SkyRun MesseTurm Frankfurt
SkyRun MesseTurm Frankfurt is a tower running event up to the top of MesseTurm. A tower run is a competition in which the athletes climb a skyscraper, a tower or a staircase in the open air. At SkyRun Frankfurt, individual runners and teams can compete in reaching Frankfurt’s 61-storey landmark. The challenge is to conquer the 1,202 steps and 222 meters (728 feet) of altitude difference.
As a rule, SkyRun Frankfurt takes place as a running event once a year. Between 2019 and 2021, the popular event had to be cancelled, first due to construction work on the Messeturm and later because of the Covid-19 pandemic. In 2022, the popular event was held again in its usual form and enjoyed a large crowd.
SkyRun 2022
Since 2007, all proceeds from SkyRun have been donated to ARQUE for the benefit of paraplegic children. The Working Group for Paraplegics with Spina Bifida/Rhein-Main-Nahe e.V., ARQUE for short, represents the interests of people with congenital paraplegia (Spina Bifida) and disorders of the cerebrospinal fluid circulation (Hydrocephalus).
News
Status February 2021: The Race Director of SkyRun MesseTurm Frankfurt, Michael Lederer, and MesseTurm Frankfurt are jointly aiming for the 13th edition of the SkyRun MesseTurm Frankfurt for the year 2022. As a result of the ongoing corona pandemic situation and the ongoing construction work, those involved decided in favor of this solution. At peak times, more than 1,200 runners turned clockwise and vertically sprinted up 61 floors of the landmark with its unmistakable pyramid over a total of 1,202 steps – in this respect a clever alternative also in the interests of tower runners: stay healthy and continue to train your vertical fitness so that you can then get into Beat your personal best in 2022! As a motivation here is the link to the list of results of the 12th edition in 2018: https://my.raceresult.com/96824/
Status November 2022: The SKYLINE ATLAS has become an official partner of the SkyRun Messeturm Frankfurt 2022.
Status October 2022: The 2022 Frankfurt SkyRun will was confirmed to take place in the MesseTurm on November 27, 2022.
Status April 2021: The 2021 Frankfurt SkyRun will not take place this year due to the Covid situation and renovations inside MesseTurm.
Status February 2021: The Race Director of the SkyRun MesseTurm Frankfurt, Michael Lederer, and the MesseTurm Frankfurt are jointly aiming for the 13th edition of the SkyRun MesseTurm Frankfurt for the year 2022. As a result of the ongoing corona pandemic situation and the ongoing construction work, those involved decided on this solution. At peak times, more than 1,200 runners sprinted clockwise vertically up 61 floors of the landmark with its unmistakable pyramid over a total of 1,202 steps – in this respect a smart alternative also in the sense of the tower runners: Stay healthy and continue to train your vertical condition so that you can then in beat your personal best in 2022!
SkyRunning International
After the United States of America, most staircase events take place in Germany (19 competitions) and Austria (13 competitions), covering an extraordinarily wide range of distances and numbers of steps. SkyRun MesseTurm Frankfurt, Towerrunning Basel, Millennium Tower Run Up in Vienna and thyssenkrupp Towerrun are races in German-speaking countries with an international line-up.
In terms of the number of steps, the skyscraper run in Frankfurt’s MesseTurm follows in third place worldwide after the famous Taipei 101 Run Up in Taiwan (2,046 steps) and the Empire State Building Run Up in New York (1,567 steps).
Alternative names for a stair run are Tower Running, Skyrunning, Stair Climbing, Skyscraper Racing and Vertical Running.
