Memories of the National Vertical Marathon 2007

Participating in the Vertical Marathon at Swissotel the Stamford a few days ago reminded me of another vertical marathon I participated in earlier this year. It was the National Vertical Marathon conducted by Nanyang Technological University.It was held on 25 February this year.



The steps of the skyscraper i climbed was the 60 storey high Republic Plaza. There were 1,380 steps.

See how tall the building is!

Yes, I came in 2nd in the Youth category. I did it in a time of 11m 2s.There were 75 registered participants.

I received a medal, a hamper and a bag with medical products. WOW!

The result that was placed on the notice board.

My silver medal.

I was so happy then! It was an achievement I will never forget.

Swissotel the Stamford Vertical Marathon 2007

The Swissotel Vertical Marathon was held at where else, Swissotel the Stamford, at Raffles City on 11 November 2007. I participated in the men under 20. Climbing stairs is fun, have you tried it?

My number tag

The stage ...

The start line with the timing. Of course we used the championchip.

The information area. The queue behind is for the number tag. Luckily the day was fine so that the finishing point was the heliport at the top of the building.

The start point.

Many people were crowding around the screen which showed the top of the building - heliport.

With Uncle Kalai, Aunty Roda, Uncle Super, Uncle Hafiz

My finisher medal. I reached the top in 11m 30s.

My goodie bag contained

1. shoe bag

2. t-shirt

3. towel

4. cap

5. vitamins

6. lotion

When the final results, came out i finished top 20. Yay!!