Posts tagged with: thomas dold

Vertical World Circuit® - Sydney Tower Run Up

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Fri 23 Jul '10

Germany’s Thomas Dold, current Vertical World Circuit® champion, has won the Sydney Tower Run Up – 1,504 stairs in 7’4”, repeating his 2009 win and time. The fastest woman was also last year’s winner, Australian Vanessa Haverd, who won in 8’45”… Read more…
Taipei 101 Run-Up

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Tue 01 Jun '10

Italy’s Marco De Gasperi and Kiwi Melissa Moon won the race up the world’s second tallest building, the Taipei 101 Tower in Taiwan on Sunday (May 30). The 6th leg of the Vertical World Circuit® ascended 2,046 steps to the 91st floor of the 101-story building… Read more…
Berlin Skyrun: It’s Germany’s day

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Wed 26 May '10

Germany’s tallest building, Berlin’s Park Inn Hotel, hosted the 5th stage of the 9-race 2010 Vertical World Circuit® – where runners from diverse athletic backgrounds battle against gravity to summit the world’s tallest skyscrapers. Read more…
Teenage sensation defeats Vassalli

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Thu 18 Feb '10

It’s quite a while since Daniela Vassalli lost a tower running race. Imagine her shock when that defeat was dished out by a 13 year old, in the season’s fourth Vertical World Circuit ® race on Basel’s Messerturm last Saturday… Read more…
Vertical World Circuit® - Italians triumph on London’s Gherkin

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Mon 08 Feb '10

In the third 2010 Vertical World Circuit® race to the summit of the Gherkin, Sunday, February 7, Italian runners Fabio Ruga and Daniela Vassalli were the winners in this first race up London’s iconic landmark. Read more…
Moon is in the sky in NYC

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Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Wed 03 Feb '10

New Zealand mountain great Melissa Moon won the Empire State Building Run-Up in New york yesterday. The 40 year-old ran the 1,576 steps and 86 floors of the historic skyscraper in 13 mins13 secs, well outside the women’s record of 11:23 set by Andrea Mayr in 2006. Read more…
Milan, New York, London – sport not fashion

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Mon 01 Feb '10

After Milan and New York, the 2010 Vertical World Circuit® uniting the world’s most spectacular skyscrapers in an exciting new sports discipline, will head for one of London’s most iconic landmarks on Sunday, February 7. Read more…
Milan’s Vertical Sprint - a double tower triumph

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Mon 25 Jan '10

The 2010 Vertical World Circuit® kicked off on Sunday with a double sprint up Italy’s two highest towers. 2009 VWC® champions, Thomas Dold from Germany and Italy’s Daniela Vassalli lived up to their reputation by scaling the 70 floors to win. Read more…
300 set for Empire State Run-Up

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Tue 19 Jan '10

Defending Empire State champion Thomas Dold of Germany will attempt to join two other five-time winners of this historic tower race in NYC, when he headlines the field at the 33rd annual NYRR Empire State Building Run-Up on Tuesday, 2 February. Read more…
Dold and Vassalli take Vertical titles

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Mon 23 Nov '09

The Vertical World Circuit final race was held on Sunday at Singapore’s Swissôtel Vertical Marathon, crowning Germany’s Thomas Dold and Italy’s Daniela Vassalli, 2009 Vertical Running World Champions. Read more…