Empire State Building Run-Up
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Empire State Building Run-Up
Time Out says
Fri Nov 30 2012
A quarter-mile dash is child’s play, right? Not when it’s vertical, Mr. Cocky Shorts. In this annual New York Road Runners race, stair-climbing masters sprint to the iconic structure’s 86th-floor observation deck. The stampede goes faster than you may think: The record time is a speedy nine minutes and 33 seconds (achieved by Australian Paul Crake in 2003)—with 1,576 steps to cover, that’s 2.75 steps per second. Though $100 open registration has ended for this year, you can still enter by raising funds and racing for charity on behalf of either the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation ($2,500 fundraising minimum plus $100 registration fee; sign up at themmrf.org) or Team for Kids ($860 minimum plus $150 registration fee; sign up at nyrr.org). And there’s always next year; start training now so you don’t burn out halfway up the skyscraper.
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