today’s cardio was all walking but it was the most exhausting and excruciating 45 minutes i’ve ever had. i only walked but i walked the stairs. i walked down the east stairs and up the west stairs. for 45 minutes. i’m so done. let’s see if i can calculate my steps.

– 22
+ 24
– 24
+ 24
– 2
+ 2
– 2
+ 2
– 5
+ 5
– 2

carry the one, that’s 57 flights down and 57 flights up for a grand total of 2057 steps. i had to leave the stairwells a few times for a cool-down lap across the building but i stayed in motion the whole time. i’m pretty certain i had at least two coronaries and sweat a gallon and a half. you can see that the last few laps were small, cool-down laps around the top floors of the building (stay close to home in case you die). i’d like to get to the point that walking up the full twenty-four doesn’t kill me. after six or seven flights i am gasping like crazy and my heart is pounding out of my chest. it’s good cardio though and good for my legs so i might try to keep at it and build up my endurance for it. maybe one day i can throw in a third lap of the full building.