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July 2020 – Canada Day Virtual Scotia Half Run

On a cloudy, cool morning, 7 Cruisers and friends met at Cameron at 6:30 to walk 21.1k to complete the Virtual Scotia Half. The seven walkers, Kevin, June, Susan, Edie, Flora, Nathan and Ashley enjoyed the scenic route and some stopped to see the birds and entice them to land on their hands.  Lots of conversation made the time of 4 hours 3 minutes go fast for the participants.   At 7:15, Alex also started …

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Upcoming Events

  Cameron Centre Monday 6:30 PM. Wednesday 6:30 PM Saturday 8:00 AM Upcoming Events Walk Around Neighbourhood:   Thanks to Kevin for these links in our neighbourhood Forest Grove Trails Parks & Trails Guide (PDF) Burnaby creates interactive map of all park closures, restrictions https://news360.com/article/528396710 “I run because it’s so symbolic of life. You have to drive yourself to overcome the obstacles. You might feel that you can’t. But then you find your inner strength, and realize …

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Cruisers in Action

SunRun 2019 at the HYATT pit stop before the run  Happy St Patrick’s Day  Crosstraining! We are not jealous!  Just because you ran the half, doesn’t mean you can lie around in the sun and eat Kona Lava Java Ice Cream all day. Ivan – Scotia Half June 24 2018 –  Cameron Cruiser RUNNER! Coho Run 2017 View  Gunnar Shaw Memorial Run Rock’n’Roll Half & James Cunningham 10k Spokane – a beautiful route through the …

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June 2020

June 2020   Colony Farm    Monday June 1 2020: On Monday evening, Larry, Rod, Alex, Kevin and Edie walked along the Stoney Creek trail to the school, up over the Gaglardi overpass, along the Forest Grove trail northwest and up the stairs which lead to Maple Grove Crescent, then walked up Maple Grove to Forest Grove Drive, took Forest Grove back down to the overpass, and took the lower trail (which we haven’t done …

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May 2020

May (from the 11th) Spring Colours of Rocky Point  May 11 2020 – The Regular Schedule Resumes RA Edie ,Larry, Kevin and Bobtoc  met at the Centre Monday and walked to the Gaglardi  overpass to Forest Grove Drive, continued on the Drive until the  rustic trail north of the Drive was evident.  Edie encouraged the group to cross to the trail which paralleled the Drive,  and so walked west until a suitable place was found from the …

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Cruisers Isolation Activities

Isolated Cruisers in Action Dear sorely missed Cruisers, While vacationing in Slothville this morning and suffering from UTGOBS (unmotivated to get off butt syndrome), I thought we could encourage each other by measuring daily walks and reporting them with stories weekly.  I could put them on the blog unless Kevin has a better suggestion.    It can be a friendly challenge – no shaming – to encourage us to keep fit and connected.  Now you have …

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March 2020

March 2020 Barnet Beach – March 15 2020 – A Little Bit of Paradise – Cold but Sunny Monday March 2 2020 On Monday evening Rod, Bobtoc and Edie with canine April, along with Edie’s longtime friend Judy from John Oliver High School days showed up on a very wet, rainy evening.  The group at Edie’s suggestion after arming themselves with umbrellas,  walked Cameron Street west and down to the Eastlake corner near the Burnaby …

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February 2020

Como Lake in Winter February 1 2020: On Saturday morning Alex, Rod, Larry, Flora, Kevin, Susan and Bobtoc met at the Centre and walked to Como Lake via Willoughby  Ave. to  Smith Ave. and continued through the Porter Elementary School grounds east to the trail surrounding the lake, circumvented the trail and returned via more or less the same route, under  rainless and sunny skies.  Distance 10 k, time 2hr.11min. Coquitlam Cruisers; Jennel Ran almost …

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Happy New Year, Cruisers!

Happy New Year, Cruisers! On New Year’s Day there was plenty of Cruiser activity!  It started out at 9 a.m. at Burnaby Lake parking lot where Edie, her friend Judy, Susan, Larry, Ivan and Alex walked/ran around the trails at Deer Lake.  It was a wonderful sunny morning.  Alex and Ivan ran 9.7 km, doing extra laps around Deer Lake, while the others walked, their distance about 7.5 km in a time of just over …

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December 2019

  Wednesday December 4/19:  On Wednesday evening, Larry, Rod (both in shorts), Laura, Eoin, Kevin and Glenn walked from the Centre along Beaverbrook, Eastlake to Underhill and returned the same way, distance 5 km, time 1h02.  It was a beautiful night, no rain, and about +6 C.   On Monday evening, Kevin, Glenn, Susan and Eoin walked the Eastlake to Underhill route as well, in a bit of rain.    From Jennel and the Coquitlam Cruisers: …