Photo from Bodyspex.com
The Santa Monica Stairs are no joke. I’ve been impatiently skipping up stairs all my life, but dang, once you hit the third set of these stairs, a grim reality sets in quick. This shiz is HARD. Even this guy can’t stop panting, and he is apparently made of steel:
These days I’m one of those people that runs laps around the Brentwood Country Club, which has a pretty nice dirt path to run around. During the night certain parts of this route are pitch black, so for safety sake I generally go out when there’s at least a little light.
Have you braved these stairs? Share your impression (and make it seem really hard so I don’t feel bad about myself.)
on Feb 12th, 2010
just thinking about that shit makes me breathe all hard. eeeesh. as a PE final at SMC, we had to run from the school to the stairs. then up and down the stairs a minimun of 3 times. i was scarred for life; have not been back since. lol.
on Feb 12th, 2010
I did it for the first time a couple of weeks ago. I was honestly expecting much worse. I'm used to doing Runyon Canyon so it really wasn't THAT bad. Granted, I only did the stairs twice (amateur) then jogged around the lovely surrounding neighborhood. I'm sure if I did it 8 times like those other juiceheads that were there when I was, I'd be crying.
I have to say though-you must pace yourself. Don't go too fast at the beginning or you'll be dry heaving. I sorta like that I can feel the lactic acid surging through my decrepit joints.
on Feb 19th, 2010
my boss used to do these every morning, I'd either fall or faint, i'm such a whimp