Stairs

[tzvia]

The stairs are actually broken in our building at work. It's only a two story building, but you would be surprised at how many people huff and puff... I'll be bounding up the stairs while talking to someone, and realize that they can't walk up a flight and talk at the same time, and I have to slow down to stay with them. Otis is putting in a new elevator, what a waste for a two story building. No wonder the U.S. is obese. I go up and down the stairs several times during lunch and whenever I am near them even if I don't need to go downstairs.

Not enough stairs. So I bought a Nordic Track elliptical two weeks ago and it was delivered and setup last Friday in my new 'exercise room' (really an enclosed deck). Also room for my bike on the trainer, my Wii, and I hooked up a DVD player for exercise videos. I thought I was in half-way good shape, but that Nordic Track is kicking my butt.

[smittykitty]

I'm climbing the Columbia Tower in Seattle in late March, a lymphoma fundraiser. It's 69 floors, tallest building in the city!!!! I've been practicing at our local hospitals, doing lots of climbing repeats. Hoping it will make me a stronger hill climber on the bike this year.

[skhill]

I usually take the stairs up, but elevator down, if it's more than 4 stories or so. Stairs down do not always agree with my knees... Our downtown library did something really stupid when they built the place: there were no public stairs originally, even though it's only 5 stories tall. They bowed to public pressure, and changed an emergency staircase to public. It's just cool that there was sufficient demand that they responded!

This next Saturday is a new race in town-- up the stairs of our tallest building. 29 stories, racing against the clock. If the entry fee wasn't so steep, I'd almost cetainly do it. Still might, anyway...