Members of the Women's Elite class stand near the starting line before the start of the 38th Annual Empire State Building Run-Up in the Manhattan borough of New York February 4, 2015. (Photo by Carlo Allegri/Reuters)

A runner taking part in the 38th Annual Empire State Building Run-Up is pictured arriving on the 86th floor in the Manhattan borough of New York February 4, 2015. (Photo by Carlo Allegri/Reuters)

A runner taking part in the 38th Annual Empire State Building Run-Up is pictured arriving on the 86th floor in the Manhattan borough of New York February 4, 2015. (Photo by Carlo Allegri/Reuters)

A runner taking part in the 38th Annual Empire State Building Run-Up is pictured arriving on the 86th floor in the Manhattan borough of New York February 4, 2015. (Photo by Carlo Allegri/Reuters)

Members of the Men's Elite class run towards the door to the stairwell during the 38th Annual Empire State Building Run-Up in the Manhattan borough of New York February 4, 2015. (Photo by Carlo Allegri/Reuters)

Members of the Men's Elite class stand at the starting line during the 38th Annual Empire State Building Run-Up in the Manhattan borough of New York February 4, 2015. (Photo by Carlo Allegri/Reuters)

A member of the Women's Elite class flexes har arm as she rides down an escalator before the start of the 38th Annual Empire State Building Run-Up in the Manhattan borough of New York February 4, 2015. (Photo by Carlo Allegri/Reuters)

A member of the Men's Elite class stretches before the start of the 38th Annual Empire State Building Run-Up in the Manhattan borough of New York February 4, 2015. (Photo by Carlo Allegri/Reuters)

Suzy Walsham of Australia crosses the finish line on the 86th floor to win the Women's Elite class during the 38th Annual Empire State Building Run-Up in the Manhattan borough of New York February 4, 2015. Walsham finished in a time of 12:30. (Photo by Carlo Allegri/Reuters)

Christian Riedl of Germany crosses the finish line on the 86th floor as he wins the Men's Elite class during the 38th Annual Empire State Building Run-Up in the Manhattan borough of New York February 4, 2015. Riedl finished in a time of 10:16. (Photo by Carlo Allegri/Reuters)

Christian Riedl of Germany sits on the 86th floor after winning the Men's Elite class of the 38th Annual Empire State Building Run-Up in the Manhattan borough of New York February 4, 2015. (Photo by Carlo Allegri/Reuters)

Lynda Hubbard of the Women's Elite class stands at the starting line with a message to her father, who has cancer, written on her stomach before the start of the 38th Annual Empire State Building Run-Up in the Manhattan borough of New York February 4, 2015. (Photo by Carlo Allegri/Reuters)

A member of the Women's Elite class stretches at the starting line before the start of the 38th Annual Empire State Building Run-Up in the Manhattan borough of New York February 4, 2015. (Photo by Carlo Allegri/Reuters)