I've rashly agreed at work to be part of a 4 man team in the run up the Eureka Tower event on 22nd November. Eureka Tower is the highest building in Melbourne and will involve 88 floors, 1,900 steps, and 300m or a 1000 ft of climbing.
http://techlab.scherdan.com/albums/skyscrapers/Eureka_Tower_0944a.jpg
As in all things Australian, the other 3 team Members are Olympic Gods in the atheltics world: one is even doing a road race on the afternoon of the same day - I may well become the limiting factor here.
In an attempt to bolster the cycling I'm again trying to get back into running - if nothing else to loosen the legs up a little from their habitual rotary motion.
If anyone is interested the world record for the equivalent race up the 86 floors of the Empire State Building is 9 mins 34 seconds!!! - naturally held by an Australian. I'm dumbfounded by this, but can't help think the other 3 are at least imagining a finish not embarassed by this time.
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