Soh Wai Ching broke the course record at the Big Climb in Seattle’s Columbia Center with a winning time of 7:00
The in-form Malaysian athlete took six seconds off the previous record of 7:06 set by Canada’s Shaun Stephens-Whale in 2015.
He had flown in straight off the back of an impressive win at Big Climb Dallas the day before, clocking 7:16 as he ran the 1,326 steps of the Bank of America Plaza there.
The Big Climb Seattle men’s podium was completed by Jeff Devlin (USA) in 8:05 and two-time former winner Tristan Roth (USA) in 8:16.
Big Climb Seattle has been running since 1987 and involves a race up 1,311 steps (69 floors).
Soh will race again next weekend, returning to Texas to compete at the Big Climb Houston in the city’s 50-floor Three Allen Center.
Paha victorious with sub 10-minute finish
Jill Paha carried forward the strong form that saw her win last month’s Scale the Strat in Las Vegas, by clocking 9:52 to finish as the only woman under the 10 minute mark.
Paha was followed by Jessica Pickett in 10:04, while third spot went to Tricia O’Hara in 11:08.
Big Climb Seattle 2022 results
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