Last night I waddled up the Grouse Grind again. I’m hitting it twice a week which should give me a great cardio blast each week and get me in shape for hiking season. I wasn’t terribly full of energy last night although my time was 1h 1m 37s which is 1m 38s slower than Friday’s ascent. I’m not really trying to beat the clock since I need to let my body adapt to the new workload before I up the intensity.

What I’m finding as I ascend is I feel good at the beginning but at the 1/4 mark I start to feel sluggish and even a little lightheaded. This happened yesterday so I took a couple of quick stretch breaks to let my body wind down a little bit. Once I hit the 1/2 way mark I start feeling more energetic and I lock into my pace to finish the hike. When I’ve hit the top and taken some time to stretch and cool down I feel as energetic as a puppy and am ready to do the whole thing again!

This morning I’m going to hit the gym and then our little band is jamming tonight. Only 3 days of work until the weekend, sweet!