Trek Up The Tower

The Water's Edge won the team division at the Trek Up the Tower this morning. We guess marathon training and trail running works for climbing lots of stairs. 1,000 climbers from 73 teams participated.

1. 15:24 The Water's Edge (5:08 per climber)
2. 16:06 Mutual of Omaha (5:22 per climber)
3. 17:07 Gallup (5:43 per climber)
4. 17:29 Omaha Police Department (5:50 per climber)

This is a tough race. Although it only lasts 5 minutes, there is nothing quite like it. My thighs were done by 15 floors. My heart and lungs were maxed out by 20 floors. I struggled for the next 10 floors and gutted out the last 12 floors to make it to the top of the 42 story building.

Note to self: train on the stairs before next year's race.