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ran this grueling race as part of a relay team. I can say that after only running the last 3km portion of the course, those who run it solo are an inspiration. Our good friends Brenda and Mike were crazy enough to come along with us on this gorgeous day. The first stage for relay runners had racers (in our case, Brenda) leave from Ambleside and follow the Capilano Pacfic Trail for 4km until they

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male/female split. About Grouse Mountain: Grouse Mountain is the number one visitor attraction in the Lower Mainland, with 1.3 million annual visitors. Known as the Peak of Vancouver, we offer unparalleled panoramic views of the city, sea and surrounding mountains along with a wide range of year-round outdoor and educational activities, dining and more. For more information, please visit

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Picture Yourself Working Here Now hiring for all winter positions Winter Hiring is underway at Grouse Mountain. All our job openings are posted on our Careers webpage and teams are in the midst of interviewing and hiring for full time and part time seasonal positions for winter as well as our on-going year round recruiting. Apply now! Our managers will be busy training up new teams in early to

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What to our Wondering Eyes Did Appear? Why It's Dancer and Prancer - Santa's Reindeer! Yes, that's right - just the other day Santa and his two reindeer, Dancer and Prancer, showed up at Grouse Mountain!Dancer and Prancer are here as ambassadors for all the other reindeer and can be found lounging around Santa's Workshop - saving their strength for Christmas Eve when of course they will have to

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uphill from here on out, let's keep attacking the training so that when the day comes, it will be a breeze. Our most recent training event took us back to Ambleside Park on what turned out to be a perfect end to a beautiful day. City Sport Physio stopped by before our run to talk about the importance of injury prevention. As we had indicated in an earlier blog, the best way to avoid injury is to

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Grinding it out Week 7 of Seek the Peak training This week we did the Grind (get your mind out of the gutter! We mean the infamous trail up to the top of Grouse Mountain). As always, Michelle and I started with a dynamic warm up consisting of lateral and Ventral/Dorsal (front to back) leg swings, toe touches, walking lunges, high knees and followed with multiple static stretches. After we were

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Grinder and Coola Enter Their Lower Pond Habitat! Last Wednesday, Grinder and Coola, our two resident Grizzly Bears, entered their Lower Pond Habitat.  This section represents the completion of their summer habitat and gives them an area a little over 5 acres in size to explore and play in.  With some new territory opening up, they immediately went into exploration mode and checked out what was

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Alper will all be onsite to up the energy and excitement.Participation is easy. Sign up, collect a minimum of $20 in fundraising, and then start training. And because amazing events are made even better by the company of friends, you’ll want to reach out and pull your group together. 100% of all funds raised will support Free The Children's special project in Kipsongol, where thousands of people lack

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Adventure, guests will learn about the inner workings of North America’s largest aerial tramway system. Then, take in the 360 degree views from a specially designed platform on the roof of the Skyride cabin as you travel to the Peak of Vancouver. Coming soon there will also be a downhill experience added. The adventure starts this Friday, July 15th. Reserve your space now for this unique experience

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Vega and Me For training this past Wednesday April 17, we met at the Cleveland Dam. This week we met Andrew and Taryn from Vega. They brought along some delicious samples of the Pre-workout Energizer for before our run, and Recovery Accelerator for after the run. Andrew, one of our trainers, discussed with us the importance of pre-workout nutrition. I think this is often neglected by the

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