I've again signed up for the Enbridge CN Tower Climb for the United Way. I'm not as ready as previous attempts; in fact it seems with each assault I'm in worse shape than the time before. I've barely begun the preparatory stair climbing here in my building. This morning I climbed the building twice but at a fairly slow walking pace. Two times is comparable to 62 stories compared to the 110 stories of the tower. This was the first time in a very long time that I've climbed the building twice and since I wasn't completely out of breath at the end I'm sure I'll be able to do the tower. Still, I'm used to passing people on my way up and as it is I'll be amongst the masses of the huffing and puffing rather than blazing (slowly blazing, more like a strong glow really) past them. I have two weeks to get better prepared. I'm going to try to do some sort of activity every day as well as cut out beer (no beer at pool! no beer at meetup events! no beer watching hockey!) and Tim Horton muffins. I think cutting just these two will be doable and will have some benefit: eliminate empty calories. If I can even lose a couple of pounds it will help.
The training regime has begun. ;)
you can always look at it like the emergency diet myriads of brides get on just before the big day... right after the wedding, the discipline can quietly go right out the window again. phew!
you'll do fine. and it's already laudable to try at all.
I'm expecting to make it but I'll be moving slowly. My no-beer rule lasted almost 24 hours. Oh well...