Work out. Climb stairs.
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Suzy Walsham runs the last steps to win a women’s stair race in China in 2013. She climbed 82 floors. (AP/Alexander F. Yuan) -
Suzy Walsham stands beside Mark Bourne of Australia. They both ran in stair races in China in 2018. She won the women’s race. He won the men’s race. (AP/Mark Schiefelbein) -
Suzy Walsham won the 42nd Annual Empire State Building Run-Up in 2019. She ran up 1,576 stairs. (AP/Mary Altaffer) -
Suzy Walsham wins a women’s stair race in China in 2017. She climbed 2,041 steps. (AP/Mark Schiefelbein) -
Racers in Japan run during the Stairclimbing World Championships in 2023. (ISF/MEETING via AP)
Mrs. W. loves to run. She won races. Then she got hurt. She had to rest a while. What is a new way to keep moving?
She ran up stairs. She won more races!
Pray: Thank God for sports that keep us active and fit.
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Suzy Walsham is from Australia. She started racing at age six. She won often. Injuries slowed her down. She moved to Singapore for a job. There she ran up the stairs in tall buildings. She won a stair race in 2006. The prize was a trip to New York. There she zoomed up 1,576 stairs in the 2007 Empire State Building Run-Up. She won. She went on to win that race 10 times.
Paul reminds us that one person wins the prize in a race. God helps us run and finish the race of life. (1 Corinthians 9:24)
