The Cruisers before setting out for the scenic beauty of Deer Lake – What a lucky group to run in such wonderful places! Leanne, Edie, Larry, Laurie, Ryan, Sharon, Carla & Gina (Shiraz in his car still) Cruisers ran Saturday, 7.30 am, from the Rugby Clubhouse at Burnaby Lake. The report for that run follows, again courtesy of Larry: Larry, Laurie, Edie, Sharon, Gina, Carla, Shiraz, Ryan ran while Leanne walked/ran. Larry, Gina, Carla and …
Friday Runs June 10 & 12
The Longest Day – Cruisers Galore – Notice the Budweiser Princess is drinking Heineken. Perfect evening for a run, good food, lots of free samples, good company. It doesn’t get any better than this! See the album for more pictures On Friday June 12, 11 Cruisers and Poco “associates”, plus one athletic supporter (Anna Hilborn) had the pleasure of participating in the Longest Day Run at UBC. A gorgeous locale and truly spectacular weather (sunny …
Monday June 8th & Wednesday June 10th
Cruisers RA Edie, Rod, Shiraz, Bob, Lynn and Al welcomed Cheryl, Chris Conn’s wife to the group Monday at Cameron Centre. The seven set their compasses east towards Como Lake. The runners ran to the lake in leisurely fashion, circumnavigated it once and returned to the Centre, distance 9.4 km, time 1.08. Lynn and Al walked as far east as McIntosh St then returned to the Centre via Smith Avenue, distance 6.5 km, time one …
Cruisers were busy on the weekend June 5, 6 & 7
Left: Les Misrables Fortifying the Baricades (His Words) Right:Debra is presented with the “Fallers’ Trophy” Left, Right, Left, Right……………. Lift those bloody knees (Tee Hee) The Friday June 5, 6.30 am run: RA Edie, Debra, Rod and Bobtoc met at the Centre 6.30 am for a run west on our usual route. Before embarking however, the Cruisers on hand took the opportunity finally of awarding to Debra the Cruisers’ Faller’s Trophy to commemorate her fall …
Wednesday June 3
Seven Cruisers: Adele, RA Edie, Larry, Libby, Shiraz, Tracy and Bobtoc showed up for a structured run but eschewed that idea due to the +32C temperature. The seven wisely decided to walk. They used the Stoney Creek trail to North Road, headed into the wooded area paralleling the west side of North Road, walked the rooty and rocky route up to the Imperial Oil Ltd pumping station, headed west and north to use the much-improved …
Sunday and Monday Updates May 31st & June 1st
Cruisers were busy Sunday and Monday. Ryan – training run Sunday: Missing the Cruiser runs lately with conferences/homework, but yesterday ran from home to UBC down Lougheed/Broadway, 27km in 2hrs 33mins (hard on the legs with all the stops/starts). Joy – 10 km run Sunday in the Fraser Valley: Here is my official time during the Run for Water yesterday in Abbotsford. It was a success and I heard that they raised $80,000+ …
Hot Time – summer in the city – Saturday May 30th
Seven Cruisers met at the Burnaby Lake parking lot at 8.00 Saturday on a cloudless morning, destined to be a hot one. Ros Muir ran from the parking lot with the other six along the new trail from the old Sperling Road to Douglas Road, then veered north solo to Goring Avenue, then east on the Lougheed Highway using the bike path and returned to the parking lot, 50 minutes, and beat the heat. The …
Wednesday May 27th
Seven Cruisers met at the Burnaby North Secondary School track Wednesday 6.30ish on a very warm evening. Al and Lynn walked 5.2 and 5.6 km respectively, time 57 minutes for Lynn, a bit less for Al. Runners Rod, Larry, Gina, Stormin’ Norman and Bobtoc did some speed work. Rod did 28 laps, the others less since Rod arrived on the scene at 6.00 pm and got right to the task at hand. Time for Rod, …
Monday May 25th
Six Cruisers met at the Centre Monday on a warm muggy evening and ran or walked to Joe’s trail to North Road. Carla, Edie, Shiraz and Bob returned via the same route, timr 58.25. Lynn and Al returned from North Road and Joe’s trail via North Road north to Cameron Centre, time, 51.58, distance 5.83 km. The Fields can move!
Saturday May 23rd – Another lousy run in paradise
Ten Cruisers met at Rocky Point Saturday on a salubrious morning around 8.15, some having carpooled from the Centre. Six runners: RA Edie, Gina, Larry, Rod, Shiraz and Bobtock ran 14.2 km from the Point to the turnoff to White Pine Beach of Sasamat Lake, time 1.58. Four Cruisers: Lynn and Al, Leanne Dalton and Ros Muir walked or ran- walked from the Point to the north side to the Old Orchard Beach and return, …