January 25 From Kevin – I ran into Renee & Denise out for a walk the other day. We had a good chat on the street. On Monday, Jan 18, I kayaked Burnaby Lake & Still Creek for the first time. It was a bit challenging to launch the kayak because of construction at the Rowing Club. Managed to wheel the kayaks through construction for Fortis at Still Creek. Tried to drive down to the …
Updates
regular updates
December 2020
December 30 – Happy New Year! From René: No great adventures so far, but I do run 2-3 days a week and walk almost every day with Denise. Hope that everyone had a Merry Christmas and wishing for a better New Year. Larry: Yes, it will be a better New Year! From Jennel and Heather: We’re finally reporting a run! Heather & Jennel ran 15.37 km today 🙂 Jennel ran from her house to Heather’s …
November 2020
November 30 Due to the current restrictions on people gatherings of any size, all cruisers activities have been suspended until further notice. Be Calm, Be Kind, and Be Safe. Dr. Bonny Henry November 7 On Saturday, morning, Alex, Edie, Flora, Kevin, Larry, Len and MirIam with their granddog Jax, Eoin and Laura with their dog Lucky, Ivan with his dog Lulu, Rod, Susan and Bobtoc met at and walked from Cameron Centre to Joe’s Trail …
October 2020
October 31 – Happy Halloween!! Saturday morning saw Rod, Susan, Larry, Alex, René, and Ivan with his pup Lulu, who’s grown quite a bit in the last few weeks and is just as energetic as ever, walk along Joe’s trail, stopping a few times along the way to look for the spawning coho salmon. We saw quite a few along various points of the Brunette River. The spawning season is just starting up so we …
September 2020
Sept 01 On Monday 6:30 p.m. Alex, Edie, Kevin, Larry, Rene, Rod, Susan and Bobtoc walked to and from the Stoney Creek trail. Edie and Rene ran 5.5 km in the same time as the others walked the 4 km return, being 55 minutes. Rod came in a bit earlier than the others. The group enjoyed the dry weather and comfortable temperature. Coquitlam Cruisers: Heather and Jennel met at Town Centre Friday morning and ran …
August 2020
August 31, 2020 On Monday 6:30 p.m. Alex, Edie, Kevin, Larry, Rene, Rod, Susan and Bobtoc walked to and from the Stoney Creek trail. Edie and Rene ran 5.5 km in the same time as the others walked the 4 km return, being 55 minutes. Rod came in a bit earlier than the others. The group enjoyed the dry weather and comfortable temperature. Coquitlam Cruisers Update: Heather and Jennel met at Town Centre Friday morning …
July 2020 – Canada Day Virtual Scotia Half Run
On a cloudy, cool morning, 7 Cruisers and friends met at Cameron at 6:30 to walk 21.1k to complete the Virtual Scotia Half. The seven walkers, Kevin, June, Susan, Edie, Flora, Nathan and Ashley enjoyed the scenic route and some stopped to see the birds and entice them to land on their hands. Lots of conversation made the time of 4 hours 3 minutes go fast for the participants. At 7:15, Alex also started …
Upcoming Events
Cameron Centre Monday 6:30 PM. Wednesday 6:30 PM Saturday 8:00 AM Upcoming Events Walk Around Neighbourhood: Thanks to Kevin for these links in our neighbourhood Forest Grove Trails Parks & Trails Guide (PDF) Burnaby creates interactive map of all park closures, restrictions https://news360.com/article/528396710 “I run because it’s so symbolic of life. You have to drive yourself to overcome the obstacles. You might feel that you can’t. But then you find your inner strength, and realize …
Cruisers in Action
SunRun 2019 at the HYATT pit stop before the run Happy St Patrick’s Day Crosstraining! We are not jealous! Just because you ran the half, doesn’t mean you can lie around in the sun and eat Kona Lava Java Ice Cream all day. Ivan – Scotia Half June 24 2018 – Cameron Cruiser RUNNER! Coho Run 2017 View Gunnar Shaw Memorial Run Rock’n’Roll Half & James Cunningham 10k Spokane – a beautiful route through the …
June 2020
June 2020 Colony Farm Monday June 1 2020: On Monday evening, Larry, Rod, Alex, Kevin and Edie walked along the Stoney Creek trail to the school, up over the Gaglardi overpass, along the Forest Grove trail northwest and up the stairs which lead to Maple Grove Crescent, then walked up Maple Grove to Forest Grove Drive, took Forest Grove back down to the overpass, and took the lower trail (which we haven’t done …










