The fourth stage of the 2017 Vertical World Circuit will take place in New York on June 4th with the T2T Tower Climb in One World Trade Center commemorating 9/11. After Dubai, London and Paris, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere and sixth tallest in the world, will host the third edition of […]
The tough competition between the current and former Vertical World Circuit champions helped push for a new men’s course record in last night’s VertiGo, third leg of the circuit in Paris in the city’s tallest building. Piotr Lobodzinski from Poland, reigning VWC champion and ranking leader sliced yet another second off his own course record […]
The third stage of the 2017 Vertical World Circuit heads for the tallest tower in Paris on Thursday, May 18 after events in Dubai and London. The world’s top skyscraper racers will participate in the VertiGo to gain points in the ten-race circuit. They will join nearly 2,000 participants to race up the 954 steps […]
The highest skyscraper race ever attempted was held in the LOTTE WORLD TOWER, the world’s fifth tallest building, Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, April 23. The 123 floors and 2,917 steps of the LOTTE WORLD TOWER INTERNATIONAL SKYRUN were eaten up in just a matter of minutes by two Australians, Mark Bourne in 15’44” and Suzy […]
There seems no stopping the adrenalin running in the veins of Piotr Lobodzinski, the 31-year-old Pole, three-time Vertical World Circuit champion. On the second leg of the 2017 Vertical World Circuit in London today, he closed just one second away from the course record set here by German Thomas Dold in 2012. His winning time […]
The second leg of the 2017 Vertical World Circuit heads for London with an incredible line-up of the world’s top skyscraper racers. They will join more than 1,000 participants in Shelter’s Vertical Rush on Tower 42 in London’s financial district, Thursday, March 9. Hitting the heights of the 42 floors and 932 steps will be […]
The International Skyrunning Federation is pleased to announce an important addition to the 2017 Vertical World Circuit. The highest skyscraper race ever held will take place in South Korea’s tallest building, LOTTE WORLD TOWER, on April 23 as an Official Vertical World Circuit Exhibition race. The “LOTTE WORLD TOWER INTERNATIONAL SKYRUN” is the country’s first […]
The 2017 Vertical World Circuit launches this year with the Dubai Holding SkyRun on Friday, March 3rd in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. A joint venture between the International Skyrunning Federation and Dubai Holding brings the Vertical World Circuit for the second time to the Middle East. After Dubai, the 10-race calendar stretches across the globe […]
The International Skyrunning Federation (ISF) is pleased to announce the 2017 Vertical World Circuit calendar today, direct from New York City. Celebrating nine years of activity, the skyscraper racing circuit continues its upward climb. The circuit now counts ten races valid for the VWC ranking which awards the World Champion titles and end-of-season cash prizes. […]
Japan’s first skyscraper race was held on the country’s tallest tower, the Abeno Harukas in Osaka on Sunday, December 12. One thousand athletes raced up the 1,621 steps in the Harukus Skyrun, a Vertical World Circuit Exhibition Race which included 50 elite athletes from seven nations. The recently crowned VWC World Champions Piotr Lobodzinski from […]
