Last week our department won the lululemon Sweat Off Challenge. The top three departments that worked out the most per capita, per day, for some insane amount of weeks won a day up in Belcarra. Since most of my closest co-workers are gym rats, yoga gurus, and / or obsessive compulsive, this worked out well.

Ella, Darren, Momo, Nic and myself high tailed it up to Deep Cove where we met the Store Ops, Design, and Training teams for a day on the water. We took a water taxi to the Vancouver Water Ski Club and ate, drank, and wakeboarded ourselves silly. Dave cooked us up some of the best pieces of salmon I have had in my entire life and Darren treated us to wet suit trade secrets.

The day was a bit chilly, but nothing a nice fire and a bottle of surprisingly good Yellow Tail couldn’t fix. The day also afforded us a good opportunity to get to know people in other departments. We were lucky enough to have a really inspiring chat with Jenna Hills, who, for the first time in my year and a half at lululemon, made me really really understand what this brand is about. It’s amazing how a simple conversation can do that.

All in all, it was a day well spent, even if I had to leave my heels behind.