Marsha just as she is finishing the run to the 103rd floor
The Willis Tower
Dennis O’Loughlin
The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC) is the nation’s No. 1 ranked provider of comprehensive physical medicine and rehabilitation care to patients from around the world and is the leader in research and development of the most cutting-edge treatments and technologies in its field. Through aggressive medical protocols, RIC guides the patient care process toward a better patient outcome involving repair, regeneration, and recovery of brain, spinal cord and musculoskeletal function.
The RIC holds an annual fundraising event at the Willis Tower (formerly Sears tower) in Chicago, where runners run up 103 stories (2,113 steps), toughest stair climbing run in the U.S.A. Seventy-year old Marsha O’Loughlin entered the 2015 event and finished the climb in 34 minutes, 12 seconds on November 8, 2015. She is a member of the elite West Coast Label Texas Team.
After completing that run she and her team members entered the Cystic Fibrous stair climb event at a 58-story building one and a half hours after finishing the Willis Tower run. Marsha finished first place in her age group, in 16 minutes and 41 seconds. Marsha is currently ranked number one in the U.S.A. Amateur Stair Climbing runners in the over 70 age group.