Officially I am 3 weeks into my challenge and its the last day of summer. Definitely wasn't summer in Vancouver. Forecast of rain, cold brisk air and one of the gloomiest skies I have seen since I have been out here. Amongst meetings in Coquitlam, Richmond, New Westminister and Burnaby, I had a few errands I needed to run. I held a contest for all my Vancouver sales staff for who could generate the most leads in a 2 week period and the winner would get a brand new Apple iPad from me. With an over night surge in the final hours Julian "Enjoys bench-pressing me in the office" Theriaut walked away with the grand prize. Everyone put in an incredible effort but Julian walked away with it by the narrowest of margin. I make a pit stop at the Apple store in Richmond and I'm telling you, I could spend all day in one of those. I wonder how long I could stay in one and work of a laptop before they would kick me out?
I meet up with my co-worker and Vancouver roommate Michelle Mathias for lunch and we eat like the Greek at The Healthy Greek. Only a few days into registration and bookings are going great in BC for the whole team. The new guys are doing great and I think everyone wrapped up the day on a high. On that same high I decide to go out Wednesday night and rush home at 9:45pm so I can squeeze in 50 min run before the gym closes at 11:00pm. Running is starting to get easier and easier and I find myself constantly increasing the lengths of my cardio and the level of my cardio.
Wednesday night I head to Guilt and Co. located in Gastown and just steps from my house. The unique thing about Guilt and Co. is you get three menus when you descend into what resembles the basement you had in your house growing up. Old couches, board games, snacks and a low ceiling. You get a food menu, a drink menu and get this... a board game menu. Scrabble, Jenga, Uno, Boggle and Sorry are all on the list. Guilt an Co. has incredible food, a unique drink menu including a chilli beer and a chocolate beer that make you finish you pints a little too easily.
Thursday morning I wake up in an incredible mood. Great pub, great company, all around great night. Meghan Hughes calls me up first thing to let me know that we are all out of brochures in the office. My staff team needs to hit the road and I need to ensure the office is stocked for peoples meetings. I load 3 bundles into 4 grocery bags, each bundle weighing 13 lbs each end up creating two awkwardly shaped 78 lb sacks of paper. These things are heavy. I am walking with my laptop bag and 156 lbs of weight in my two hands as I walk to the elevator. The thin straps start ripping at my fingers but I get them to the door and then schlep them into the elevator. The walk from my lobby to my car is where the real challenge begins and then from my car (which you cannot park anywhere near the office) to the office is twice that. I hobble as I use my legs to kick the bags in motion with my steps. Finally arriving in the office, my fingers are numb, my shoulders feel out of place and my arms seem frozen in a position where it looks like would be carrying large suitcases in each my hand. I'll count that as a work out.
Today my meeting in White Rock allows me to pit stop and visit my cousin Kendra Bauer at her mansion. I wish I was kidding when I say mansion but her boyfriend and her house is better then some I have seen on cribs. Seriously. Kendra is 8 and a half weeks pregnant and only 2 weeks away from the big day/expected day. She already has the whole baby room made and set up with a full wardrobe in the closet. Khali what they decided to name the baby girl had more shoes in her closet then I have with me here in Vancouver!! Always great to see family, congratulations Kendra and Tarek.
Wrapped up my day on another high note. Work is going well I am excited tonight to crush the gym. Lets are one of my stronger workouts so rush home and get my grunt on. I decide to do some really challenging cardio before I max out my legs. I run up a 3 incline for 25 minutes straight. Once that is done I line up 2 different 3 exercise super-sets and start givin'r. There is this MASSIVE dude in the gym which just encourages me to press until my whole body shakes. I better feel the burn in these legs tomorrow.
Before I leave BC and the first of three main cities I will visit through out this journey am going to try and really mix up my work out. A plyometrics day with Julian, and Super Saturday with Richard Joseph, swim and sauna session and even a Hot Yoga session on the 27th.
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