blog » bc http://www.lululemon.com/community/blog Read about yoga and running, inspirational goal setting, meditation, healthy snacks, travel stories, playlists and an overwhelming love of life. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:39:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 grind now, w(h)ine later http://www.lululemon.com/community/blog/grouse-grind/ http://www.lululemon.com/community/blog/grouse-grind/#comments Tue, 05 Jun 2012 00:26:53 +0000 Allessia http://www.lululemon.com/community/blog/?p=31449
Last weekend we traded in our ski boots for hiking boots and joined in on the fun pain of hiking up Grouse Mountain. Here are some official (and unofficial) stats about the infamous Grouse Grind:

trail facts

trail length: 2.9K
elevation gain: 2800ft
commonly referred to as: Nature’s Stairmaster
number of people who climb the grind annually: 100,000

grouse grind

stairway to heaven (though it feels like hell)

total number of stairs: 2839 steps

to put this into perspective:
• Empire State Building: 1576 steps
• CN Tower: 1776 steps (to the main deck)
• Sears Tower: 2109 steps

random stairway fact:
The longest stairway listed by Guinness is the employee-only service stairway for the Niesenbahn funicular railway near Spiez, Switzerland. It totals a whopping 11,674 steps – the equivalent of climbing the Grind 4 times.

record breakers

race to the top
(it takes the average person an hour and a half to get to the top)
 • male record: 23:48
• female record: 32:08

number of grinds grinded
• The record for the most total trips up the Grind is 1353 times.
• The record for the most trips up the Grind in one day is 15 times.

2012 opening morning stats

number of people who climbed the Grind during the opening day party: 1500
Grouse Grind - hike
number of bears seen on the trail: 1

brown bear - grouse grind
number of beers drank at the top: 433


number of sweet videos made recapping the morning adventure: 1

Thanks to everyone who came out to Grind with us. Anyone think they've got a shot at breaking those records this year?

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running jacket from lululemon

running shorts and tank from lululemon

running the victoria marathon - lululemon

victoria marathon running participant

marathon goal setting written on arm

running crop pants from lululemon

running crops from lululemon at the marathon

Look for lululemon at the next marathon or run event you go to. We'll be there supporting you, in more ways than one!

View some training gear:

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