Stair Climbing Update

How did the stairs go? I am happy to report that everyone on Murph's Elevator Haters finished the AON building climb. We had 9 participants, and overall everyone really enjoyed a good workout at a time of year in Chicago that typically is not kind to active events.

Hopefully next year we will be able to round up a few more people for the event.

In addition, a few of us did an encore run up the Hancock Building on February 24. My uncle came down from Traverse City MI and joined myself, What's Next Girl, and our friend Lane for a dash up "Big John".

I had a blast, but I am ready to get outside and have some fun. The is only so much fun you can have turning up dry stairwells.

Stair Climbing
Hustle Up the Hancock

94 Stories

17:06 (not really all that impressive)

What's Next? Murph's Elevator Haters!

Goal: Get 20 People to Sign Up for the Kolh's Step Up for Kids, a stair climbing contest at the AON Center in Chicago that raises money for Children's Memorial Hospital here in Chicago.

Secondary Goal: Have team raise $1500.

So this is kind of a tricky deal.  Obviously this is a little different of a project for me.  It requires a lot from other people.  

Climbing the 80 floors of the AON Center can sound like a very difficult task.  Who among us doesn't lose their breath after jumping up one flight of stair, never mind 80 stories worth?   But as someone that has participated in a number of these stair climbs, I can tell it much easier than you would think.  

That and the project is worth while as the charity is one my favorites in Chicago.  I ran the 2005 Chicago Marathon for Children's.  

Thus, strange blog world, meet Murph's Elevator Haters.