Last night I broke the 60 minute mark on the Grouse Grind. This was my third hike up the Grind although Thursday’s hike was a relaxed hike that took us 1 hour 40 minutes. I had gone up with Tamara who’s nursing an injured foot so we ended up sauntering up and chatting the whole way. It was kinda nice to check out the scenery without pushing yourself to race up.
Yesterday I’d started out at the gym, gone to work, and then decided to hit the Grind again. It’s becoming an addiction because it’s such a great outdoors cardio workout. It’s also low impact so the risk of injury is that much less than running. I bought a timer card that you can swipe at the bottom and then the top and it records your time which you can look up online. Friday’s time: 59 mins and 59 seconds. My first ever Grouse Grind, last Friday, was around 65 minutes. So I feel my “base” time is 60 mins and I’ll be hitting the Grind at least once a week to see if I can shave that down by the end of the summer.
Wednesday night I was jamming with the band. We’ve been sporadically jamming the past couple of months so our set was a little shaky but it was tonnes of fun and I feel like we were getting into a good groove by the end of it. Aaron bought a fancy new Fender Jaguar bass guitar and it sounds great! Soon we’ll be in the jamspace at my building where we can make heaps of noise!
In other news our company got approved for the EI Work Sharing program which means we’ll be doing 4-day weeks and collecting EI for our 5th day. Bottom line: I get Mondays off starting next week (i.e. this Monday) and will be getting a bit of cash from EI to cover it. It’s better than laying off more people. The government dudes who worked with us said that they’re swamped with companies applying for this program. It’s great because people get 4-day weeks during the summer and companies get to retain their key people instead of letting some of them go. Odds are we’ll be on this program at least until the end of the year so I’ll be finding things to keep me busy on Mondays. I have a long list of stuff I want to do so this won’t be a problem at all!
Alright, I’m meeting some friends for breakfast soon and they’re coming to check out my new place so I’d better get all my camping gear out of the living room!