June 2016
June 1st: Four brave souls: Cheryl, Larry, Rod and Bobtoc walked the Forest Grove Drive route backwards under clouds heavy with rain, and got thoroughly soaked in the process. Time and distance, 1:06 and 6.8 km or so respectively. Flora was also on Forest Grove Drive, saw her briefly; she was on another mission not to do with the Cruisers. Coquitlam Cruisers ran Tuesday morning. Heather and Jennel ran from Jennel’s house to Rocky …
June 2016
June 1st: Four brave souls: Cheryl, Larry, Rod and Bobtoc walked the Forest Grove Drive route backwards under clouds heavy with rain, and got thoroughly soaked in the process. Time and distance, 1:06 and 6.8 km or so respectively. Flora was also on Forest Grove Drive, saw her briefly; she was on another mission not to do with the Cruisers. Coquitlam Cruisers ran Tuesday morning. Heather and Jennel ran from Jennel’s house to Rocky …
May 2016
May – Sunday morning! Five Cruisers competed at the BMO Marathon events, three running the marathon, one the half, and one the 8 km. The thousands competing and the spectators enjoyed spectacular weather and well-organized runs. Statistics are: Chip time Marathon: Rob Stagg 4:02.11 Jennel Fatiguso 4:23.10 Heather Tecson 5.09.27 Half Marathon: Norman Lum 1.57.28 Rachel Lindquist 2:44 8 km: Alex Lau 53.21 Congratulations to our fabulous six! Spectators …
April 2016
April 1st:Seven Cruisers, a surprising number considering four Cruisers will be running the Fool’s Run Gibsons to Sechelt Sunday and three are in California, met at the Centre on a sunny and warm Saturday, temperature approx. 16C. The destination for the day was Como Lake once again for the runners and lesser distances for the walkers. Len, Laura, Alex and Bobtoc opted for the run (rog for the older chap) to the Lake, pairs being …
March 2017
View from Horizons – 500 Steps – A sunny day at last! March 2nd: On Wednesday night, six Cruisers took advantage of the lucky weather and got our run/walk done before the wind and rain started up. Edie and canine April, and Eoin walked, while Laura, Larry, Libby and Alex walked some but mostly ran, doing the Eastlake route to Underhill, where we went up the hill twice, then continued along the Forest Grove route …
February 2016
February 1st: Monday evening, besides Edie and April, only Harvey showed up. He thought cars might not see him since he is invisible so declined to walk or run. Edie and April walked around their own neighbourhood after Edie changed the pictures on the board. Rod went out from home Monday morning and did the Forest Grove loop. Time out 59 .20, distance 7!km. Stopped on the way to talk to Adele in her “office”. …
January 2016
Happy New Year, Cruisers! January 1st: Edie and April started out the year by joining the Annual Resolution Run.We took 45 minutes to do 5k on a cold, foggy morning. Always a good start to the year.April is in the corner of the photo. January 3rd: On Saturday seven walkers/runners turned out on a frigid morning, none with shorts on since the temperature was at the -5C mark. The destination for the seven stalwarts was …
December 2015
December 2nd: On Wednesday night, it was one of the best nights of the year to run due to the warm air and breeze – it was 10 C! – and no rain. The only drawback was the darkness but we can live with that. Flora, Larry and Alex were in shorts and Flora had her Santa hat too, and with Cheryl and Libby took advantage of the spring-like conditions to do the Eastlake, Underhill, …
November 2015
November 2nd: Seven Cruisers met Monday on a dry but cool to cold evening. Alex, Flora, Laura, Rod and Bobtoc chose to walk/jog/run the oh so familiar Forest Grove Drive route, moving west on Eastlake to Underhill to Forest Grove Drive and you know the remainder of the route back to the Centre. Time and distance, 1:12 and 7 km respectively. RA Edie with canine April and Eoin chose to walk, their route being to …