Monday: Eleven runners and walkers met at Cameron Centre, destination Joe’s Trail. Al and Lynn were joined by Adele and Tracy. The foursome covered 6 kilometres in 54 minutes. The seven runners, Edie, Gina, Val, Cheryl Conn and her friend Dee, Rod and Bobtoc ran to North Road, some to Hume Park for a water stop, and some returned via the trail north of the shopping plaza to Government Street to the park and the …
Saturday July 11th
Beautiful Vancouver! Eight Cruisers: RA Edie, Laurie, Bobtoc, Stormin’ Norman, Gina and Larry, and walkers Lynn and Al took the Skytrain to Main and Terminal 7.30ish Saturday morning for a run-walk beginning in the False Creek area. Lynn and Al opted to walk out 30 minutes and return, The six runners formed into two pace groups, Edie, Laurie and Bob being the slower group with Norman, Gina and Larry forming the fast group. The eight …
Canada Day Week
Monday Twelve Cruisers plus Laurie’s daughter Anna and Tracy’s running colleague from those long, long runs and triathlons, Eric, met at the Centre this evening for a walk guided by Al Field. On hand were: Adele, Larry, Laurie, RA Edie, Carla, Sharon, Shiraz, Stormin’ Norman, Tracy, Debra and Bobtoc. With the exceptionn of Laurie and Anna who had walked from their home in Coquitlam, the others walked to Joe’s Trail to North Road, up North …
The Weekend of June 27 & 28
Rock’n’Roll Seattle June 27th Sixteen Cruisers and near-Cruisers were active Saturday and Sunday, thirteen at the inaugural Seattle Rock and Roll Marathon and Half Marathon event and three at the Scotiabank Half Marathon in Vancouver. Stormin’ Norman and Ryan Lekivetz ran the full marathon in Seattle, Norman’s fifth and Ryan’s first. Sgt. Major Christina, Debra, RA Edie, Jeff May, Larry, Laurie, Rod, Shiraz and Bobtoc, as did Niel Ferguson and Tanya Jones of the Poco …
Monday June 22nd
It had to happen sometime. Lynn and All, our erstwhile walkers, beat six runners back to the Centre Monday evening. Runners Debra, RA Edie, Gina, Rod, Shiraz and Bob ran down to Joe’s Trail to North Road and returned. Lynn and Al walked the same route but managed to get back to Cameron a few minutes before the runners. There was a reason of course. The runners were stopped at Cariboo Road on the way …
Saturday June 20th
BobSQtoc presents the coveted (not) Faller’s Trophy to Shiraz, who took one for the team last Saturday. Music played while the paparazzi took photos of Shiraz and fellow Cruisers Larry, Norm, Ryan, Rod and Bob on the left and Lynn and Al on the right. Left, right, left, right, lift those bloody knees. Teehee. Eleven Cruisers were active Saturday morning. Nine were at Cameron Centre, two at Burnaby Lake. Seven of the nine at the …
Monday June 15th & Wednesday June 17th
Eleven Cruisers were active Monday at 6.30 pm at the Centre. Both runners and walkers welcomed Rachel Fouladi who is in BC for one and one half weeks from Ankara, Turkey. Walkers were Lynn, Al, Adele, Tracy, distance 6.16 k, time 59 minutes. Val was accompanied by RA Edie who ran 20 minutes to Broadway and Underhill, out and back. Carla, Rod, Rachel and Bobtoc ran our usual route to Greystone, then tackled Shellmont hill, …
Saturday June 13th
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 …