On Saturday at Burnaby Lake parking lot , R A Edie,Flora, Larry, Laura, Rick, Rod, Susan and Bobtoc turned up at the mist-covered fields for a short run/walk west using the Central Valley Parkway and Still Creek Road and return, times out and distance varying. Upon their return under clear skies, the eight were able to view a number of Jaguar and MG sports cars plus a couple of Jaguar sedans, all gorgeous cars, their …
September 2015
The Night Race September 25th – Gorgeous moonlit evening at Stanley Park with full moon over harbour September 4th: Seven stalwarts turned out at the Centre Wednesday evening, temperature cooler than the hot days we have endured for so long. Destination was familiar, using the Stoney Creek trail. Rod and Eoin walked the trail to the North Road gate before returning. Alex, Laura, Larry, Terri-Lee and Bobtoc continued their run past the gate, then turned …
August 2015
Summer Cruisers August 1st: On Saturday morning Alex, Rod, Larry and Flora parked at Burnaby Lake parking lot and walked along the trail to the nature house, with the discussion topics of the day including computer issues and Windows 10 updates. Rod walked back from the nature house, doing 5.8 km in 1h10. He saw Ivan on the way back. Ivan had parked near the stables on Avalon, and was trying out running after being …
July 2015
Summertime and the living is easy….. July 1st: RA Edie, Flora, Alex, Libby, Bobtoc, Len and Miriam, Rachel and Corinne met around 8:30 am at the last parking lot at White Pine Beach, Sasamat Lake Wednesday under a cloudless sky and temperature over the top. Corinne is disabled for the next several weeks with a broken ankle, but equipped with a four-wheeled, brake-equipped gizmo which provides some limited mobility for her. She takes her situation …
June 2015
A Glorious June June 1st: On Monday evening, Rod, Terri-Lee, Larry, Laura, Flora, Rachel, RA Edie with canine April, Shiraz and his brother Firad (hope I got the name right) visiting from Cape Town, South Africa ran the Eastlake route, up Underhill, which everyone said seemed longer and steeper than usual, and returned along Forest Grove route, over the Gaglardi overpass and you know the rest. It was cloudy and a bit humid, like the …
May 2015
May 2nd: Eight Cruisers gathered at the Centre Saturday on a somewhat cloudy but no precip morning, temperature not quite +10C, The eight: Alex, Edie, Rachel, Larry, Terri-Lee, Laura, Susan Vedoy and Bobtoc started their running and walk/runs by heading west. They evolved enroute into four groups; Alex to do 8.5 km return, time 1:05; RA Edie and Rachel to run to the Supervalu corner and return; distance 9:58, time 1:24; Susan and Boboc also …
April 2015
April 1st: Alex, Edie, Larry, Laura, Libby, Rod, Terri-Lee and Bobtoc welcomed back Susan Vedoy Wednesday on a cool but no precip evening. Larry and Susan opted to walk; their route and distance unknown. The remaining seven ran west using the underpass at the foot of Erickson Drive going south to Government St, then west to Production Way, north to Government Road to Piper Avenue. In the meantime Alex ran east on Government to the …
March 2015
March 1, 2015 Report from Terri-Lee who ran the Hot Chocolate in Seattle on March 1. A 15km run with lots of sweets. The first 10 km felt like one big hill ( get over it as Rod would say) time 1:44:37. March 2nd: Three Cruisers only, notably the senators Alex, Rod and Bobtoc met at the Centre and proceeded west on a cold but clear evening. All three had ailments; Alex with sore knees, Rod …
February 2015
The passing of the Faller’s Trophy once again – this time from Laura to Larry, who didn’t spring up quite fast enough not to qualify for this esteemed prize. What joy from the other Cruisers that they weren’t the recipients. February 2nd: Under drizzly skies on Monday evening RA Edie with canine April, Alex and Bobtoc walked west from the Centre on Eastlake to Underhill; Edie and Bobtoc opted to return, their time and …
January 2015
Happy New Year, Cruisers! January 1st: Edie and April walked the Resolution Run in Port Coquitlam – 5k in 50 minutes. Perfect weather for walking and beautiful scenery along the PoCo Trail. January 3rd: On Saturday, the first run/walk of the year started out with nine walkers and runners gathering at the Centre, a great turnout on a coldish day. We started out along Cameron with the intention of going along the Eastlake route, but it …