May 2017 Como Lake May 1st: Monday evening saw Flora and Alex run along Stoney Creek trail, up North Road and into the Burnaby Mountain trails. Also on Monday, Jennel ran 10.42 km very slowly down to Starbucks, then to Value Village, then hiked up the Coquitlam Crunch to home. On Tuesday morning Jennel & Heather walked 6 km along the Coquitlam River, with Heather’s dog Burrows along for the walk. Wednesday evening saw Rod, …
April 2017
April 2017 At last, the cherry trees are starting to bloom…. Saturday April 1st: On Saturday morning, we finished our 30 km run in a time of 2h 15m and finalized the road crew for our club’s Ironman participants this October in Kona….April Fool! What actually happened was much less exciting than that – Rod, Larry, Flora, Susan, and Edie with canine April, walked Joe’s Trail, endured the drizzle and observed the signs of spring …
March 2017
March 2017 Vancouver History Walk with Edie and Libby What happened to the Banana Land we used to live in?? So many layers…. Wednesday March 1st: Eoin, Flora, Larry and Bobtoc turned out Wednesday on a threatening but +2C or so evening. The foursome chose the FG Drive route backwards for a walk. The weather for the most part was no rain except for the portion of the route starting near the Stoney Creek Elementary …
February 2017
February 2017 Wednesday, February 1st: Rod, Larry, Alex, Flora and Rachel walked along Eastlake, Underhill, along Forest Grove, crossed the Gaglardi overpass and back to Cameron Centre. Distance 7 km, time about 90 minutes. It seemed quite cold even though everyone was bundled up. As the group returned to the Centre, René arrived to say hello to the group. Larry’s ankle is healing well although he will be walking for awhile yet. From Jennel: Thursday, just …
January 2017
Happy New Year, Cruisers! Deer Lake Walk – Len & Miriam Polar Bear Swim Miriam participated in her 19th annual Polar Bear Swim at English Bay. Good on you! Wednesday January 7th: Lots and lots of snow everywhere, inhibiting running and even walking but not snowshoeing. Len Miriam and Debra snowshoeing on Seymour. Birds were happy to share their lunch. Saturday, January 7th On Saturday morning, some Cruisers were out trying running or walking, and/or …
December 2016
December 2016 – Where did the year go?? Saturday December 3rd: On Saturday morning, Susan, Larry, Len and Rod met at Cameron in dry weather. Susan decided to walk on her own as the rest were running. (A good safe route from Cameron to Tim Hortons and back was suggested). Larry and help went out to Kensington Rink, taking trails behind Forest Grove westward past IGA/SuperValu, along the usual way to the rink, then on …
November 2016
A day with no rain! Poco Trail Wednesday, November 2nd: Six Cruisers came out but did not venture out to walk or run due to the dark, inclement night. Instead, a photo was taken to prove that they did attempt to run before retiring to their respective homes to watch the Cubs take the World Series over the Indians. Best game ever!Alex, Larry ,Flora, Eoin, Rod and Bobtoc met at the Centre Wednesday on a …
October 2016
October 1st: R. A. Edie, Flora ,Larry, Laura,and Eoin, Rod and Bobtoc met Saturday morning at the Centre. Edie, Flora and Rod ran to the IGA corner but used the trail along the golf club since the trio needed the facilities at the baseball field near Squint Lake then followed the road from the golf club back to the intersection at Greystone and Burnwood then returned to the Centre; distance 10.5 km time 1:42. Laura …
September 2016
Saturday September 3rd:Alex ,RA Edie, Larry, Laura, Rod met at the Confederation Park at 7:30 am and Bobtoc joined them sharp at 7:38… Rain was p*****g down heavily, so the six opted to motor to the Caffe Artigiano in the 4300 block Hastings St to wait out the weather. When the rain abated, the six returned to Confederation Park and Bobtoc led the group on an abridged version of the walk Wednesday evening to the …
August 2016
Monday August 1st: BE PREPARED! Is the City of Burnaby, taking precautions for ice, on August1 on one of the bridges on the Burnaby Lake route. Flora, Bob, Rod and Larry ran around Burnaby Lake on BC Day while Edie and April walked/ran to Nature House and back. Alex went to Cameron and then came to Burnaby Lake, running at different locations and searched in vain for his fellow Cruisers. Wednesday August 3rd: On …