took the elevator instead of stairs...and feeling guilty about iit

I always take the elevator.   Gotta save the legs for the big workouts ;^).

You should always conserve as much energy as possible in order to perform at the maximum for your workouts.    "Why run when you can walk? Why walk when you can stand? Why stand when you can sit? Why sit when you can lay down?  Why lay down when you can sleep?"

If takeing the elevators the worst thing you done in the workout, not workout world, I wouldn't feel too guilty about it.   

Slacker.

x2

I only have to go up or down 3 floors at work.  My decision to take the elevator is based on my patience.  If the elevator on the floor I'm on, and going in the direction I'm going...I'll take it.  Otherwise I use the stairs.  Has nothing to do with being lazy or burning more calories.  Like in a race...my goal is to get to the "finish line" as quickly as possible.

I always took the stairs (9 floors) in the parking garage at work. I got a bad high ankle sprain coming down one day. It took weeks to heal. Now I always take the elevator.

Unless someone comes up with a tri that involves stairs, I am limiting my runs to flat ground.

I've always used the stairs, even before I started triathlons.  My current office is on the 4th floor of a building with unusually wide floor spacing and unusually slow elevators.  So it's a good climb, and I do it 3 - 5 times per day.

I use to even carry my bike up the stairs to my office until one day when my cleat slipped and I banged myself up pretty good while saving the bike from damage.  Now if I have my bike I'll just use elevator.