Take a deep breath. Go on. [Deep breath in through the nose…1, 2, 3, 4, 5…deep breath out through the mouth…6, 7, 8, 9, 10.]

Hopefully you inhaled wonderful, smoke-free air. Some of you may not have been fortunate to do so. Maybe you had difficulty breathing in due to a chronic disease such as asthma, lung cancer, COPD, or emphysema. If so, the American Lung Association works for you and the rest of us.

This May, the American Lung Association of Texas is hosting the 2011 Fight for Air Climb. If you’re in or around Austin, you should try to make it. Don’t think you can make it up 60 flights of stairs to the top of the Frost Bank Tower? Uhm, yeah, that makes me a bit nervous, too. No worries, though. There are practice climbs, which is awesome. Check out the first one, which is tomorrow – The Austin Stairs of Doom. Sounds fun intriguing, right? You can even mark the feat via Gowalla if you’re into it.

Practice, practice, practice. That means climb, climb, climb. Get ready for May 14th. Downtown Austin. Frost Bank Tower. Huffing and puffing. Breathing deeply. All for a great cause. Hopefully I’ll see you there!