How Many Stairs Will You Run Up Tomorrow? Not 1,576

These people bring the idea of taking the stairs to a whole new level every year. It's that time again, the 35th Annual Run-Up at the Empire State Building—where tomorrow people more in shape than us will run up 1,576 stairs... for "fun," or whatever. Last year 300 runners participated, with the winner crossing the 86th floor finish line in just 10 minutes and 16 seconds; the record time, set in 2003, is 9 minutes and 33 seconds. So tomorrow, at least try to get up all of the subway stairs in that amount of time.

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By Jen Carlson in Arts & Entertainment on January 31, 2011 3:53 PM

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RevWaldo

"I came in last 'cause I couldn't resist letting all the girls pass me going up the stairs. Woo woo! Nyuk nyuk nyuk nyuk nyuk!"

fleur_de_lis

that would be so cool if I could do this! but the subway stairs are enough for me :) maybe someday!

Sheryl Yvette

fwiw, I started doing a weekly stair workout because I found the subway stairs so annoyingly challenging. That was a year and a half ago. Now I do a weekly workout of over 100 flights and tomorrow this event. You can get there if you really want - just a little at a time! http://msbitchcakes.blogspot.c...