For as long as I can remember, I told people "I can't run." But in March of 2009, I decided that this was no longer an option. From my first 5K to my second half marathon, I've endured my highest highs and lowest lows as an official Runner. This year I want to embrace running for something beyond times and distances.

Running is so much more than merely getting out there. I want to get out there and love it.

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Stairs

So speaking of my legs hurting, the following has been bothering me forever. At Kohl's in the morning I walk from the ground floor up to the third floor. And then 2-3x more times throughout the day I walk from the first to the third (the cafeteria, and more importantly COFFEE, is on 1). The three flights in the morning are a REAL DOOZE. I've worked here for almost four months and when I get to the third floor I seriously have never been more exhausted in my life. More than my Half this weekend? PERHAPS! It's like I get to the top and I feel like I'm literally having a heart attack. I cannot catch my breath and my legs are burning to boot.

So! Being as bored as I am today, I finally googled it and found this, aptly titled: "I run daily but stairs still kill me." YES! Dude I know!!! Well, turns out the answer is very obvious. Different muscles + gravity + climbing a high altitude in a short amount of time = Who gives a shit if you can run a Half Marathon?! So basically, I have to work in some kind of biking massive hills if I EVER want to climb three flights of stairs without dying. That's cool.

Alright that's all I got.
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9 comments:

  1. ClaireSeptember 16, 2010 at 11:27 AM

    Stairs suck...I like ramps.

    Hope you're doing well lady
    xoxo

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  2. Miss OrganizizedSeptember 16, 2010 at 11:48 AM

    YES ramps for everything! That's the ticket!

    Back atcha!! I hope you're RAMPING up for your Marathon training!! :D

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  3. Diana LaurenceSeptember 17, 2010 at 5:36 AM

    The ceilings at Winco are uber-high, so going to the second floor is like going to the third floor of a normal building. I invariably feel the burn doing it, which has always made me feel old and out of shape. This post made me feel a lot better!

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  4. MyMuseSeptember 17, 2010 at 8:16 AM

    that is too crazy, josh has been complaining of the same thing!!!

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  5. Miss OrganizizedSeptember 17, 2010 at 9:25 AM

    I think Kohl's made the stairs steeper without our knowledge!

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  6. Monica O'NeillSeptember 17, 2010 at 3:16 PM

    You should just go nuts with it and wear skechers shape-ups while doing it. OR take 'em 2 at a time. That's the only way I went up stairs from age 8-22, I think!

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  7. Dr. Kenneth NoisewaterSeptember 19, 2010 at 11:31 PM

    Yeah, I'm up and down the stairs quite a bit at work, and I like it that way. It keeps my blood pumping, you know?

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  8. Dr. Kenneth NoisewaterOctober 3, 2010 at 7:50 PM

    I went for a great run the other night on an unusually temperate fall night. For some reason, when I get to the lake in Chicago and see the water and skyline, it totally recharges me, and I feel like I can run forever. It's moments like that where I realize that I'll never be able to leave Chicago.

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  9. Miss OrganizizedOctober 4, 2010 at 7:42 PM

    That's pretty wick, Doc...and I'm jealous. This is the perfect running weather and I'm not on top of it. Lots of reasons, none of them good ones. I used to live downtown (mke) and running on the lakefront was invigorating to say the least. A fraction of the Chi skyline, but still beautiful in its own 4th poorest city in the nation sort of way. Now I live about four miles south of downtown and it's pretty, but I miss the runs through the city at dusk.

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