{"id":314,"date":"2012-10-07T18:04:07","date_gmt":"2012-10-08T02:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moundji.com\/?p=314"},"modified":"2013-05-20T19:13:04","modified_gmt":"2013-05-21T03:13:04","slug":"grouse-grind-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moundji.com\/?p=314","title":{"rendered":"Grouse Grind – 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve heard so many motivating stories about people conquering the Grouse Grind<\/a>, over the years, that I kept saying to my self that I must give it a try. I’ve tried hiking a few times, and wasn’t a big fan of it. I don’t like hiking and I don’t like jogging. I do acknowledge though that they are probably the best exercises to get oneself into shape! Anyways, a few years ago,\u00c2\u00a0 a bunch of us decided to get all active and stuff, so we naturally went for the best hike available locally: The Grouse Grind. We turned around at the 1\/4 mark! One guy was too exhausted that when we got to the 1\/4 mark said NO WAY! And so we turned. I was tired as well, but the “never quit” in me would’ve continued. However, I’m sure that secretly, we were glad someone else couldn’t keep going.<\/p>\n

Now this year, a few people at work have committed to complete some number of Grouse Grinds for charitable organizations<\/a>. So, I decided to give the Grouse Grind a serious attempt this time. I wasn’t planning in joining their crazy quests for charity, but I was going to start slowly and see how things go. I asked my colleagues, and they said they do it in 40 to 60 minutes. Now, the record is ~24 minutes. I’m not aiming for that. My objective is to get my @$$ out there and go regularly enough over the Summer, to get in shape, and to get some exercise.<\/p>\n

So, on my first attempt, I make the first 1\/4 in 15 minutes. I was like not bad, I should get all done in 60 minutes. Which was on par with some of my colleagues. Well, it took me 90 minutes to finish the remainder of the course for a total of 1 hour & 45 minutes! I took a lot of breaks. I had decided to give myself all those breaks to make myself less tired, at first. But later on, I needed them! There were others on the course suffering like me!<\/p>\n

The following weekend I paced myself. I hiked at a slower pace, and control my breathing. I forced myself to only to take breaks at the quarter marks. It worked, and I got a better time: 1 hour & 24 minutes. At this point I had set a target for myself; to make the course in under an hour, by the end of the Summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Date<\/th>Time (HH::MM)<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
07-08-2012<\/td>01:45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
07-15-2012<\/td>01:24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
09-01-2012<\/td>01:14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
09-16-2012<\/td>01:21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10-06-2012<\/td>01:05<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

Unfortunately, I failed, but not by much, and my last grind was done completely with no breaks. Admittedly I didn’t go nearly as many times as I had planned. I had hoped to do about 10 grinds over the Summer, but did only 5. No problem! I now know what it’s like. I did considerable progress compared to my first serious attempt. I’ll be back next year.<\/p>\n

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