César García Urbano Taylor: 13 Fun Facts About The Empire State Building Run-Up

The Empire State Building Run-Up is the ultimate uphill race that doesn’t feature a single hill. Instead, runners climb to the top of the world’s most famous skyscraper, King Kong style. This gut-busting, lung-searing, quad-crushing race will mark its 41st anniversary tonight. The event is more than just a bucket list race–it’s a helluva climb in New York, New York, a helluva town.

Here are a few fun facts about the race:

  • 86: Flights of stairs runners must climb to reach the finish line on the building’s observation deck.
  • 1,576: Individual stairs covered in the race.
  • 1,050: Vertical distance climbed in the race in feet (approximately one-fifth of a mile).
  • 80: Degrees, in Fahrenheit, the dry and dusty stairwell can reach during the race, a stark contrast to outdoor temperatures in the low 30s.
  • 500: Number of athletes awarded lottery spots for the race. (More than 5,000 apply!)
  • 65: Degree angle of the climb. (For comparison, Filbert Street, one of San Francisco’s steepest roads, is 17.5 degrees; the Boston Marathon’s legendary Heartbreak Hill is a paltry 4.5 degrees.)
  • 0: Number of spectators to cheer on runners (there are, however, designated spotters on each floor’s landing willing to offer a “you’re almost there!”).
  • 60: Location (in flights) of the race’s sole water station.
  • 8: Number of wins by Suzy Walsham–the most of any runner, male or female, in the history of the race (Walsham will be going for a ninth win tonight).
  • 9:33: Men’s course record, set by Paul Crake in 2003.
  • 11:23: Women’s course record (Andrea Mayr, 2006).
  • 30: Approximate average time, in minutes, of all finishers.
  • 17: Number of races that join the Empire Stair Climb on the Tower Running World Tour, a racing circuit of “vertical sprints” that include races up the Eiffel Tower in France, the Taipei 101 skyscraper and the Stratosphere tower in Las Vegas.

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