So remember this? And this? And the other few posts I’ve gotten out so far about life sans elevator? Yeah, it was a nice try. See, the thought in my head was to use all this stair climbing as a way to gain strength and recover from a rather annoying knee injury. Instead, a minimum [...]
Posts Tagged ‘A Year W/o Elevators’
Feb 10
Make-up Stairs
In my last elevator related post I made it pretty clear that this was a fitness inspired thing, and I was working towards that end (hence my willingness to use the elevator to send the bike upstairs while I walked). In my first post I also mentioned how I would like to ascend the Carew Tower [...]
Jan 27
Elevatorless Challenge: The Bike
I celebrated my birthday last Saturday with my first bike ride of 2010. It had been about two months since I had pedaled anything, exercise bike or real one. A friend of mine sent me the following text while I was at Tucker’s feasting on huevos: ridn dwntwn if ur in. When it’s 40 degrees [...]
Jan 20
Elevatorless Challenges: Laundry, Groceries, Getting Drunk w/ Pizza
Last Friday I embarked on a journey to rid my life of the use of elevators for ascension for the next year (I still take them down when I don’t feel like running down the steps). It seemed so easy at the time, it was just walking up the stairs right? Well, I forgot that [...]
Jan 15
A Year Without Elevators
It’s a new year, and it’s time for another new years resolution. I’m not crazy about them, but I don’t take new years resolutions that lightly–I try and pick something reasonable, something that I can stick too. The resolution doesn’t have to be a permanent thing for me either. I take a while to think [...]
