Minnesota Rachel was a no show Monday at 8:00 am. Alex, Laura and Bobtoc ran to the Burnaby Lake north trail to the nature house and returned to the Centre. Time 1:04, distance approximately 7 k. The three experienced very minor showers and a temperature ideal for our short run. Wednesday’s run, report courtesy of Minnesota (Rust Belt) Rachel: “Bobtoc was a no show yesterday opting instead for free food, so typical of those …
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Week of June 25th
Four Cruisers, Edie , Debra, Laura and Bobtoc, plus Edie’s two gorgeous dogs, walked from the Centre and were delighted to see that Damien brought his Mom Val and Dad Rich to the Stoney Creek trail near its entrance on Beaverbrook Wednesday. Damien was riding a no pedal, no crank small two wheeler, Damien-powered by feet pushing against the ground. Mom and Dad kept up to him with no problem. What a kid; a smile on his face all …
Week of June 16th
Five Cruisers met at the Centre Monday, two to run, one to walk, two to hike over to Tim Horton’s for research purposes. Debra and Laura ran to the IGA corner and returned, distance 9.8 km, time 1:06. Edie with her two dogs Bella and April walked the Stoney Creek trail to North Road and returned. Rod and Bobtoc hiked, well, walked, to Timmie’s near the Bay to test the coffee, hot chocolate and various …
Week of June 9th
RA Edie, Gi-Nyun, Rod and Bobtoc welcomed Leo Liu and daughter Lotus back from Beijing. The six opted for a walk rather than a run due to the 20 km distance run by some Cruisers Saturday morning. The route for the walk included the Stoney Creek trail to the elementary school grounds, north west up to and across the Gaglardi pedestrian overpass, Forest Grove Drive to the Forest Grove Elementary School, north to the lane …
Week of June 2nd
Rene, RA Edie, Rod and Bobtoc ran from the Centre west and south to Winston Street, then into the Burnaby Lake Park north trail through to the nature house. From there the four ran north on Piper Avenue, east on Government Road to Brighton Avenue. Rene left the trio to run at a faster pace. The four all used the same route back to the Centre, i.e., east on Eastlake. Time for the trio, 1:09, Rene leaving …
Week of May 27th
Four Cruisers: RA Edie, Laura, Rod and Bobtoc’s route for the Monday run included the Stoney Creek trail to North Road, to Gilroy, then Chapman Ave to Robinson, crossing Clarke Road, continuing south to Ebert Avenue, west to North Road, into Sullivan Heights, south to Cameron Street then back to Cameron Centre. The four enjoyed an EZ run, Distance 6+ km, time 55 minutes. Weather, cloudy, some light rain near the end of the run. …
Week of May 21st
On Wednesday May 23, Libby and Larry were joined by Laura, who returned after some time off due to injury, and the trio ran/walked along the Stoney Creek trail, through to Stoney Creek Elementary, up across the Gaglardi overpass, up the Forest Grove hill, said hello to Adele and Tian who were out walking, passed by them and went on to Underhill, and returned along the trail behind Forest Grove school, down Forest Grove, along Beaverbrook Crescent and back to …
Week of May 14th
On Monday RA Edie, Sherian and Bobtoc ran only 36 minutes Monday night, their route being the Stoney Creek trail to North Road, south on North to Mountview Street, west to the Lyndhurst Elementary School grounds, south to Willoughby Ave to return to Cameron Centre. The weather was clear, hot and muggy not conducive to do any more!On Wednesday, RA Edie, Libby and Larry actually did some running and some walking, and did a slightly different route. …
Week of May 7th
Five runners, plus Rob and Nancy, showed up Monday evening at the Centre. Rob and Alex, both resplendent in their Vancouver Marathon shirts and medals, were photographed for posterity. Both talked of their experiences. Alex, RA Edie, Rene, Rod and Bobtoc showed up to run or walk. Rene moved out before the others, did about 6 km per Alex who met Rene enroute. The other four also moved west. Alex started out walking, using Eastlake, …
Week of April 30th
Leo Liu and daughter Lotus, a grade 3 pupil at Cameron Elementary School, joined RA Edie, Alex, Rod and Bobtoc Monday on a spring evening to run from Cameron Centre. The six ran west on the usual route toward what we call the IGA corner. Leo and Lotus ran to Eastlake and Underhill before returning, their total distance 4:2 km . Alex departed from John Stanton’s book which called for a 6 km race pace; instead ran, including warm up …