Used to
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Too poorly these days.
Hmm... I love running upstairs... I was in cross country in HS and discovered that I could run up hills all day... everyone else was complaining, don't know why.
Now, if they ever made a 5K all uphill, it might be a good skill to have, but as long as everyone else is a wuss.
I remember some time ago one of the internet aspie tests included a bunch of questions regarding hurried walking habits like running up and down down stairs, walking fast, taking the most direct path, jumping over obstacles rather than walking around them, etc.
I answered "completely agree" to almost all of those questions. I love to run up stairs. I can jump 5 or 6 steps with a running start. Before I enter the stairwell, I look to see if anyone is going where I would be going. If I would have to walk agonizing slowly behind them, I'll wait for a clear path or try another stairwell. I also love to slide down banisters. I usually walk quite fast and try not to step on the cracks in the sidewalk, not out of compulsion, but rather for a desire to regulate my speed. Lots of people like to walk on the grass between sidewalks to get directly from A to B, but I seem to do that more often or extremely than others. And jumping over, or up onto, things is always fun. Even when I climb a small curb, I don't just walk up onto it, I jump onto it.
Anyone else enjoy similar activities?
Yes, all of those questions were "agree" for me, I had some pretty weird methods of walking when I was younger; up until about 15 years old I hardly walked down the steps in our house, instead preferring to grip the edge of two window frames alongside the stairs, and just "swing" myself down...
I'm also more than eager to climb things, jump over things, balance on things, etc. I still walk on curbstones, occasionally.
I always run up or down stairs, even if I'm otherwise walking. I don't understand how people can stand to walk on them slowly... It takes forever and is more tiring. If no one is around I run up stairs quadrupedally or flap my arms going down (it makes it more enjoyable).
I also walk significantly faster than most people I know.
I always run up the stairs at work - the momentum when I run makes the climb easier.
Yeah, I do that sometimes. I also walk up stairs on tippy-toes at other times.
I usually go up stairs on all fours (hands and feet).
Ooh, me too - it has to be thick carpeted stairs, though...
Another thing I do all the time, and always have done.
Perhaps related, I don't think that I enjoy spinning objects much--but I do have an obsession with "bouncing objects" and deflections, for some reason.
At home I have no freakin choice. I have to take the stairs. At least I am physically capable of carrying a 30 pound Trek bicycle up and down the stairs (almost nobody uses the bike rack, maybe there were bike thefts), even with a 30 pound backpack on, and even at 300 pounds (or 290 or going down).
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I can't walk up the steps where I work because sometimes my ankle gives way and I could pitch down several flights of steps. So, it's the lift every time.
I cant walk slow up the staires...I fall over, so I have to grip the handle bar at school because he main stairway gets really clogged.
I always take shortcuts, I will even cut through classrooms to get to my destination faster.
And when Im at home I crawl up the staires like Silky
I run up stairs--usually taking two steps at a time; I also run down stairs VERY fast (nobody's beat me yet lol
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I suppose that I walk on stairs normally now, but when I was younger I used to crawl on them like a cat or something. I don't know why I did that.
I walk quickly. Well, that's what people tell me. To me, it is just my natural pace, but everyone else says I walk extremely quickly and they struggle to keep up.
I also like to go up stairs two at a time and to jump down them sometimes too, although the most I have ever jumped is 7 stairs.
Same here
. No one walks as fast as I do! Of course, I count the steps when I run upstairs. And my son (4) has only two speeds: running or standing still in order to look at something on the ground. My wife is considering getting him a wheelchair to be able to keep appointments (btw, what do you think about
that).