Stairs of the World II -- The Revenge

This post is mostly for me. As, I suppose, all of them are. I like to have a specific record of my exercise when I am trying improve on something difficult. I find that it really helps me to focus on the little things necessary to improve. When I share that with you, it gives makes the goal seem more real and somehow more important to achieve.

Anyway, yes, I took a break from stair climbing during my healing process. But, I've been back at it pretty hard in the last little while. I thought an update was in order. In case you missed the first post on stairs.

What's new? Below is my tower activity since injuring my ribs. I fill in a web form each time I run the tower and it updates a spreadsheet for me. As you may care to notice, I took some heart rate measurements at several points today (last row, right hand column). Times (usually) follow the format of hh:mm:ss.tenthsec

15/09/2013 10:04:30Arts Tower run17:31.55x u/d. 1st time on the stairs since my rib injury. Speed was lousy, but endurance was pretty good.
22/09/2013 15:10:10Arts Tower run00:57.17
22/09/2013 15:28:38Arts Tower run17:38.85xu/d
26/09/2013 08:23:49Arts Tower run16:57.85xu/d
27/09/2013 19:39:17Arts Tower run00:55.66
03/10/2013 10:36:57Arts Tower run1:01.79
03/10/2013 11:16:34Arts Tower run39:47.2610xu/d
03/10/2013 12:08:35Arts Tower run01h26m29s20xu/d (15x=1:03:10.79)
06/10/2013 14:29:44Arts Tower run00:54.0
13/10/2013 13:40:51Arts Tower run00:49.63
16/10/2013 19:37:39Arts Tower run16:56.115x U/D
18/10/2013 14:52:06Arts Tower run00:52.51
18/10/2013 15:37:54Arts Tower run19:17.25x U/D
20/10/2013 16:31:39Arts Tower run00:54.66
24/10/2013 13:40:53Arts Tower run00:54.79
24/10/2013 14:26:30Arts Tower run43:06.0610x U/D
28/10/2013 10:25:55Arts Tower run01:00.81
28/10/2013 10:44:44Arts Tower run17:14.215xu/d
31/10/2013 09:35:08Arts Tower run00:53.75
31/10/2013 09:52:09Arts Tower run16:50.775xu/d
31/10/2013 10:14:10Arts Tower run36:56.2810xu/d
01/11/2013 12:30:17Arts Tower run53:00.0010xu/d -- doing random things such as: running, walking, hopping, walking backwards, spin moves…

last night's heart rate just before bed -- 60bpm
"cruising" heart rate 150bpm -- 8th time up
180bpm -- after 5 floors at a dead run on 9th time up
10 min after finish -- 102bpm
60 min after finish -- 78bpm

Worth getting excited about for me are a couple of dates. On October 3rd, I managed 20x up and down the tower for a total of 220 flights in 86 minutes. While doing it, I could have watched My Neighbor Totoro :) Maybe next time. That multiplies out to 800m. I wish I had done the math before beginning my assault. That leaves me 29m short of the peak of the Burj! Sigh. There is some hope. A careful measuring of the inside of the tower could reveal that it's taller than I think. Don't hold your breath.

Also notable is Oct 13th. It marks the 1st time since 2009 that I've achieved a time under 50 seconds. It's a feat I've managed 11 times out of the nearly 70 speed attempts I've recorded.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Greece - Kaves of Kalamata

Image
Caves Were Promised! stovetop espresso (of course) brad brought the tiny camping espresso maker that we gave him more than 20 years ago. We have used it on various hikes including in Italy. Now, in Greece :) Attempted Breakfast We tried and failed to get breakfast in Stoupa. There was only one place open (VERY local) and there was only toast on offer. Could also have been a language barrier? We got coffee and set off on an exploratory hike at the beach. Shoreside cave we spent a bunch of time carefully climbing our way out through razor sharp rock formations to the entrance of a cave. It is too cold to swim in at this time of year (without wetsuits) so we had to settle for a few photos from the outside . I amused myself by utterly exhausting my arms and shredding my hands while carefully climbing the rock formations. Another Cave? After searching for over an hour, through even more dangerous rock than this morning, and based only on a single google maps post, we managed to find a beaut...
Read more

Greece - A Castle, a Good Omen, and Olympia!

Image
The Venetian Castle of Nafpaktos On the road toward Olympia, for a strangely low price of 2 euros, we were free to wander the outdoor portions of a 15th century castle. Sadly not allowed on the battlements, but very cool, nonetheless. Bananas good Bakery As we drove, I stopped on the road to try and get a picture of a hovering hawk at the seaside. Not an amazing picture, by any means...     Hawk of Good Fortune However, while stopped we checked out this nondescript shop along the roadside.     Bakery of the Gods It looks like nothing on the outside, but has every kind of greek baked good that you can imagine. The prices were also really reasonable. I'm not sure who they were selling all of this to in the middle of nowhere, but what a lucky find. Olympia!  We are staying at Hotel Pelops, a vintage hotel that feels like it is from the era of my grandmothers youth. Old, highly polished mahogany furniture with tiny wheels on the bottom, plates on the wall, ornate sh...
Read more

Greece: Diakuw of Delphi

Image
Getting out of Athens 10:30 Travelling light with no checked baggage has several drawbacks. Everything is carefully organized and it is a bit of a pain getting it back into place each time I use anything. I don't have everything I want with me. And the few things I have for clothing need to be washed several times during the trip. Honestly, I should have been okay with just washing clothes once, but it has been so cold (for Greece) that I've been wearing all of my long sleeve shirts and sweaters, so they get dirty and I don't want to wear shorts or a T-shirt. All this to say, we found a laundry mat and had coffee while we waited (twist my arm). I also too the opportunity to find the perfect photo opportunity to show you a standard street set up for Athens. I don't know if I mentioned the traffic in my last post, but it is bad. The streets can be incredibly narrow usually two cars wide, with a row of parked cars on one or both sides. Sometimes only wide enough for 1 vehi...
Read more