1600 steps...pretty much mind over matter in effect

I'd say about two months ago a friend posted on her facebook about a race to the top of a building in Chicago for charity.  I thought wow how fun, then I read more into it and though oh my 80 stories, wow. 

I waited a few days and then decided it was just the type of challenge I wanted to take.  Fast forward to today....and I did it!

Everyone that I told about it was like either wow, oh good luck, or are you crazy! 

I was nervous, but I knew that deep down I could do it, I would just have to overcome some mental blocks along the way.

As our team neared to start of the stairway, I was nervous, I was scared and I was ready to do it.  I started about 2 by 2 with the stairs until about the 5th floor.  Then I decided wow, this was going to be a long race!  All the prep work said set a slower pace than you think or later you will be hurting.

I was surprised it was my right trap muscle that started hurting first.  We had lifted upper body yesterday and I was using my right arm to pull myself up the railing.  So I started to switch to the left arm, but I just wasn't balanced enough, so then I went to the hands on hips method for a while.

Each 15 floors or so you could get pepped up by a group of people cheering/handing out water.  I stopped a few times to regroup. 

When I got to 40, I knew I had it, I was like I can do another of what I just did!  When I got to 60 it got better, at 62 I was like ONE THOMPSON HALL Left (that was my 18 floor dorm that we used to climb for fun!!!) and 78th floor I saw a big CUB Wrigley sign that made me laugh. 

At one point my ears started popping!!!  

It was so awesome to cross the finish line.  I'm so glad that I did it.  They will post times tomorrow.  I wasn't doing my for time, but I'd like to know how long it actually took me!!!!

I would definitely say I felt the worst at floor 20, but it never got better or any worse than that...

On to the next adventure.....April 10th....Shamrock Shuffle 8k run!!!!