On Monday, Rod, Laura, RA Edie and Alex walked from the Centre along the trail to North Road, up North Road and around a bit through Coquitlam and back to Cameron. The walk was due to the warmish weather and, according to RA Edie, nobody told them when to run. LCDers rule!! From Jennel: I ran down to the soccer field at Bramblewood Elementary School and ran “9” laps….FAST! I wasn’t going to run that fast, but …
Week of August 5th
Under the direction of Alex he and Bobtoc ran early Monday morning from the Deer Lake Sperling Avenue parking lot west and south on the trail leading to the West Deer Lake Trail, continuing west to the Sussex trail, returning along Moscrop, crossing Royal Oak Avenue at Deer Lake Parkway, hung a right to enter the trail north of the lake and continued back to the beach at Sperling Avenue. The two were pleased to …
Week of July 29th
Monday’s run, solo, by Laura. Here is her report: Hi, Bob! I ran on my own! Left Cameron Centre at 6:40 pm, ran up to the top of Cameron, along Ebert, then Foster, to Como Lake. Tripped on a root on the path leading into Como Lake, fell flat-out, dusted myself off, went once around the lake, back down Foster, Ebert, Cameron, arriving at the Centre at 7:50 pm. Was a nice night for a run, not too …
Week of July 23rd
Monday’s run report courtesy of Laura: The Recycling Person, aka Sherian and I ran up Cottonwood, thru Porter School, to Como Lake. Went once around the lake and then out thru the parking lot to Foster. Down Foster, on to Ebert, to North Road. Can’t j-walk across North Road in that section now with all the construction so had to cross at North Road & Cameron. Time 1 hr 4 min at that intersection, then walked from there back to …
Week of July 16th
Monday’s run turned out to be a long walk, occasioned by the very hot weather. Edie, Laura, Rod and Bobtoc ran west to Government Street to Brighton Avenue, then into the walk mode to Government Road, Phillips Avenue, Chutter,Chrisdale, Kraft Crescent, a park, the Lougheed Highway near which the four encountered a police speed trap, partially manned by the New Westminster Police service,can’t figure that one out, then onto Production Way, Enterprise St past the …
Week of July 9th
Four Cruisers turned out Monday: RA Edie, Laura, Rod and Bobtoc due to the hot weather opted to walk the Stoney Creek trail to North Road and return, time 54.10, distance approx 3.5 km. Wednesday’s run: Larry, RA Edie, Laura, Alex, Minnesota Rachel and Katey walked/ran from the Centre to Joe’s Trail and return on a hot, muggy evening. Time and distance, 1:15, 7.5 km. Thursday’s Giro di Burnaby cycle races: RA Edie, Laurie, …
Week of July 2nd
Minnesota Rachel was a no show Monday at 8:00 am. Alex, Laura and Bobtoc ran to the Burnaby Lake north trail to the nature house and returned to the Centre. Time 1:04, distance approximately 7 k. The three experienced very minor showers and a temperature ideal for our short run. Wednesday’s run, report courtesy of Minnesota (Rust Belt) Rachel: “Bobtoc was a no show yesterday opting instead for free food, so typical of those …
Week of June 25th
Four Cruisers, Edie , Debra, Laura and Bobtoc, plus Edie’s two gorgeous dogs, walked from the Centre and were delighted to see that Damien brought his Mom Val and Dad Rich to the Stoney Creek trail near its entrance on Beaverbrook Wednesday. Damien was riding a no pedal, no crank small two wheeler, Damien-powered by feet pushing against the ground. Mom and Dad kept up to him with no problem. What a kid; a smile on his face all …
Week of June 16th
Five Cruisers met at the Centre Monday, two to run, one to walk, two to hike over to Tim Horton’s for research purposes. Debra and Laura ran to the IGA corner and returned, distance 9.8 km, time 1:06. Edie with her two dogs Bella and April walked the Stoney Creek trail to North Road and returned. Rod and Bobtoc hiked, well, walked, to Timmie’s near the Bay to test the coffee, hot chocolate and various …
Week of June 9th
RA Edie, Gi-Nyun, Rod and Bobtoc welcomed Leo Liu and daughter Lotus back from Beijing. The six opted for a walk rather than a run due to the 20 km distance run by some Cruisers Saturday morning. The route for the walk included the Stoney Creek trail to the elementary school grounds, north west up to and across the Gaglardi pedestrian overpass, Forest Grove Drive to the Forest Grove Elementary School, north to the lane …