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Text based Reading One race takes place in a building. In the Empire State Building Run-Up, racers run up the stairs to the top of New York City’s Empire State Building. The climb is 1,050 feet (320 meters) – 86 floors or 1,575 steps. Winners can reach the top in just 10 to 11 minutes. Racers in the Badwater Run in California run 139 miles (224 kilometers), climbing 8,653 feet (2,637 meters). The race begins in Death Valley, a desert. The temperature is about 130 degrees F (54 degrees C), and contestants sometimes run through sandstorms. The race ends near the top of Mount Whitney, where the temperature is only 30 degrees F (-1 degree C), and there are sometimes ice storms. Amazingly, winners can usually finish in about 28 hours. Race Across America is a bicycle race all the way across the U.S., from Irvine, California to Savannah, Georgia. In this race, there are no “time-outs” for sleep, so the racers can sleep only about three hours each day. Winners complete the 2,900 miles (4,667 kilometers) in just eight to ten days.