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Empire State Building Run-Up

Robert James Reese — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:02:08 +0000

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 [...]

Stairs III

Robert James Reese — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:11:12 +0000

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” [...]

Stairs II

Robert James Reese — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:58:49 +0000

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 [...]

Stairs

Robert James Reese — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 03:06:07 +0000

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 [...]