Walks: Sat-Wed, April 27-May 1

Olwyn takes on Yonge Street

Sunday was a great day for 10K, and Olwyn was smiling just as happily at the end of the race (although the picture is fuzzy), with a 1:24 finish. Well done, Olwyn! You also might be interested in seeing this YouTube video of Lee Scott coming in to a first-place finish – great form in action. And she makes it look so easy, damn her.

This Saturday, it's the June racers who have the long distance of 16K. Trish has put in a request for the Rosedale route, so please look at this route map. FYI, there's a rumour of a 7:30 am start; TBC in the comments.

Note your turnaround if you're doing less (May races have 8K on the old schedule*, 12K on the Wow version). As always, you might prefer a different route or a different distance. Sign in and let everyone know.

Monday and Wednesday, May racers have 6K and 5K; June has 8K both days.

*To explain "old schedule/Wow schedule", Libby has volunteered to create the race schedules this year, and will be moving us to Wow training (rather than the Marathon Dynamics version we've been using). The key differences are that Wow tends to have shorter, more intensive evening walks plus a few longer walks on Saturdays to build endurance. We'll groan a little at first, but in the long run (or walk) it will be better.

This just in from Libby – please put June 15 on your calendar:

We are planning a "location" walk on June 15th to start at either Sunnybrook Park or my house (more details to follow) - and everyone will be invited to my back deck (or house if it rains) for coffee and sustenance afterward. The coffee gathering will serve as a time to introduce the new roles for the Shore Things upon Helen's "retirement". 

And Lynne is this week's birthday girl. Hope it's smashing, my dear!

A reminder that this is the Hot Docs festival, so some of our weeknight schedules might be screwy. All the more reason to sign in, folks.