November 18 - Wai Ching Soh (MAS) - Four Seasons Hotel - Kuala Lumpur "Greatest vertical height stair climbing in one hour" - 1295,95m - Ryoji Watanabe (JPN) - Skytree - Tokyo "Fastest verical mile stair climbing" - 1:06:58
Category: Announcement
Nov 17
2 World Record Attempts On One Day
November 18 - Wai Ching Soh (MAS) - Four Seasons Hotel - Kuala Lumpur - Ryoji Watanabe (JPN) - Skytree - Tokyo Tomorrow we will see another (distance) duel between the two best Asian Towerrunners and this time both can be winners ! "Greatest vertical…
Mar 06
Postponement of Towerrunning World Championships 2020
Two months ago Covid-19 came into the public consciousness. It is currently just spreading all over the world. Nobody can foresee today how the situation is in two months. Travel restrictions and the prospect of possible quarantine upon return might…
Mar 05
Announcement – Towerrunning 80 – WFGT Towerrunning Challenge – KL Tower International Towerthon – April 5
KL Tower International Towerthon on April 5th is the first Towerrunning Tour as well as WFGT Towerrunning Challenge race in the 2020 season in Asia. First held in 1999 this is a very traditional event where athletes have to climb 1562 steep stairs up…
Feb 03
Announcement Carrera Vertical Torre Latino
Torre Latinoamericana, a skyscraper in downtown Mexico City, will host the first Towerrunning 120 race on American soil this year on March 1st, 2020. The race, the first leg of the 2020 Towerrunning 120 series, will see 1 000 participants scaling 720…
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The TWA is the only worldwide governing body for this kind of running discipline. Currently the Towerrunning World Association consists of the three presidium members and representatives of nine national associations. The organization is responsible for regulating and promoting stair races on a worldwide basis. The TWA backs the Towerrunning Tour uniting the most prestigious races worldwide and manages a worldwide ranking. World and Continental Championships are held too.
