Tour de stade

A "Tour de Stade" ("fr": "tour of the stadium") is a physical exercise in which a person runs up and down all the stairs in every section of a stadium. [cite web | url = http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/10/12/a_fine_line_between_mothering_stalking/ | title = A fine line between mothering, stalking | publisher = The Boston Globe | author = Deborah Hirsch Peeples | date = 2006-10-12 | accessdate = 2007-11-04] The practice is associated in particular with Harvard Stadium at Harvard University, where it has been practiced for at least twenty years.cite web | url = http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2004/11/14/in_an_ivy_league_of_their_own/ | title = In an Ivy League of their own: Stadium provides ultimate workout | publisher = The Boston Globe | author = Bob Brown | date = 2004-11-14 | accessdate = 2007-11-04] Long-distance runners use the exercise to develop explosiveness. The phenomenon has also made its way into popular culture, and a reference to a "Tour de Stade" was made in "Man of Science, Man of Faith", a season 2 episode of the TV-show "Lost".

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