====== Vertical Marathon ======

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Started in 1987, the "Vertical Marathon" is a gruelling 73 floors vertical race up the 1336 steps of Southeast Asia's tallest hotel, Swissôtel The Stamford, held in [[places:asia:singapore:Singapore]] in the month of November.

All participants must complete the race, emerge on the helipad before they are qualified for the certificate but there is no stipulated cut-off time. 

In 1989 Balvinder Singh completed the race in 6 minutes and 55 seconds, and he was quoted in the "Guiness Book of World Records".

===== Links =====

[[http://www.swissotelverticalmarathon.com/about_the_event/event_info.html|Vertical Marathon official site]]

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