hopefully my knees will forgive me

Today I signed up for three winter stair climbs. That should keep my fat butt moving. Two are the same day. Hopefully my knees will forgive me.

I didn't plan that. Really. I was hopping back and forth on the lung association page page between the Philly one that goes straight up fifty floors (1,088 steps) and the Wilkes Barre event which is in an arena and is 1,224 steps both up and down. That's the one I planned to sign up for. Oops.

The Philly one is at 8:30 am and Wilkes Barre at 2:30 pm. I can do both...if my knees hold out. March 20 is the big day.

The third one is February 28 for cystic fibrosis. Also in Philly. Fifty three flights (1,019 stairs). I entered the "fun" climb. The lung association one doesn't have that option. I'm planning on dead last, but finished.

All say if you can walk a 5K you can do it. Some sites suggest in 20 minutes. I suggest an hour... and a half, maybe.  I'm going to train on south Bethlehem hills because I don't have any 50 story building to climb stairs in. Martin Tower is closed. I don't think security would let me in even if they were open. I also think that's about 25 floors.

Bonnie is my emergency contact. Haven't told her yet that she's on-call that day.

Anybody want to come along on either event, let me know. I'll even buy lunch. Hopefully there will be someone at the top to take a picture.