On Monday evening, Rod, Laura, Edie and
April walked to the end of the Stoney Creek Trail and back. No rain, a nip
in the air and a nice walk to view the ever greening effects of Spring.
Edie=
From Coqutlam:
Heather & I met at Walton Elementary
School, from there we did a warm-up walk along Hoy Creek. We then went
inside the school's gymnasium to do one hour of Zumba!
Jennel:)=
Jennel:)=
Seven Cruisers showed up Wednesday for
run/walks. Adele and Tracy, whom we have not seen for some
time, walked with Larry and Bobtoc and the four caught up on happenings in
the lives of all. Alex, Laura and Edie, accompanied by her two canines
Bella and April plus another canine being cared for by Edie and Tim for a few
weeks. The route used by the seven was short; ie the Stoney Creek trail
and return. Time for all seven was 42 minutes, less for Adele and Tracy
who left the group to run/walk to their respective homes rather than end at the
Centre. The seven endured cool but no precip
weather.
Alex, Laura, Rene and Bobtoc ran a composite route of a few of our
runs. The four ran west and south using Cameron Stl, to Government St. ,
north on Production Way, west onto Government Road to Piper Ave., north crossing
Lougheed Highway to Lake City Waym west on Broadway and Arden, east
on Shellmont crossing to the lane behind the Forest Grove Elementary
School and the shi=opping centre at Cinnamon Drive, down to F. G. Drive, the
pedestrian overpass, east through the Stoney Creek Elementary School grounds to
the Stoney Creek trail, with Laura and Rene hanging a left to North Road before
returning to the Centre, their time 98 minutes. Alex and Bob hung a right
on the trail to return to the Centre, their time 90 minutes, distance calculated
by Alex 9.5 km. The four experienced +1C temperature at the start, some
sunshine, some overcast skies. Alex continued on, probably for his last
long run before tapering for the Vancouver marathon. His target was 32 km for
the day. . His additional run was:
"My solo run took me 2 hours 20 minutes for another 20Km. My total
distance was 29.7K (2.3K short of the target 32Km distance. So what ?) total
time 3:50. Started with light rain and finished with my cap and the
jacket dripping water when I was back in the Cameron Centre. My route :
through the trail between the town houses to North road via Sullivan. North on
North Road to Chapman. East on Chapman to Robinson. South along Robinson to
Regan. East on Regan to Como Lake. Around Como Lake to Foster. East on Foster to
Mundy Park. Circled around the perimeter of the Park to Hillcrest at Winslow.
West on Winslow to Blue Mountain. North on Blue Mountain to Smith. West on Smith
to Robinson. South on Robinson to Appian. Finally West on Appian and back
to Cameron Centre.
Coast to Coast Training Walk
Carla and I left Kensington Plaza at 12:30 and proceeded down
Kensington to Broadway, then to Holdom and Lougheed. We continued
mostly on Lougheed until we reached Gilmore where we got on the Central
Valley Trail, following that route until Commercial. At the corner (as
part of the training), we stopped at St. Augustine's for beer and
nachos. Once replenished, we continued north on Commercial until we
reached Parker, then continued to Renfrew, where we detoured to Hastings
for a post beer pit stop at the PetroCan (no pun intended), then back to Pender to the
alley beside Cassiar, then along Adanac, which somehow turned into
Union, then to Holdom, Francis, through Burnaby North and back to
Kensington Plaza at 6 PM for a total of 20.9k. The return route was mostly uphill.
Commercial Drive was a beehive of activity with interesting
characters and I had not been on some of the streets before that we
walked back on so enjoyed the new sights. Some of the people probably
thought I was strange with rain gear on. Perfect day for walking,
started out in the rain but clear and beautiful in Vancouver. I like
walking around taking in the different neighbourhoods. Edie
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