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How Many Stairs Will <em>You</em> Run Up Tomorrow? Not 1,576
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Jen Carlson
Published Jan 31, 2011
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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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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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