Comments on: Stairs

By: Stairs II « To Badwater

Stairs II « To Badwater — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:58:53 +0000

[...] II I am shocked by how improved today’s stair workout was over last week’s. A week ago, 10 trips up the 110 steps* left me hardly able to walk for a couple days. Today, I did [...]

By: Robert James Reese

Robert James Reese — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:33:46 +0000

That’s an interesting question. I’ve never seen one, but I never really looked. I imagine you could just take the elements of a running plan and convert it over easily.

By: The Laminator

The Laminator — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:18:45 +0000

Wow! Great workout! So I’m wondering…is there like a training plan for this?
Has anyone thought about making one up…with tempo climbs, interval climbs, and long climbs?

By: Ewen

Ewen — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 04:55:08 +0000

You did well! A mate of mine trained for stair races by running up the stairs at the local hospital (about 10 floors), getting the lift down, and repeating. After a good number of ascents he’d be praying the lift was slow!

By: Joe Garland

Joe Garland — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 03:48:41 +0000

“Where do they go?”

“They go . . . up.”

By: Robert James Reese

Robert James Reese — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:11:12 +0000

I think stairs are about it… The race is 3 weeks from yesterday, so I’m planning to do 15x the big staircase next Tuesday and 20x the following. If I can hit 20x, that will be huge — 2,180 steps is more than Empire State and will help to make up for the downhill breaks I’m having to do in training.

By: carpeviam

carpeviam — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:24:51 +0000

Wow. Great stair training! What else do you plan to do in preparation?

By: sun runner

sun runner — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:58:23 +0000

You’ve just learned the most important lesson of stair climbing: Don’t go too fast! You’ll get smacked down and squashed like a bug. I was all full of hubris when I did my first stairclimb in Cleveland 2 years ago; I went out too fast– basically running up– and was dead by the 8th floor. I was so wasted by the time I got to the top I could do little more than slump to the floor. I learned the importance of the slow, steady grind when I trained for the climb inside the RenCen. This year, if I increase my step rate by just a fraction of a second I could probably improve on my time from last year (I finished the climb in something like 10:50).

By: baker

baker — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 03:14:45 +0000

man! thats awesome! next time you go rock the stairs and feel like you want a workout buddy call me.