You gotta do it when you’re in the City of Brotherly Love… channel your inner Rocky and prove you’re Philly fit.
That’s running up the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and waving your arms around.
We wouldn’t put it past Mr Balboa to be able to sprint up those steps even now at 73.
Although maybe he’s off with the other Seventysomething Snowbirds down in Florida now.
As Creed 3 is the first of the 47-year-old Rocky franchise where he doesn’t appear.
It’s no accident that Rocky was set in Philly, with its history in the fight game with Sonny Liston and Smokin’ Joe Frazier both fighting out of Pennsylvania’s biggest city.
Philly’s Big Four
Philly is in truth one of America’s great sporting cities.
Boasting as it does champions in the US’s Big Four team sports, the Eagles (American Football), the Phillies (baseball), the Flyers (ice hockey) and the 76ers (basketball).
And a great historical city and arts hub which they all roll in together with tourists obliged to run up the 72 Rocky steps to the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Our friends in Philly package it all up with a nice bow for us as they bring us up to date with what’s going on in the city.
Keep on running
And point us in the right direction to See PhillyRun‘s tours.
Tour groups follow the guide on all-levels running trails throughout the city.
Stopping along the way to learn more about Philly’s historical sites, cultural institutions and public art.
Of course for more serious runners you probably want to step up to the Philadelphia Marathon.
It includes a full marathon, half marathon, 8K and kids’ fun run. This year’s events are between November 17 and 19.
And all of that will help you channel your inner Rocky and stay Philly fit.
All major airlines fly out to Philly but as ever we like the look of the pre-clearance from Dublin Airport with our old friends Aer Lingus.