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In today's pictures, another snowstorm slams the U.S., athletes compete in the annual Empire State Building Run-Up, men dress up for a festival in Spain and more.
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NEW YORK — Thomas Dold of Germany won the Empire State Building Run-Up for a record sixth straight year on Tuesday, hustling up 86 flights of stairs in 10 minutes, 10 seconds.
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Illustration: Nick Iluzada A record field of 650 will compete in the Empire State Building Run-Up Wednesday night, a record field of 650 will compete in the Empire State Building Run-Up—one of the city's quintessential events.
Don't Worry, There Are Only 1,575 Steps Left Scott Cacciola 2012
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Emmanuel Dunand/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images AND THEY'RE OFF: Germany's Thomas Dold, with arms stretched out, won the Empire State Building Run-Up for a record sixth straight year in New York Tuesday, hustling up 86 flights of stairs in 10 minutes, 10 seconds.
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NEW YORK mdash; Thomas Dold of Germany won the Empire State Building Run-Up for a record sixth straight year on Tuesday, hustling up 86 flights...
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NEW YORK — Thomas Dold of Germany won the Empire State Building Run-Up for a record sixth straight year on Tuesday, hustling up 86 flights of stairs in 10 minutes, 10 seconds.
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And he's completed the Empire State Building "Run-Up" 10 times.
In It for the Long Run Ralph Gardner Jr. 2012
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In the two hours before the start of Wednesday night's Empire State Building Run-Up—a 1,576-step, 86-story test of will to the Observation Deck—veterans of the ordeal repeated one piece of advice to me: Don't start too fast.
86 Floors, Little Preparation Joshua Robinson 2012
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NEW YORK mdash; Thomas Dold of Germany won the Empire State Building Run-Up for a record sixth straight year on Tuesday, hustling up 86 flights...
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The Run-Up to Chrysler's Bankruptcy The next day, Mr. Obama called the banker's bluff.
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