Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Burnaby and Vancouver Running Routes starting at the TELUS Building at 3777 KIngsway

Jogging Route Distances

Most popular lunch time running routes listed by popularity

10K Nanaimo (Nanaimo Route with Lynbrook Drive shortcut) 10.132K
Rosemont Route(Vivian Route to Rosemont, Golf course/Dump finish) 7.282K
Watling Route (Skytrain, Royal Oak, Watling, Sussex, Maywood) 6.747K
Vivian Route 8.708K
Trevor's Dump Run (Also called Dump Run) 8.738K (Also see map in fitness center)
Deer Lake Return the same way11.4 km
Deer Lake (via Oakland stairs) 10.6K
Golf Course (Vivian, Dump Top, Golf Course to Kerr, Dump Finish) 10.6K
Golf Course - Return the same way 11.9K

Most Popular Morning Running Routes listed by popularity

Morning Vivian Run(Kingsway, Patterson, Imperial, Joffre, Vivian route) 9.5K
Starbucks Run 7.7K
Shirley's Watling Route 9.2 km
Trout Lake (Skytrain, around Trout Lake, Skytrain) 9.000K
Ricky’s Choice 6.393K
Morning BCIT Run 7.4K
Walker Route Run (Oakland to Walker, Edmonds, Skytrain) 11.3 K
John’s Run (Oakland to Burris, Buckingham, Moscrop & Patterson) 11.2K

Complete aphabetical listing of running routes

BCIT Run 7.4K
Byrne Creek Trail Run (Fraser river & up Byrne Creek Trail to Skytrain) 14.0K
Byrne Loop Run 13.1K
Byrne Creek Trail run via the Skytrain13.4 km
Deer Lake (via Oakland stairs) 10.6K
Deer Lake Return the same way11.4 km
Deer Lake-Sperling Stairs (Around Deer lake, Oakland) 10.9K
Deer Lake-Sperling & Oakland Stairs (Around Deer lake, up Sperling Stairs and then Oakland Stairs) 11.0K
Deer Lake-Gilley-Skytrain 12.6K
Deer Lake-Direct to Oakland Stairs 7.6K
Dump Run (Trevor's Dump Run) 8.738K (Also see the map in the fitness center)
Reverse Golf Course start-Nanaimo Finish Route 10.2K
Fraser Street Run 12.3 km
Fraser River Run (Joffre, Marine, Boundary, Fraser River, Trail to Patterson, West Coast Trail, Joffre) 9.6K(est.)
Gilley (Skytrain, Gilley, Oakland) 9.407K
Golf Course (Vivian, Dump Top, Golf Course to Kerr, Dump Finish) 10.6K
Gladstone Run 9.2K
Golf Course-Vivian finish(10.86K Bike-Gavin)
Nanaimo Route 11.201K
Park Perimeter 3.846K
Queen Elizabeth Park Run 16.9K
Ricky’s Choice 6.393K
Ricky’s Choice-Deer Lake Stairs 9.708K
Ricky’s Choice-Deer Lake 12.925K
Ricky’s Choice-Deer Lake (2X) 13.336K
Royal Oak – Rumble (Skytrain to Royal Oak to Rumble, Joffre) 7.8K (Gavin’s Bike)
Rosemont Route(Vivian Route to Rosemont, Golf course/Dump finish) 7.282K
Short Golf Course (Start & Finish via reverse regular Golf course) 9.6K
SkyTrain-Nanaimo (Skytrain to Nanaimo, 45th and back to boot) 8.5K
Trevor's Dump Run (Also called Dump Run) 8.738K (Also see map in fitness center)
Trout Lake (Skytrain, around Trout Lake, Skytrain) 9.000K
Three Hills (See Greg Howard for the exact route - My map may be wrong) 9.9K
Twenty second ave.route (Skytrain to Nanaimo, 22nd, Smith) 8.1K(Gavin Wong’s Bike)
Twenty sixth avenue route (Skytrain to 29th ave., 27th, Winderemere, 26th, Iman) 6.824K
Vivian Route 8.708K
Vivian start–Dump finish 6.2K
Watling Route (Skytrain, Royal Oak, Watling, Sussex, Maywood) 6.747K
22nd St. Station – Fraser River Run (Skytrain, 22nd St. Station, Willard, 10th, Fraser River) 18.4K

10 K Routes The following Routes are very close to 10K

10K Nanaimo (Nanaimo Route with Lynbrook Drive shortcut) 10.132K
Reverse Rosemont start-Nanaimo Route Finish 9.8K
Skytrain Bryant Route (Sytrain, Gilley, Bryant, Dufferin, Macpherson, Skytrain) 10.2K
Deer Lake Stairs-Watling Finish(Talitha’s Run) 9.9K
Watling Rumble Dump Finish (Watling, Rumble, Joffre, Dump Finish) 9.923K
Watling Imperial to Kerr (Morning Run to Kerr, Return via 45th) 9.9K

Many the above routes are measured using a online mapping programs like MapMyRun, Ride with GPS, or GAIA (Accuracy shown as 1 decimal place)(e.g Deer Lake 10.6K). The more popular routes like Vivian, Nanaimo, Trevor's Dump Run, 10K Nanaimo, and Watling have been accurately measured by walking the routes with a Rolatape surveying wheel, with the accuracy shown as 4 decimal places (e.g. Vivian route 8.708K).

Len Soet

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Burnaby and Vancouver Running Routes starting at the TELUS Building at 3777 KIngsway