Monday’s run report courtesy of RA Edie: Well, I wore my dress Santa hat and our leader was a no show. Rumor has it that he was at sea on the weekend and was suffering from boat lag, feeling “light” headed and “strung” out. Meanwhile, back at the centre, Laura, Renee, Rod, Shiraz and Edie ran on a clear, moonlit night to the corner of Meadowood and Arden. 7k in about an hour. Plan A …
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Week of November 28th
Inaugural Jingle Bell Jog 5k December 4th Seven Cruisers ran/walked Monday from the Centre. Damien brought his Mom Valerie to walk with Edie and her two gorgeous dogs to Underhill and Broadway before returning, while Damien was in the gym with his Dad and the other kids. Rene, Sayeeda, Sherian, Rod and Bob headed out to Forest Grove Drive via the Gaglardi overpass, then west to Underhill, Shellmont, west to Meadowood to Woodhurst, onto Broadway …
Week of November 21st
A Twitch in Time Cruisers and friend of the Cruisers, Len Soet of the Telus runners, attended a seminar at the Centre Monday 7:30 to 9:00 conducted by our own Rob Stagg. The subject matter was training for the Portland Marathon based on scientific factors: heart rate, zones, lactic acid, those fast and slow twitchy muscles, how the slow twitchy ones get us to the finish line, huh! those who weren’t there missed a very …
Week of November 14th
Four Cruisers met at and ran from the Centre Monday on a cool but clear evening. Laura, RA Edie, Rod and Bobtoc did an EZ run to Shellmont on Greystone and returned, time 1:12, distance 7.4 km. Seven Cruisers met at and ran or walked from the Centre Wednesday on a filthy, wet, cool evening, NOT the best night of the year. All were thoroughly wet upon returning. Larry walked to Eastlake and Underhill and …
Week of November 7th
Six Cruisers: Sherian, Carla, RA Edie, Flora, Alex and Bobtoc met at and ran from the Centre Wednesday on a showery evening to Underhill and Broadway only, time 46 minutes, distance 4.7 km, undeterred by the light rain, although the runners stretched inside the Centre instead of hanging out at the familiar corral fence. NB. Carla has climbed the Grouse Grind 20 times this year, some with work colleagues, five with Terri Field and five …
Week of October 31st
Six Cruisers met at and ran from the Centre Wednesday, starting out under light rain which ceased early on producing a mild no precip evening for the EZ 8 km route. Alex, Larry, Libby, Flora, Rod and Bobtoc ran west to Meadowood off Greystone, then east and north onto Shellmont, continued east to Underhill, south back to Eastlake and return to the Centre via Beaverbrook and Cameron Street. time 1:12 to 1:15. Six Cruisers met …
Week of October 24th
Laura, Valerie, Shiraz and Edie ran to Underhill & Broadway and back Tuesday night. It was about 45 minutes – I forgot to turn off my watch. The evening was perfect and we saw Damien in his gym class with his daddy before we left. Eight Cruisers welcomed Marissa, a work colleague of Flora and Minnesota Rachel to the Wednesday run. The nine started their walks or runs on a rainy, dark evening, although very …
Week of October 18th
Monday run: Alex, RA Edie, Laura, Rene, Val and Bobtoc met and ran from the Centre on a cool, dry, autumn evening. The six ran west on Eastlake to Underhill and Broadway. The first four continued west on Broadway, Greystone to Shellmont, turned east, ran to Meadowood into the subdivision and emerged on Broadway for the run back to the Centre. Time and distance, 60 to 66 minutes, 8 km. Val and Bobtoc returned to …
Week of October 11th
.Six runners showed up on Wednesday night, and with sunny and clear weather (although it got dark quickly) Rod, RA Edie, Larry, Sherian, Minnesota Rachel and Libby set out for an easy run to Eastlake and Underhill. Rachel and Libby continued up Underhill and around Forest Grove, returning to Cameron Centre for a distance of approximately 10 km, time about 1 hour. The other group walked back along Eastlake for a total distance of 4.5 …
Week of October 3rd
From the east coast to the west coast, Cruisers had the runs covered – Rod in Boston, Alex in Kelowna, Rob in Portland and Debra, Ruby, Neil and Tanya in Victoria. Five Cruisers ran Monday on an autumn evening. Alex, Laura, RA Edie, Shiraz and Bobtoc ran west to Greystone then east up Shellmont to Underhill. south to Forest Grove Drive, used the pedestrian overpass to the Beaverbrooks to return to the Centre Distance 7.5 …