Bangalore’s Vertical Run Of 850 Stairs On June 15

Intuit Inc., a leading provider of business and financial management solutions for small and mid-sized businesses has partnered with Sports365 to organize Bangalore’s first ever vertical run, The Sky Scraper Dash, a tower running event which involves climbing 31 floors, 850 stairs of the towering World Trade Center building in the beautiful Brigade Gateway campus in Bangalore. This event is the first of its kind to be held in Bangalore and is modeled after tower running events in other parts of the world, including the run up the Empire State building in New York.

Intuit QuickBooks is hosting this event as an attempt to induce fun and delight amongst its employees as it strongly believes that delighted employees deliver the best results to the customers and stakeholders. Intuit hosts a range of fun activities for employees that helps them engage, retain and attract new talent. Over the years, Intuit has been awarded and recognised by the “Great Places to Work” Survey and has also won several other awards like “Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For list 2013”, “Great Place to Innovate” at Zinnov Awards 2012, amongst others.

The Skyscraper Dash will be divided into three run categories – The Dash that includes scaling 31 floors and 850 stairs in a single sprint from the base to the top of the World Trade Center; 2.5K Run n Dash that comprises of 2.5 km run followed by 850 stairs till the finish line at the top; and the last being Everest Challenge where a team of 7-10 people will run together for a cumulative total of 70 ascents. People who make it to the rooftop are greeted by music and festivities, breakfast and prizes for the winners.