This morning was completely unlike any other morning I’ve ever had. The ESBRU was such a unique experience. Despite all the great advice I got going into it (much of it in the comments to my posts up here), I really didn’t know what to expect. I made some big mistakes and [...]
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I made a discovery today: Running up 2,200 stairs hurts. A lot. I’m not sure why, but today’s stair workout was significantly more difficult than last week’s. I was already struggling by the time I made my third trip up. Only 17 to go… That made it worse. I started to focus on the “landmarks” [...] 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 16 trips and now don’t have any pain in my legs at all. Crazy. Of course, it was [...] Today was my first workout in preparation for the Empire State Building Run-up. I ran three miles up through Harlem into Washington Heights and to the base of a monster staircase at 155th Street. I looked up, took a big breath, and started charging. By the time I reached the top, I [...] On the running front, this week has been less than stellar. It started well, but went to shit when I decided to race the mile up at the Armory. Thanks to that, I finished with less than 47 miles for the week. Not where I need to be 6 weeks out from [...] |
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