Monday: Seven Cruisers: four runners and three walkers met at the Centre Monday at 6:30, destination Como Lake. Walkers Lynn, Al and RA Edie walked as far east as Blue Mountain Road, time and distance 5.5 km, 55 minutes. Runners Norman, Rod, Shiraz and Bobtoc ran to Como Lake, Norman doing 2 loops, the others one, distance for Norman 9.5 km, for the other three, 8.5km, time for all, 1.04. The seven enjoyed perfect weather; …
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Week of September 14th
Monday: Ten walkers and runners walked or ran toward Como Lake Wednesday evening. Al and Lynn walked one hour and covered 5.5 km. (how do they do it?) Alex Lau, Carla, Debra, RA Edie, Norman, Rod, Tish and Bobtoc ran to the lake, all did one loop, one or two did two, time 1.05, 8.5 or 9.5 km depending upon number of loops or bobturns. The ten enjoyed undoubtedly the best night of the year; …
Week of September 7th – What a week it was!
Tish stops to admire the view in beautiful Stanley Park on our Saturday run. This beats the Burnaby Lake parking lot, eh? We can’t get any luckier than this with places to run! Monday: Eight Cruisers and two friends of the Cruisers ran Monday morning at 7:30 from the Burnaby Lake parking lot and circumvented the lake, not using the most southern trail. Debra, Edie, Larry, Laurie Brookbank, Rick Davidson, Rod, Val and Bobtoc ran …
Week of August 31st
Monday: Walkers Lynn and Al started from the Centre at 7:30 pm, walking to Government Road via the trail, then to Production Way to Government St. to Piper Avenue, then east on Lougheed Hwy to the Lake City Skytrain station, north into Lake City, east on a street therein back to Cameron Centre . Time, 1.02, distance, 7.1 km. The twosome enjoyed the cool temperature. Runners Val, RA Edie, Debra, Rod and Edie’s nephew Kyle …
Week of August 24th
The rewards of running are coffee and freshly baked cinnamon buns or Kona Lava Java ice cream in Paradise Monday:The walkers – Lynn and Al walked through Joe’s Trail, up North Road through to Cameron Centre, estimated time just under 1 hour because they were finished by the time the runners returned from their route. The runners – Shiraz, Carla and Larry, ran along Joe’s Trail and back to Cameron, time out 1 hour, 7.5 …
Week of August 17th
Left: Beautiful Deer Lake at Sunset; Centre: Rod, Alex and Bob’s legs (and no, I hadn’t had any Budlime (Rod’s new beverage of choice?) before taking the picture, and yes, my eyesight is not what it used to be); Right: The boys with the mountains in the background. I was mesmerized by the pink shorts – what can I tell you? I don’t suppose Gina will be hiring me any time soon so I won’t …
Week of August 10th
Norman in the “line up” at the Richmond Oval 8k Race. See report below. Monday: Nine Cruisers met at the Centre for run or walk Monday evening which brought slight rain and cooler temperatures, the best night of the year. Lynn and Al, Adele, Rod and Tracy walked 30 minutes out and 30 back, total time 64 minutes, distance 6.35 k. Runners Alex Lau, Carla, Shiraz and Bobtoc ran 1.09, distance 9.5, destination and return …
Week of August 3rd – Summer is flying by – Enjoy the Sun!
Cruisers Test New Route! Bob, Larry, Sharon, Shiraz and Edie tried out the new overpass near Burnaby Lake on Saturday, before running on the new route to Rupert Street, and gave both the overpass and the route thumbs up. We can run to Vancouver and take the Sky Train back for longer runs. Beware: the longer the run, the worse the jokes! Monday: Eight runners/walkers met at Monday at Burnaby Lake parking lot sharp at …
Overpass in Port Moody
The Overpass is open to two-way traffic.
Week of July 27th
Left – Rocky Point at low tide. Centre Norman at Squamish. Right – Bob & Rod at Rocky Point Monday: Walk Don’t Run! Cheryl, Dee, Rod, Alex, Larry, Adele and Edie walked along Stoney Creek, up through the North Road trail to the map area on the way to Cardiac Hill, back down the trail to North Road and Stoney Creek. We were out for 1:38 for 7.5k. It was very hot, but cooler as …