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Saturday -must be Watershed day

June 14, 2009 Pam Leave a comment

This morning Maurice was raring to get back to his running and the Watershed Park in Delta is a great place to run. M, Max and I loaded into the car and away we went. I took a few pics of the watershed, but once you’ve seen forest pics and the sun coming through the trees, it gets to be a bit repetitious.

It was great to get outside in the sun! There were a lot of people there today with their dogs, 98% of them off leash, which makes everyone more relaxed. Max enjoyed himself immensely, but I think he might need the exercise as much as M does! Too many days of restaurant food has taken it’s toll I’m afraid.

All About Max, Surrey Parks

Mudbay Park

May 18, 2009 Maurice Leave a comment

Today (Monday) we took Max over to Mudbay Park, an important part of the Pacific Flyway, the aerial highway migratory birds use to make their way from South America all the way to Alaska. It’s a pit stop of sorts, for birds on their way to and from mating/breeding grounds.

This was our first time there; there are paths running along the sea shore, over dykes and through the estuary. The marsh grasses hide lots of birds, but most of the up to 1200 species are not here at this time of the year. We saw only the usual ducks, crows, seagulls etc. The tide was not too low, so the flats are not that visible in the pictures.

It has a nice flat course for easier running. There are several well-paved trails, used also by cyclists. It was overcast, so a touch cool, but nice for a walk/run. The first loop was a 1.5 km trail, that had no hills what so ever. The only incline was down hill, and that was about 5 steps worth! Max liked to look over at the ocean, but had no inclination to try to get there.

It’s certainly a park that’s worth a second look. Pam has already declared it her favorite park. For a runner, it has some nicely maintained trails, in a relatively flat setting. The ocean is a welcome diversion, but the plant life is nice too. Lupins were just beginning to bloom all over the trail.

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Run for Life

April 6, 2009 Maurice 2 Comments

I have been doing some running lately. Seems every time I get a dog, we start running! When Buck got too old to run, we gave it up.

Max is a fit ball of energy tho! He loves to run, especially if there are birds to chase. We run around Surrey Lake and he thinks it’s a total gas to chase the ducks and other birds making use of the wetlands.

On Sunday April 5th I ran in the 5k Run For Life, a fund raiser for cancer research. My family has been hit hard by cancer, so I figured it was a perfect time to do a little fund raising and get some excercise too. This was the first 5k I’ve run. It was fun – I will definitely do it again next year too.

I’ve run in the Sun Run before, and the last time there were 40,000 people. This race had about 300! You can be a little more anonymous in that 40,00 mass! But 300 – not so easy…

It was held out at Sun God arena in Delta BC. We got there early, and there were lots of people milling about, some obviously course marshalls, wearing bright yellow vests with crosses.

Lots of people were there to support cancer survivors in the family, some proudly wearing names of people they are hoping to help. (Go Mario!)