A runner since childhood, Suzy’s (injury-plagued) track career culminated when she competed at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games in the 800m and 1500m.
In the months that followed, Suzy and her husband moved to Singapore for her work (she was an accountant).
Not long after, and on a whim, she entered a stair running race.
The prize for winning it; a trip to New York to compete in the famous Empire State Building Run-Up, an iconic race that garners media attention from around the world.
And she won — both her first race in Singapore and then her debut at the Empire State Building.
And at the age of 33, a new career as a stair running champion was born.
Since then, she’s gone onto win 10 x titles at the Empire State Building event (the most race victories of any athlete, male or female) as well as 9 x Tower Running World Cup titles.
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