Fourteen Cruisers met at the Centre Monday at 6:30 pm. Walkers Adele, Tracy and Larry headed for the Stoney Creek trail, north on North Road to Gilroy Crescent, then onto Chapman Avenue from which they retraced their steps back to the Centre; time one hour, distance 4.5 km. The eleven runners headed west on our usual route onto Arden and Greystone, some turning back at Meadowood, with the majority turning into the trail at the …
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Week of June 13th
Monday: Three met Monday at the Centre where they greeted Prof. Rachel Fouladi who ran from her home, brought us up to date on her trip to Europe, etal. She looks great, and it was wonderful to see her. Flora, Ross and Bobtoc met, with Flora and Bobtoc electing to run short to Underhill along Eastlake then into Lake City Industrial Park for a change in routes, time out, 47 minutes distance approx 5 km. …
Week of June 6th
Wednesday: Four Cruisers: RA Edie, Libby, Rachel and Bobtoc joined Rainy’s Bushtits for a 5+ km run Wednesday 6:30 pm at the Burnaby Lake parking lot. Approximately 20 in all turned out for the run on shady trails south of the lake. The group enjoyed a warm evening, sunny skies. Time approx 40 to 45 minutes. Congratulations! Shiraz is now a Dad! Shiraz’s wife Nabila gave birth to twin boys Wednesday by C section, approx …
Week of May 30th
Our newest mini cruisers make an entrance. Congratulations to the proud parents, Shiraz and Nabila! Ten Cruisers warmly welcomed Alice Miro to the group Monday evening. Alice knows Chris from SFU days who advised her of the Cruisers. The eleven, being Alice, Sayeeda, Sharon, Rod, Larry, Bobtoc, Alex, RA Edie, Flora, Rachel ran and Ross walked the Stoney Creek trail to North Road, with Edie and Flora then retracing their steps to meet Ross, the …
Week of May 23rd
Norman at the Shaughnessy 8k Tanya, Darren, Ruby & Neil at the Half Corked in Oliver Five Cruisers met at Cameron and drove out to Rocky Point Park on a cool, clear Monday morning. Renee and I set off at a fast pace (well, a fast pace for me anyway) on the trail near the water, continued on the road at the trail’s end and out as far as the railroad tracks where the road …
Week of May 16th
Nine Cruisers: Debra, RA Edie, Larry, Lora, Rod, Sayeeda, Sharien, Bobtoc and Iris Hill welcome d newbies Helen Marenghi and Karen Stevens to the Monday evening run. Helen and Karen are nurses at RCH, colleagues of Sayeeda and Stgormin’ Norman. Before the run, Edie was feted by the group celebrating her birthday May 17th with a delicious two-layered chocolate cake from the oven of Sharien plus a BBQ sauce bearing the name of the brew …
Week of May 9th
Monday: Six runners ran from Cameron Centre to North Road via Winston and Joe’s Trail. This time we didn’t drown as there was no rain. Alex, April, Edie, Iris, Rod and Sherian ran 8k in 59 minutes. We passed bikers, walkers, runners and other dogs along the way. The river was much slower than it was on Saturday and the temperature was a balmy 15 degrees so we were all warm and toasty by the …
Week of May 2nd
Monday: Seven Cruisers: Sayeeda, Rod, Larry,Flora, Sharon, Rachel and Bobtoc ran from the Centre the reverse Forest Grove Drive route, using the Gaglardi overpass, the Drive to Shellmont to Greystone, returning the usual route, caressed by gently falling precip all the way, a mild November evening. Distance 8.5 km, times from 1:09 to 1:15. Wednesday: Thanks to Larry for the following report. It was a bit of a trip down memory lane as we saw …
BMO Vancouver Marathon May 1 2011
Norman qualifies for Boston! Woohoo! Four Cruisers ran the Vancouver Marathon or Half Marathon Sunday under ideal conditions; cool but sunny skies early on, with temperatures increasing as the morning wore on. Three completed the full and one completed the half. Congratulations to: Full Gun Chip Stormin’ Norman Lum 3:28:18 3:28:00 31 of 238 in his age group Qualifying time for Boston!! Yea!!! Alex Lau 4:43:09 4:41:18 7 of 16 in his age group 65 …
Week of April 25th
Alex, Edie and Bobtoc welcomed back Laura and Owen Farrelly back to the Cruisers Monday morning at Burnaby Lake. Before the five plus Edie’s dog April ran they met and talked to Bushtits Mike, Ernie and his son, Tony, Dom and wife Kenda. The Bushtits started their run onto the north lake trail while the Cruisers turned south into the trails, ran past the bird sanctuary, 20 minutes out then reversed dir ection back to …