I posted this on facebook, but thought I'd share it here too.
Scale the Strat race was yesterday in Las Vegas. Finished in 13:59 for the 1455 steps, 108 floors. 16th place in age division; oh well, looks like I'm much better at the mental "sports" of chess and pistol shooting.
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Congratulations - that's impressive stuff, David! I wouldn't want to race you. When you can do it while playing chess you will have achieved a good balance of the physical and the mental!
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I could probably manage better than 13 hours 59 minutes.
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Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh David... you aren't gonna take that lying down, are you?!Bhikkhu Pesala wrote:I could probably manage better than 13 hours 59 minutes.
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Excellent, Bhante. I accept your challenge!Bhikkhu Pesala wrote:I could probably manage better than 13 hours 59 minutes.
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Counting on a monk to trip over his robes is not fair. How about competing in a sport that puts you on a more level playing field with a monk in robes, like wrestling or ice skating?David N. Snyder wrote:Excellent, Bhante. I accept your challenge!Bhikkhu Pesala wrote:I could probably manage better than 13 hours 59 minutes.
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Thanks. I got down to 127 lbs. (57.6 kg) which is about my ideal weight or even a little less. I'm usually a few pounds more, but lost some weight so I would have less weight going up the stairs.robertk wrote:Looking fit and lean!
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Nice time, better than I could of done
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Well done, David!
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Be careful, David! Just as a strong man flex his arm and then extends it, Bhante Pesala disappears, and reapears at the top of the buildingDavid N. Snyder wrote:Excellent, Bhante. I accept your challenge!Bhikkhu Pesala wrote:I could probably manage better than 13 hours 59 minutes.
Congratulations! That's a really impressive timing!
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Oops! I just noticed Bhante wrote hours, not minutes. Like waterchan, I thought he wrote 13:59 as in the time I did it in (13 minutes 59 sec).David N. Snyder wrote:Excellent, Bhante. I accept your challenge!Bhikkhu Pesala wrote:I could probably manage better than 13 hours 59 minutes.
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Thanks Cittasanto, Ben, MP.
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I was thinking about that hours, minutes thing too!!!! makes a big difference!!
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David, to run up 108 floors of staircase in just under 14 minutes - that's pretty good...I'm trying to imagine how it would feel around the 80th floor or thereabouts, surely the legs must begin to ache a little? (I know mine would)...David N. Snyder wrote:I posted this on facebook, but thought I'd share it here too.
Scale the Strat race was yesterday in Las Vegas. Finished in 13:59 for the 1455 steps, 108 floors. 16th place in age division; oh well, looks like I'm much better at the mental "sports" of chess and pistol shooting.
50-59 age-group results:
http://www.hallucinationsports.com/even ... 3824979856
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