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Whew.

My foot hasn't been hurting today. So I ran up and down a couple of flights of stairs, just in case.

I kind of like running up and down stairs. It has been a while since I have had the opportunity to do so.

My high school was in a four-story building (plus basement) and afforded many opportunities to climb up and down stairs. We all had great legs, my schoolmates and I.

Then there were the Harvard Stadium benches, which we ran in college. Thirty-seven flights of 31 benches. The best was at the end of rowing triathlons, after erging 7500m and running 3.5 miles. I could never run down, but I *always* ran up.

When out rowing this morning, I realized that I prefer rowing into a headwind over rowing with a tailwind.

I guess I just like uphill challenges.