I was all set to run today – was going to take baby to the park at the river and watch her swing and slide, then my wife would meet me there and I could do an hour of running / walking. The thunderclouds had other plans and started dumping on us heavily an hour [...]
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Workout on Mountain Today – 2 Times Up < 30 Mins.
Posted on 26 March 2012.
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Couple Days of Workouts – Diet
Posted on 01 March 2012.
There is a race on Saturday up a small mountain – Hang Nak – also called Hang Norn or Ngorn Nak. It’s part of the Koh Phi Phi National Parks in Krabi. It is a 500 meter high vertical elevation climb, over 3.7 KM in horizontal distance. Assuming someone rolled out the distance – not [...]
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Stairs Workout 1/30/12 – 2 Climbs Up Mountain with Double-Stepping
Posted on 30 January 2012.
Today I couldn’t figure out what to do – speedwork, or some endurance. I chose endurance because my right foot was hurting slightly – and I thought there was less a chance of hurting it with endurance. I was right! I climbed the first round up the mountain in 15 minutes. That’s just a slow, [...]
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Knee Still Good – 2nd Stair Climb Post Injury = Success
Posted on 14 January 2012.
My knee felt good yesterday after doing 5 laps around the 1 km park. Today I tried stair climbing again, just focusing on a steady climb, faster than 2 days ago – but nothing near race pace. It went great. No pain. Climbed the 1,256 steps in about 13:30. Iphone stopwatch triggered in my pocket [...]
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Today Another Stair-Less Workout – and Diet
Posted on 04 January 2012.
Today I woke up and had a 3/4 bowl of muesli mix with 4/5ths of a box of vegetarian soy milk on it. After the night before I needed something tangible! For lunch I had 2 big apples. For dinner I just had a plate of stir fried vegetables in a salty soy sauce. I [...]
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Easy Fast Walking and Upside Down Rowing Workout
Posted on 28 December 2011.
Today (12-28-11) was quite simple, after yesterday’s tough stairs workout where I really pushed my mind and body to go faster. I’m planning on doing more walking tomorrow, or if I can get to the beach, I’ll do some high-stepping – running in place for a while to get my heart rate up and burn [...]
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Dare I Say It?
Posted on 27 December 2011.
I am just going over the numbers for the top 30 places at the Bangkok Vertical Marathon for 2010 which was last year’s race, the 2011 never got off – and was delayed until this January 2012. I’m trying to figure out where I stand now – in the ranking. Just speculating, you know? I [...]
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Welcome to Go Up It!
Stair climbing is my latest passion, and I've been climbing a local mountain staircase very regularly for the last five years. Climbing stairs for exercise gives your body and mind an amazing lift - and I really think it has the potential to change your life outlook, in a positive way.
