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Champions Defend Titles At Empire State Building Run-Up

Posted February 6th, 2008 at 10:30 AM by David Monti

Section: News & Results

Empire State Building Run-Up Thomas Dold NYRRThey had competition from new rivals, but the outcome was the same: Thomas Dold and Suzy Walsham once again prevailed at the Empire State Building Run-Up here yesterday.

Dold, a 23 year-old German economics student from Stuttgart, set back a credible challenge from American ultra and mountain runner, Ricky Gates, taking his third consecutive title in 10 minutes and eight seconds. Gates finished eight seconds back.

“At this moment, I’m feeling so tired, but I’ll feel good soon,” Dold told event organizers, the New York Road Runners, after his win. “It’s always a really hard fight, especially at the start. Then you leave the other runners behind and you hope you don’t see them again, and you just focus and don’t think about anything except the victory.”
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Dold & Walsham Hope to Be First in Race to the Sky

Posted February 4th, 2008 at 12:45 PM by David Monti

Section: News & Results

Empire State Building Run-Up Thomas Dold NYRRDefending champions Thomas Dold of Germany and Suzy Walsham of Australia hope again to be the first to see daylight on the 86th floor observation deck of Manhattan’s tallest building when the 31st Empire State Run-Up is held here tomorrow morning.

Dold, a 22 year-old economics student from Stuttgart, is looking for his third victory in the unusual race up 1,576 steps which finishes outside on the building’s famous observation deck. Climbing two steps at a time, he won in both 2006 and 2007 and was second in 2005.

“There are no special tower running shoes,” said Dold, an accomplished mountain runner, at today’s New York Track Writers’s luncheon. He plans to wear a pair of road flats from his sponsor, Brooks.
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Run-Up Champions Return To New York in One Week

Posted January 30th, 2008 at 10:17 AM by David Monti

Section: News & Results

Empire State Building Run-Up Thomas Dold NYRRDefending champions Thomas Dold of Germany and Suzy Walsham of Australia will again be on the starting line of the unique NYRR Empire State Building Run-Up one week from today. It will be the 31st running of the world’s most famous stair climbing race, up 86 floors and 1576 steps of New York City’s highest skyscraper.

The 23 year-old Dold, an accomplished mountain runner from Germany, will be looking for his third consecutive victory. Prior to winning in 2006 and 2007, he finished in second place by less than a second to Rudolf Reitberger of Austria in the 2005 race. In that event the two men lunged for the finish line on the outdoor 86th floor observatory, both crashing to the concrete surface as a crush of photographers captured the moment.
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