In something that I rarely do, I drove 20 minutes to workout on the downtown streets of Kansas City. I love the city, and I'd planned for a while to do my recovery work there on a Sunday morning. So I started the day with a light 8 mile recovery run through the streets of the KC metro. And then I ran 20 repeats of 50 stairs up and down the East side of the Memorial. Stairs are such a good workout for the hips, glutes, and quads, and frankly I don't get to do them as often as I'd like. I've got a few small sets of stairs here and there in Lee's Summit, but nothing like the ones at the Liberty Memorial.
Plus, you can't beat the view I had this morning during my workout. The Liberty Memorial is a local landmark featuring a beautiful view of downtown Kansas City. It's also the only World War I National Museum in the United States. It's an absolute Kansas City treasure.
All in all it was a good weekend of working out. And hopefully I can incorporate more stairs into upcoming marathon training.
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Great idea to incorporate stairs. I will have to find some near me.
ReplyDeleteI really get a lot from them Grace
DeleteStairs are a great workout,but I actually got hurt doing them at the end of a run once. I probably was missing the necessary strength build up for them, though. Sounds like a good museum to see too!
ReplyDeleteYeah, I always try to be very conscious of form when I do them Raina
DeleteGreat photo! Looks like a tough run.
ReplyDeleteStairs are a great workout. Great for quads and glutes, as you pointed out, but surprisingly my calves are usually shot the next day too!
ReplyDeleteYeah, mine too John, probably more than my glutes
DeleteI used to run stairs when I was a discus thrower. I got it into my head that it was good for my glutes and you throw from your legs so it would have to help surely. Many a fun afternoon was spent running up the stairs of my high school. I'm sure the teachers thought I was crazy.
ReplyDeleteWhoa ... whoa ... whoa ...... DISCUS??? Cool!!!
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