Holy Crap

So, in lieu of having any mountains or even hills pretending to be mountains available in NYC for McKinley training purposes, I've been using the stairs in the 35 story building I live in. Specifically, I've been running up the stairs. Later on I'll switch back to walking them with a pack - that got boring..

Anyway, I remembered that someone told me about a race up the stairs in the Empire State Building. I did a quick search and found stuff (and more stuff) very quickly. 1,576 steps. 86 floors (lobby to observation deck). The winner finishes in around 10 minutes. Holy crap. Ten minutes? That's crazy. I've got a long ways to go.