keeping the motavation

[toyman2]

Well i did it,i got sighned up for the Scott firefighter stair climb. They take the first 1500 firefighters that register and it only took 8hrs to be filled.
I have to get dedicated to this work out so i dont look like a fool, it is 1311 stairs, 69 floors, 788 vertical ft.
This is as much a personal challange as a fund raiser for Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, im 36 and have awalys thought of myself in pretty good shape but this has put me to the test for sure. We have to wear full turnout gear and SCBA(on air with packs).
I have been doing some training and today is the 1st time i have hit all 1311 stairs but i need to push harder so i can do like 1600 stairs.
Any way this is nothing more than trying to keep myself motivated, the more im reminded the harder i have always seemed to try, its just a matter of getting in the right mind set.

http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/all_pa ... em_id=6012

[Grumpy]

Cim, please keep us up on this!! The cancer part is close to home for Susan, Steven, and me. I admire your determination, and you have the support of a lot of folks would be my guess...

[toyman2]

i suppose if this was easy everyone would do it, im running my stairs for training and alli have to say is holy crap thats alot of stairs.
My hats off to the guy last year that did it in like 11 min.
About 900-1000 stairs my sides hurt like hell and after about 700 i cant feel any burn in the legs anymore, there is no better way to breath(i have heard the in the nose and out the mouth but after running 1000 stairs good luck with that) its just suck it in as much as you can and poof its gone and go for another.
Im not complaining but as i learned when i got into the fire service i now have a whole new respect for a diffrent group of people.

[tenikiwon2]

Good Luck! I need to work out like that but I find myself stuck with the 12oz curls in the garage.