Yet again Australians Suzy Walsham and Mark Bourne take the win at the Sydney Tower Stair Challenge, Sunday, August 23. On the sixth leg of the Vertical World Circuit, the two champions, together with a record 1,200 competitors, raced up the tower’s 1,504 steps to the Observation Deck of the Sydney Tower Eye. Their time? […]
Piotr Lobodzinski of Poland and Suzy Walsham of Australia won the inaugural Kerry Sports Manila Vertical Run in the Philippines today. Sanctioned by the International Skyrunning Federation, the event was selected as Official Race of the 2016 Vertical World Circuit (VWC), the world’s premier skyscraper racing circuit, uniting some of the world’s most iconic tower […]
Reigning Vertical World Champions Piotr Lobodzinski of Poland and Suzy Walsham of Australia are set to race at the inaugural Kerry Sports Manila Vertical Run in a bid to defend their world titles, when the race takes place on August 14. Hundreds of participants are expected to take part in the event held at the […]
More than 1,000 runners raced to the summit of France’s tallest building in the fourth leg of the 2016 Vertical World Circuit, May 20. The VertiGo with 954 steps and 48 floors of vertical climb takes place in the Tour First skyscraper in the business district of the Paris. The winning time was 5’02” for […]
The fourth stage of the 2016 Vertical World Circuit heads for Paris and the VertiGo race up France’s tallest building. Top ranked runners from around the world are gathering here to gain points in the nine-race Vertical World Circuit. Friday’s race will see nearly 2,000 participants race up the 954 steps and 48 floors of […]
One World Trade Center hosted the T2T Tower Climb Sunday, May 15 – the tallest skyscraper in the western hemisphere and fourth-highest in the world. The third leg of the 2016 Vertical World Circuit kicked off at 5am Sunday morning to a sleepy New York, but the adrenalin was pumping for nearly 1,000 participants at […]
One World Observatory at One World Trade Center will host the T2T Tower Climb on May 15 – the tallest skyscraper in the western hemisphere and fourth-highest in the world. Not only New York’s tallest tower, but the tallest building in the western hemisphere, topping out at 546m at the tip of the spire, One […]
VWC World Champions Piotr Lobodzinski and Suzy Walsham smash standing records at Dubai Holding Skyrun, Friday, April 8. VWC ranking leaders are Lobodzinski and Svabikova Celebrating the 14th edition of the Dubai Holding Skyrun, the International Skyrunning Federation and Dubai Holding partnered to hold the second stage of the Vertical World Circuit on the […]
A joint venture between the International Skyrunning Federation and Dubai Holding bring the Vertical World Circuit for the first time to the Middle East and Dubai. The world’s top skyscraper racers, including the reigning VWC champions, will be toeing the start line of the the third highest tower on the circuit, the Dubai Holding […]
Launching the 2016 Vertical World Circuit, top skyscraper racers Lobodzinski and Svabikova are victorious in Shelter’s Vertical Rush held on Tower 42 in London’s financial district, Tuesday, March 8. Elite international skyscraper racers, together with 1,005 runners, summited the Tower. The event marked the launch of the 2016 Vertical World Circuit and the eighth edition […]
