Readers may recall when, not too long ago, I posted screenshots of a guy running the steps at Red Rocks amphitheater. He cleared all the snow off the steps before running in nothing more than briefs and sneakers. This might even be the same guy. Looks like maybe the same dog.
However, this time he chose to run down the steps — backwards. And at an almost unbelievable speed. Sorry I couldn’t figure out how to embed the video. It’s a TikTok video (via sabina_3o3/TikTok) running on a Facebook site, and I don’t do either.
Showoff? Sure. But I’m still impressed. Very impressed. I’m reminded of what a cousin once said many years ago: “It’s not bragging if it’s true.”
And yes, this might easily have been a fake video … if he hadn’t turned around at the end.
Credit where credit is due. I first saw this in my newsletter from Out There Colorado.
P.S. Aha! Here we go:
That is quite remarkable! What really convinces me that it’s real is the dog. No way is the dog running up the steps backwards.
True. I hadn’t thought about that.
Going backwards would use a completely different set of muscles.
Yep. Probably why, as one Twitter commenter noted, high school football players routinely run stairs backwards. But not this fast, he also noted.