Having torn her ACL in April, super runner Ilana Balint (a marathoner and daily runner) needed a new past time – or at least something to get her up off the couch.
So she decided to walk every outdoor staircase in Queen Anne.
“I needed a goal and I knew of the map that Thomas Horton had made,” Balint said, referring to the map of all of the neighborhood’s staircases that local architect Horton drew up in 2009 (Queen Anne Books still has copies).
“My goal was to do it this summer,” Balint added. “I started the first day of summer. I finished yesterday.”
Here is the final entry of her journal. Click here to see more pictures and entries.
“Today I completed every single street and every single staircase on Queen Anne! I feel like I have just completed a marathon!
I saved the best for last and finished on Queen Anne Avenue, right at the top of the hill. I was met with balloons, treats, water, stickers and some singing and I felt just like I had conquered the universe!”