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Hustle up the Hancock is an annual stair climb race up the 94 floors from the Michigan Avenue level to the observation deck. It is held on the last Sunday of February. The climb benefits Respiratory Health Association. The record time as of 2007 is 9 minutes 30 seconds.
Presidential Towers has hosted an annual "Fight for Air Climb" stair climb since 2009 and was awarded a 2014 Impact Award by the American Lung Association of Greater Chicago. [3] In 2015, it became the largest residential property in Chicago to implement a 100% smoke-free policy.
Annually, since 2009, the Willis Tower has hosted SkyRise Chicago, the world's tallest indoor stair climb, as a charity event benefiting Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, where participants can (legally) climb the Willis Tower's 103-story staircase. [195]
Improve VO2 max: Short stair-climbing sessions five days a week for eight weeks improved VO2 max by 17 percent among young women, according to a study in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.
In 2012, Kristin set the course record of 10:49 at the Step Up for Kids Climb held at the Aon Center in Chicago. That same year, she also won Hustle Up the Hancock with a time of 10:56. [ 1 ] She has participated in the very prestigious Empire State Building Run-Up in NYC where she placed 4th in 2013.
The ESBRU event has run every year since, except for being canceled in 2020 due to COVID-19, and is the longest continuously running stair racing event in the world. [ 9 ] Several more races popped up in the US, and at other venues around the world, such as Singapore, [ 10 ] throughout the 1980s, and the sport has been slowly growing since.
Sep. 5—By Alix Batte This weekend, the Tall City Memorial Stair Climb & Concert will be held to commemorate the events of 9/11. Citizens of all ages are invited to come together on Saturday ...
Stair lifts “improve independence by allowing easy access to different floors in a home, reducing the risk of falls and lessening the physical strain from climbing stairs,” says geriatric ...