Sunday, December 12, 2010

Stair Tales

This has been a busy week.  It seemed to be composed mainly of running up stairs, running up hills and walking up hills!  Time is pressing and this week I am racking the stairs up to 1200.  I have also started mixing in some press ups and upper body strengthening as it is quite useful as I hold onto the bannisters on either side of the staircase to get up.
I have also been busy trying to get donations to the MMRF as I am committed to raising 2500 USD for them.  People have been really generous thus far, and the amount raised stands at 915 USD.  Also a big thank you to Christina from lazybonesrunning.blogspot.com, for her generous donation to my climb.  So if you are feeling the love, please visit my site at http://www.active.com/donate/2011MMRFRunUp/RUNUPNShunmu and make a donation.  My aim is to reach the fundraising goal by Christmas.  Talking of goals, I signed up for the Race Up Boston Place and registered as an....Elite!  The cut off time is 9:54 (my old time was 10:29), and that gives me a good goal to work towards - after all, the stairs are half those of the Empire State Building.
Nothing much else, except my Finnish Marimekko dress arrived, and I am very pleased with it.  I adore their fabrics, and the dress looks very sixties - a look that I am rather partial to!
Kruuna tunic

Kruuna tunic

9 comments:

  1. You are much more adventurous in clothing because I'm so plain and my clothes are more classic...aka as BORING. You must take a picture of you wearing that dress and post it.

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  2. Oh no, plain you are not! You are very pretty AND you run like the wind....when you come to Boston, we should go around the shops...although not New York, there are some nice things here. By the way, I forgot to say thank you in my post..am adding it now.

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  3. well done! sei pronta per un film con Austin Powers... ;D

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  4. Love the dress!

    Looks like the preparation for the stair run is going well! Great job!

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  5. Wow, you go girl, with all the stair climbing.

    That dress is adorable I can't wait to see a picture of you in it!

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  6. Ormai fai solo sport estremi: maratona e stairs climbing. Chi ti ferma più?
    E' vero, quel vestito ricorda molto la moda anni 60 ... e purtroppo (considerata la mia età) io c'ero!!!!

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  7. I was excited when I saw your blog title. I ran up the stairs at work this morning and was thinking about you and your stair running. Keep climbing!

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  8. @Tricia: thanks!

    @Yogi: guarda, non mi dispiacerebbe.....

    @Fran: thanks, as for the stairs it is early days yet.....

    @ Mary: will post when it gets a bit warmer so I can wear it.

    @Stefano: Ha! Magari! Ma ci metto di buona volonta' e non voglio che nessun'occasione mi passa. Beato te, negli anni belli - di Ciao, 500 e Mina........j'adore la Mina.....

    @Johann: Why don't we see if we can do a stair climb together somewhere? It would be so cool...

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