Six Cruisers: Sherian, Carla, RA Edie, Flora, Alex and Bobtoc met at and ran from the Centre Wednesday on a showery evening to Underhill and Broadway only, time 46 minutes, distance 4.7 km, undeterred by the light rain, although the runners stretched inside the Centre instead of hanging out at the familiar corral fence. NB. Carla has climbed the Grouse Grind 20 times this year, some with work colleagues, five with Terri Field and five …
Week of October 31st
Six Cruisers met at and ran from the Centre Wednesday, starting out under light rain which ceased early on producing a mild no precip evening for the EZ 8 km route. Alex, Larry, Libby, Flora, Rod and Bobtoc ran west to Meadowood off Greystone, then east and north onto Shellmont, continued east to Underhill, south back to Eastlake and return to the Centre via Beaverbrook and Cameron Street. time 1:12 to 1:15. Six Cruisers met …
Week of October 24th
Laura, Valerie, Shiraz and Edie ran to Underhill & Broadway and back Tuesday night. It was about 45 minutes – I forgot to turn off my watch. The evening was perfect and we saw Damien in his gym class with his daddy before we left. Eight Cruisers welcomed Marissa, a work colleague of Flora and Minnesota Rachel to the Wednesday run. The nine started their walks or runs on a rainy, dark evening, although very …
Week of October 18th
Monday run: Alex, RA Edie, Laura, Rene, Val and Bobtoc met and ran from the Centre on a cool, dry, autumn evening. The six ran west on Eastlake to Underhill and Broadway. The first four continued west on Broadway, Greystone to Shellmont, turned east, ran to Meadowood into the subdivision and emerged on Broadway for the run back to the Centre. Time and distance, 60 to 66 minutes, 8 km. Val and Bobtoc returned to …
Week of October 11th
.Six runners showed up on Wednesday night, and with sunny and clear weather (although it got dark quickly) Rod, RA Edie, Larry, Sherian, Minnesota Rachel and Libby set out for an easy run to Eastlake and Underhill. Rachel and Libby continued up Underhill and around Forest Grove, returning to Cameron Centre for a distance of approximately 10 km, time about 1 hour. The other group walked back along Eastlake for a total distance of 4.5 …
Week of October 3rd
From the east coast to the west coast, Cruisers had the runs covered – Rod in Boston, Alex in Kelowna, Rob in Portland and Debra, Ruby, Neil and Tanya in Victoria. Five Cruisers ran Monday on an autumn evening. Alex, Laura, RA Edie, Shiraz and Bobtoc ran west to Greystone then east up Shellmont to Underhill. south to Forest Grove Drive, used the pedestrian overpass to the Beaverbrooks to return to the Centre Distance 7.5 …
Week of September 26th
Monday: Four Cruisers: RA Edie, Laura, Alex and Bobtoc ran to Broadway and Underhill and return to the Centre, distance 5 km, 45 minutes. The foursome enjoyed mild temperature and some light rain only. Wednesday’s run/walk: Ten Cruisers met at the Centre Wednesday, on a no precip, mild autumn evening. Alex, Tracy, Larry, Norman and Chris Keeling ran to IGA return, 9.5 km, time 1:10. Laura stayed with Bobtoc and ran with him to Shellmont …
Week of September 19th
Nine Cruisers met at the Centre Monday evening, six to walk and three to run. Walkers RA Edie, Tracy, Adele, Rod, Alex and Bobtoc used the Stoney Creek trail to North Road, Chapman Avenue east to and south on Gilroy, back to North Road then returned to the Centre via the Stoney Creek trail. Tracey and Adele out-paced the other walkers big-time, and bobturned a number of times to keep contact. Time out 58 minutes …
Week of September 12th
Cruisers shown with their mini-Cruisers! Still running but in a 24/7 kind of way. Four Cruisers attended on a slightly cooler, sunny Monday evening. RA Edie, Alex, René and Larry ran along the Stoney Creek trail, up North Road (René went along the trail parallel to North Road), along Chapman to Robinson. Edie and Alex continued along Robinson to Ebert, Edie going down Ebert to Cameron Centre while Alex took a slight detour around the …
Week of September 4th
Cruisers were busy on the long Labour Day weekend. Eight Cruisers met Monday am at Rocky Point on a beautiful day: sim. comfortable temperature, gorgeous scenery. The eight set out on the usual route. RA Edie, Laura and Laurie ran to April Road and return. Chris, Larry, Norman and Rick ran to the Ioco refinery gates and return. Bobtoc walked to the Old Orchard Beach and return. Sciatic nerve brings pain big time. Alex Lau …