Wow, the runners and walkers sure got a beautiful day for this! Here are the half marathon times for those Cruisers known to have completed it.
Edie 3:57:22
Rachel 3:57:21
Flora 3:51:19
Way to go girls!!
Beautiful route, spectacular day and great friends to walk with. It doesn’t get any better than this!
Monday May 6th: Alex, Susan. Rod, RA Edie with April, Eoin and Bobtoc walked south and east to the underpass leading to Government Street, where the group observed a young man struggling with an overdose. A couple who were on the scene had already phoned the BC Ambulance. Our group waited to see if anything else should be done. Eoin and Alex assisted the young man, and brought him some comfort. The ambulance did show up and took the man to the hospital. After that, our six continued their walk going west on Government Street to the traffic light at which point the group headed north back to the Centre. Distance, approx. 3.5 km, and time out,59 minutes.
Coquitlam Cruisers:
Jennel drove to Heather’s Monday on a beautiful sunny Monday morning. From there, the twosome ran down the Coquitlam River Path & back completing a HALF Marathon!!! 21.11km who-hoo!!!! Great Job Heather & Jennel!!!=
Wednesday May 8th: Kevin, Larry, Rod, Susan and Bobtoc on Wednesday walked the Stoney Creek trail to North Road, then north to Chapman Ave, east to Clark Road, south onto North Road, west to Casewell St., south to Willoughby Ave. to Cameron St. then to the Centre. Time and distance, 1:25 and 5.7 km respectively.
Coquitlam Cruisers:
Heather drove to Jennel’s Wednesday morning; then the two ladies ran down Noon’s Creek, over to Rocky Point, through the trees and along Alderside Way to the tracks, then turned around and ran to the Coquitlam Crunch and hiked all the way back up to Jennel’s…..15 km for each! Getting tired, conversation almost at a standstill! LOL (almost is the key word!!!!) ha ha!
Saturday May 11 2019:Larry, Susan, Flora, Alex, Miriam with granddog Jax, and Bobtoc met at the Centre Saturday at 8 on a warm, sunny morning. Since the day was the day of the Great Salmon Send-Off, the route chosen included the Stoney Creek trail to the bridge joining the trail to the school grounds of the Stoney Creek Elementary School. The six saw and talked to Pat Hargreaves, one of the principal volunteers of the Send Off crew. Rod had returned to their home to pick up more of the unassembled parts of the bird houses offered for sale. Pat suggested as part of our long walk for the morning a trail that leads north of the trail into the school grounds, saying that through the woods the trail leads to a (BC Hydro) installation. The six therefore took off to the said trail, and so discovered a new destination. The group eventually found the Hydro installation, circumvented it, located the way out of the area, found new areas to us, and eventually took a wide trail leading to a footbridge over Production Way. The trail led to the Forest Grove area and from there we were on familiar ground. The six continued west on Forest Grove Drive west to Underhill, south to Eastlake back to Beaverbrook to return to the school grounds to liaise with Rod who was flogging (I like that word) the bird house kits, then back to the Centre. At that time, a line of folks waiting to send off salmon was forming, although the Fisheries vehicle had not yet arrived. Time for Alex and Bobtoc, the last of the six walkers, 2:49, guestimate for distance for all six, 12 km. All in all, an interesting hike, complete with new scenery. Coquitlam Cruisers:
On Friday Heather & Jennel both got in their last run of the week 11km for Heather, 10km for Jennel…..both getting in at least 49km of RUNNING this week, Very Tired.
Monday May 13 2019: Alex, Eoin, Kevin, Rod, Susan and Bobtoc met at and walked from the Centre Monday on a sunny evening Monday using Eastlake to Underhill and return, taking some respite from the longer distance and challenging walk Saturday. Distance approx.. 5 km, time a smidge over one hour.
Coquitlam Cruisers:
On Monday morning Jennel drove over to Heather’s house and from there the twosome ran to P. Coquitlam Costco area, then hopped onto the dyke to complete 9km then turned around and ran back. 18km total.=
Wednesday May 15 2019: On Wednesday evening Larry, Susan, Eoin, Flora, Ross, and Edie with April walked the Stoney Creek trail, up North Road and along the powerline trail on Burnaby Mountain partway up to where the washroom is located, then returned back the same way. Interesting discussions, cloudy but pleasant weather, time 1h25, distance 7.5 km, and we beat the rain! J
Coquitlam Cruisers: Also on Wednesday, Heather & Jennel met at Pinetree & David….ran 3 laps around Town Centre park….Heather then ran half way up David with Jennel to equal the kilometres, both making our runs 16.5 km for the day! Well done!!!=
Sunday May 19 2019: Not sure if there was anything going on Saturday morning, but on Sunday a few Cruisers ran/walked the Penticton Peach City 10 K, got some great sunny weather (despite the forecast predicting clouds and rain), and the results are:Bobtoc 2:04:18
Flora 1:46:27
Rod 1:24:40
Larry 1:24:38
Big news confirmed there is that Ironman Canada will be returning to Penticton starting next year. http://www.pentictonherald.ca/news/article_310edbe2-7123-11e9-9aa7-873d11590eaf.html
Coquitlam Cruisers: Heather & Jennel met at Town Centre Friday morning and ran around the track twice. 14 km for both…..Tapering down now (as half marathon coming up next Sunday!)….This is a LOVELY Restful long weekend. Individual walks, but NO runs!
Wednesday May 22 2019: On Wednesday evening, Rod, Susan, Larry and Kevin enjoyed the warm, sunny weather by walking the Stoney Creek trail and up the Burnaby Mountain trail to the start of the powerline trail area, then continued down North Road and back to Cameron the same way. Distance just over 5 km and time 1h03. Bobtoc watched the Whitecaps’ road game on TV (they tied NY Red Bulls 2-2).
Coquitlam Cruisers: Yes, they are tapering, but Monday, Heather ran 6 km and Jennel walked 6 km and swam some length of the pool. On Tuesday morning Jennel got the run done! With Nellie she ran 6 km. Ran down to Town Centre & back! Not around…just to the park. Kudos to all of you who ran the Peach City 10K!!!!!!! from Heather & Jennel “Good Job Men!!!” (and women!!!) Best of luck to Jennel and Heather at the Run for Water on Sunday!!!
Saturday May 27 2019: Kevin, Larry Len and Miriam with granddog Jax, Rene, Rod, Susan and Bobtoc met at the Centre Saturday on a damp morning. The destination for the trek chosen was Joe’s Trail. The group experienced an intensity in the falling rain yet reasonable temperature throughout. The return distance was, call it 8 km, and the time to complete ranged from 1:30 to 1:40. Alex and Flora arrived at the Centre after the main group commenced their journey. The two also chose Joe’s Trail as their destination to and return from to the Centre, however they continued east to Hume Park before turning west back to the Centre. Their time to complete was in the same vicinity as that of the main group.
Report on the Run for Water May 26th Half Marathon: Heather’s & Jennel’s times were both 2:20:18…..we ran across the finish line holding our hands up high! Tony & my girls surprised us at the finish line with signs and recorded us & took pictures of crossing over! Great run….Organized very well. Not too many people so you weren’t crowded at all. Scenery was beautiful, areas of shade from the trees to run under in the hot sun. It was a perfect day. The best run of the year in fact. Highly recommend this run. * Unfortunately, as Heather & I turned the corner, we saw a young guy losing his balance, his eyes rolled in his head and he was waving back & forth. Heather told him to get down and helped him get to the ground…I gave him one of my water bottles as he didn’t have any water….my goodness!?! The paramedics came shortly after and we left him in the right hands. So glad we could help him out, but sure shows you “you need your water” and anything can happen on a Marathon.
Monday May 28th: RA Edie with April, Kevin, Eoin and Laura, Rod, Flora and Ross, and Bobtoc met at and walked from the Centre Monday evening to the
Stoney Creek trail to North Road, with a couple continuing to Chapman Ave before turning back. The group enjoyed a no rain evening and a comfortable temperature. Times about an hour.
Wednesday May 30 2019: On Wednesday evening Alex, RA Edie with April, Kevin, Eoin and Laura, Larry, Rod, Susan and Bobtoc left the Centre to walk the Forest Grove Drive route using Eastlake, north to Underhill, east onto Forest Grove Drive to the pedestrian overpass to the Stoney Creek Elementary School, south back to Noel, Cameron Street to the Centre. Distance 7.8 km, time 1:33. The group enjoyed good weather and temperature.
Thursday May 31 2019:
Run for Colour
From Jennel: Sorry, I didn’t get this in earlier. Friday afternoon Anamaria & Sofia had a RUN FOR COLOUR at their school. The whole family participated. We ran 6 laps (3 km) around the track and everyone wore “Bramblewood” white T-shirts. We all got powdered with colour 4 times around the track! It was a super fun family event! Our shirts were rainbow by the end! Super fun!!! Perfect day weather wise too!!!
Also Heather & Jennel have still been active….just walking and hiking..not really resting too much! No time to rest! You’ll hear from us soon though!!!!!
Way to wrap up May!