New time!

Whoo hoo! My new time up the Grouse Grind is now 1 hour, 5 mins!

Hubby thinks I could shave off a couple minutes still, as I had more than once had to fix my sock or retie my shoelaces.

Hopefully next time I can do it under an hour (and not swallow bugs en route, I think I must have swallowed at least 3-4 today alone. Yum, protein).

Grouse Grind Redux!

Today hubby and I went up the Grouse Grind again. I was going to post my rules, but after a quick search through my old blog posts, I found that I had already posted this last year.

Today's time: 1 hour, 9 mins.

It seems that I can't break the 1 hour mark, but I really want to try. Hopefully I'll have a chance to go up again this year.

We got there at 8.30 (it usually opens at 6.30), and although I was afraid that the trail was going to be really packed, it wasn't. The trail only opened just last weekend, so I suppose that not a lot of people knew that the trail was already opened. That and they were afraid that there may be snow.

Yes, that really is snow behind me. There was a fair bit of run off near the top of trail, but it wasn't too bad. Still, it made the trail a bit tricky to maneuver.

Weed's guide to the Grouse Grind

So today hubby and I did the Grouse Grind. I wanted to do something a little different from my regular Saturday morning step class at the gym, and since it was such a nice day, I figured, why not?

Today's time: 1hr 9 mins.

I'm really pleased with this time as it's the best time I've done since university. I guess all the cardio I've been doing has helped.

Weed's rules when doing the Grouse Grind:

• Never stop for more than 30 seconds
• Never sit down, except if you need to remove a pebble from your shoe, otherwise, you'll never get back up again

However, we did get there at 8.50 am, waaaay too late as there were a lot of people on the trail, too many for my taste. We're going to try getting there at 8 am next time.

Afterwards, hubby and I went to IHOP for brunch. Yum!