Marathon Cross-training: Stair Climbing

I’m a 2 time ironman with exercise induced asthma, living and training in Pittsburgh, PA for the Pittsburgh marathon - if it passes within 200 yds of your house, you’ve got to run it. The cold kills my lungs, so I try and cross train by running stairs. Last week I ran 2 vertical miles in a little over 4 hours.

Does anyone else run stairs to train? Any ideas on how well stair climbing translates to running?

Any ideas on how well stair climbing translates to running?

Not bad for this race

http://www.dipsea.org/course.html