Trafalgar Halls x200

Trafalgar Halls is a cruel mistress, of the men that have attempted to run the stairs 50 times, only three other men have successfully completed it. To add to the constant pain of having to haul your body vertically up 17 stories of incline the competitor must then complete 20 press ups at her summit. I have seen men break under the relentless onslaught of suffering which the stairs bring to the competitor. Running her 50 times burns over 7000 calories and renders people immobile for weeks.

 To add to the physical burden the competitor must overcome high levels of mental stress. Her walls only contain numbers and stairs. The same numbers, the same stairs, no sunlight, only artificial of which some flicker like an abandoned hospital ward. The stair climber must reside in this hellish environment for  as long as it takes him to complete the task.

I completed this challenge three times during this year and so asked for more. So I doubled the numbers, Trafalgar Halls x100. People were shocked, some appalled. x50 was enough to whittle the common man into a shivering wreck. But I forged on and climbed for nearly 10 whole hours. I saw many demons, at one point floor 9 began to morph into a stage of a horrific Lady Gaga Musical, Poker Face would not leave my mind, and I was the center piece of her diabolic horror show.

But Trafalgar Halls shaped me. To this day there is not a greater physical challenge. It is the ultimate expression of exercise. No balls, no rules, just you, some stairs and a 1000 press ups. You cannot hide behind excuses, you are the combined sum of your bodies will to continue and your minds strength in adversity.

And now in March I will attempt Trafalgar Halls x200. This will truly test every fabric in my soul. I can confirm that this is the grand conclusion to the Trafalgar Halls Challenge. Her last throw of the dice. What stands between me and the submission of her stairs is 400 ascents,descents and 4000 press ups. Only one thing is guaranteed with Trafalgar Halls. And that is long hours of relentless pain and suffering.

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