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Last night I set myself a new Grouse Grind record. I managed to squeak in under 36 minutes, with a 35:58 time. It was so hard, I thought my lungs were bleeding. I actually have been coughing all day today. I ran so hard I injured my lungs. I didn't even know that was possible. God I am hardcore.

But not everyone enjoys the Grouse Grind! People always tell me things like "I hate the Grouse Grind". And I can understand that. It's not a nice hike at all. It's hard work. It's crowded. Really, is it any different than spending an hour on a poorly designed, dirty Stairmaster? Not really. Well, I used to think that, until my last Grouse Grind experience:

It all started normally enough. I was hiking along, sweating and panting like a dying husky in the back seat of a black car in a mall parking lot in Arizona in the summer, when I noticed a funny shape, tumbling down the hill towards me.

"What the hell is that?" I wondered. It looked fluffy, floppy, like a wool hat or something, and as it tumbled closer I realized it was a puppy! It rolled into my foot, and bounced to a stop, then stretched out and started wagging its tail happily, frolicking and barking playfully. He didn't look hurt at all... What a nice surprise!

I picked him up, wondering who this little fellow belonged to, and looked up to see if I could see his owner. Instead, I saw several more puppies, all tumbling through the forest towards me! At first only a few fuzzy little balls, bouncing off boulders and trees, then more and more, until the whole hill was just crowded with waves of puppies of all sorts! White ones, brown ones, all the colours of the puppy rainbow! I heard some girls below me, in their sweaty Lu-Lu Lemon outfits, yell out excitedly, "Puppiiiiies!"

It was amazing, all these puppies just tumbling everywhere, yipping and barking happily, a million little wagging tails, like a soft and cuddly version of a Skittles commercial. As I cradled four or five of them in my arms, and resumed hiking, carefully through the piles of puppies, I thought to myself: Now this is why I love the Grouse Grind.

Monica, 2009-09-16, 14:52:41 I hope these puppies are not homeless....

WTF - KD, 2009-09-16, 14:56:09 What the fuck! First of all congrads on the time GOTTA SAY that is impressive. wish I was half that fast...actually I am I did it in 62min. Second thanks for the LU LU image...now I am a happy man. Third wtf with the puppies!? Can you give me closure or what?

Excellent question - Mitch, 2009-09-16, 14:58:37 I don't know how anyone is going to find homes for thousands of forest puppies, but if I find out, I'll let you know.

ask Satan - prs, 2009-09-17, 09:42:01 Mitch, Satan will take the puppies. Satan *loves* puppies. If he's full up, ask Cruella de Vil.

The forest puppies were french! - Francis LeBlanc, 2009-09-17, 16:31:34 All the google suggestions were in french! Including "Trouvez un animal a montreal, toujours gratuit!" Google has a heart for the puppies.

puppy hair removal - Google, 2009-09-19, 06:43:17 Utilisation de Nair Cire Divine

Makes sense. - Mitch, 2009-09-19, 08:51:16 Because is there anything worse than puppies poilus?

No Monkeys? - Fox, 2009-09-22, 06:38:15 I give that story an A- If it had been chinchillas or lemurs it would have gotten an A+. So, now you know. And knowing is half the battle! (Also, did you know that it's impossible to get an A+ at Boston University. I think it's the same for most US schools. I was super pissed when I got back all my grades and they were all A's. Then one of my American classmates told me that was actually the highest grade possible....And I was like "Oh, OK then, I guess I'm not pissed off anymore but that's still retarded....So you guys just settle for LESS than perfection on this side of the border?" Thank GOD I'm outta that country!!!