As local and provincial officials shut down parks and public spaces across B.C., some runners are getting creative to find new or under-utilized exercise spaces during the COVID-19 pandemic.
For Wes Regan, the change to his daily routine has been a positive one. “I enjoy not having to worry about ducking and dodging and diving around to avoid people,” he told Global News.
With joggers and pedestrians crowding the city’s Seawall, the Burnaby resident is seeking out a lonelier path during the public health emergency: choosing to run in empty industrial and tech parks between office hours in order to practice safe physical distancing. “They might breathe quite heavily and you hear them coming up behind you, and I think that courteousness will