Join us Saturday at Tim's at 7:30 am. For those training, the distances are:
New Albany 18K. Corning 12K. Scotia -14K and Niagara
International- 12K. Those with long distances may wish
to start early. Others may pick any distance that suits. Sign in so others know your plans.
Announcements: from Libby - Montreal has a Rock & Roll Marathon/Half/10 and 5K on Sept. 20th. Any interest, please let Libby know. www.runrocknroll.com/montreal/ - sounds like fun.
from Ruth: this Sunday is Open Streets Toronto. http://www.openstreetsto.org Bloor St is closed from Spadina to Parliament; Yonge Street is closed from Bloor to Queen. The streets are officially closed from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., though last year the closure started at 8 a.m. If you walk the full route, it’s 13.4K. Anyone interested in doing this? Sign the blog - sounds like an interesting option for some distance.
The streets will be closed again on Sunday, September 6.
from Jan: Your route committee met and decided on some alternate routes to spice things up. Here's the heads up - suggestions welcomed:
Sat Aug 29 - distance for New Albany, Corning, and Niagara Falls is 16K, and Scotia Half is 12K. We will start at Leonard's Restaurant (220 Laird Drive - parking available there or across the street) and make our way down through Mount Pleasant Cemetery to the Belt Line. If we go to the end of the Belt Line at Allen Road and back, the distance will be 16K. We will provide turnarounds for shorter distances. Brunch at Leonard's if you desire.
Sat Sept 19 - Corning / Niagara Falls distance is 16K; Scotia Half 18K. We are planning a High Park route leaving from Grenadier Restaurant, north to Baby Point, south to the Queensway and back to Grenadier for brunch.
Sat Oct 31 - all races are done by then so we have planned a shorter
route, about 6k starting from the Brickworks and ending at the Farmer's Market
for brunch.
Nov-date to be
determined - start at the Cherry
Street Restaurant and head along the Queen's Quay to the Airport tunnel at
Bathurst
Mon Sept 14
(raindate Wed Sept 16) - meet
at Left Field Brewery, a local brew-pub at 36 Wagstaff Drive (close to
Greenwood and Ivy - parking available on Greenwood) - walk to Broadview and
back then sample the craft brews on return.
Monday night walks - we discussed starting at Starbucks at Coxwell
and Plains (1 block south of O'Connor) for a change from Loblaws.
Advantage is that we can go in all directions from there including going down
into Taylor Creek Park (while it is still light at night). We can discuss
with the usual Monday night walker.
from Rainer: Margy and Rainer did the 'Wes Run 4 Youth race in Neustadt. All proceeds aid youth with mental health issues. Friendly race with
good food after. There were 35 walkers and Margy and I came
in 1st and 3rd overall. Congrats!
sorry - far too much information....
12 comments:
Olwyn, Eva and I were thinking of doing our 12k out the spit. Long way out to lighthouse and straight back gives us our 12. Happy to have company.
I will be at Tim's tomorrow at 7.30 - not sure of distance yet.
Love all the different route suggestions and hope to join you in some of them.
I'll be out in the morning for the 12k to the lighthouse and back. I also love the new suggestions for different routes; especially the ones that end with brunch, or an amusing beverage!
Arlene and I will be out tomorrow to join the 12K crowd on the spit. We'll be doing an additional 6K ahead of time, planning to arrive at Tim's at 7:30.
I love the new routes, especially the way they all end in a restaurant :-)
Ruth
I will be walking tomorrow... looking forward to the afternoon though!
We'll be out at 7:30 for 12K. Kudos to the route planners! And the weather looks perfect for our big splash.
With the heat warning on for Monday, Bob and I are going to try walking from home, starting at 7:30 am, rather than walking in the evening when the heat might be ridiculous. If any of you are up, and up for it, let me know.
I am still at work so I don't think I'll be walking tonight unless I manage to speed through everything!
Helen and I will be at Occasions at 7 for a delightful 6 km.
Bob missed Jan's comment, I think. We'll wait for you, Jan.
Anyone else walking on Wednesday evening? If not, we'll walk from home.
Yes Helen - I can be at Occasions tonight.
See you there.
Susan
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