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 […]
Launching the 2016 Vertical World Circuit, some of world’s top skyscraper racers will join more than 1,000 participants in Shelter’s Vertical Rush on March 8th to the top of Tower 42 in the heart of London’s financial centre. Celebrating eight years of activity, the 2016 Vertical World Circuit continues its upward climb launching with the […]
Vertical World Circuit superstars Suzy Walsham and Piotr Lobodzinski are crowned champions at the Grand Finale on Hong Kong’s highest building, the iconic International Commerce Centre. The two reigning champions were unbeatable after scoring five out of the necessary four wins of the eight-race circuit. Australians Darren Wilson and Suzy Walsham were the race winners […]
30 November, 2015 For the third consecutive year, on December 6, the Vertical World Circuit will hold the finals of the eight-race tour on Hong Kong’s highest building, the iconic International Commerce Centre towering 484m above the South China Sea. It’s natural that one of the world’s most vertical cities should host the cirucit’s […]
