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No matter how intense you think your workout is, there is always someone else who finds it boring, and immediately looks for a way to improve upon it. For example: going for a run. To you, that may be a great way to get some exercise; to others, though, it is dull, and severely lacking stairs. And thus, the Empire State Building Run-Up was created.
It is exactly what it sounds like -- a race up the stairs to the top of the Empire State Building. It's 86 flights, and 1,576 stairs, and on Tuesday, German Thomas Dold completed it in 10:16, capturing his fifth title.
"It's unbelievable. I pushed as hard as possible and ran as fast as my legs could carry me," said Dold, 25, who finished the 33rd annual competition in ten minutes and 16 seconds. [...]
"I can deal with the burning legs, but the stomach cramps are tough to swallow," said Dani Zylberberg, 25, a student from Manhattan, as he reached the observation deck. "The air was so dry and hot I thought my lungs were going to explode," he said. "But once you see the view from the top, it's all worth it."
Makes taking the elevator up to the second floor seem a tad lazy now, doesn't it?
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