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Dold and Moon at Empire State Building

03.02.2010 World

Germany‘s Thomas Dold and New Zealand‘s Melissa Moon dominated the 33rd edition of the Empire State Building Run-Up here, handily winning their divisions in the world‘s most famous stair-climbing even

Dold, 25, from Stuttgart, won the event for the fifth consecutive time, clocking 10 minutes and 16 seconds and beating his closest rival, compatriot Matthias Jahn, by 40 seconds.  He took the lead immediately after entering the stairwell from the building‘s marble lobby, and never looked back as he climbed 1,576 steps to the 86th floor outdoor observatory. Unlike Dold, Moon had never competed at the Run-Up before.

The forty-year-old mountain runner from Wellington has competed in a few other tower races, but had always wanted to compete here. She clocked 13:13 for her victory, well ahead of second place Gretchen Grindle Hurlbutt of New York City (13:53), a 2008 Olympic Marathon Trials qualifier.  Amy Fredericks finished third (14:15). Writes Race Results Weekly.


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