Elijah Qualls (hands on head) takes a rest on the floor of the observation deck of the Space Needle after climbing up the 848 steps with his UW football team early Friday morning. The Space Needle run was a surprise from the coaching staff on the last day of their winter conditioning program.

Washington's conditioning drills might be the most ridiculous in college football

What a ridiculous drill!

The players at the University of Washington might have a conditioning drill that puts the rest of the college football world to shame: they race up 52 floors of the Space Needle in Seattle.

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"It felt like it was never going to end," said cornerback Sidney Jones to the Seattle Times.

Well, if anyone else can top this drill, let us know, because this one seems like a tough one. And for what it's worth, head coach Chris Peterson took the elevator up to the top.