====== Vertical Marathon ====== {{races:vertical_marathon_singapore.gif|}} Started in 1987, the "Vertical Marathon" is a gruelling 73 floors vertical race up the 1336 steps of Southeast Asia's tallest hotel, SwissĂ´tel 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]] ----