Thursday

This Sunday is the "Run the Republic" stair climb race. Several folks from our swim team are doing it, and have talked me into participating as well. It's a pretty simple concept; you just go straight up 56 flights of stairs as fast as you can.

As it gets closer, I realize that I'm getting a bit nervous about it. It sounds like it could be painful.

So the question for Thursday morning's workout at the gym was this: "Should I take it easy to 'taper' for the race?" After all, it's 56 floors of quad-busting, lung-burning effort, and may require every bit of endurance and stamina I have.

On the other hand, it's only supposed to take about 12 minutes. Do I really need to rest up in order to do a 12-minute event?

I decided not. I went ahead with my normal Thursday workout -- lifting weights, spending some time on the elliptical machine, cranking the arm-bike, and riding the recumbent exercycle. It was a good day at the gym.

I'll let you know how it goes on Sunday. In the meantime, things have picked up at the office, and I now have several items I'm responsible for on this proposal. There could be some busy days ahead, which often result in opportunities for interesting blogging. I hope I'll have some fun stories to share with you. Stay tuned!