{"id":70811,"date":"2017-05-11T13:52:59","date_gmt":"2017-05-11T11:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/2017\/05\/11\/puffen-zwoegen-en-kotsen-bij-de-trappenloop\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:22:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:22:46","slug":"puffen-zwoegen-en-kotsen-bij-de-trappenloop-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2017\/05\/11\/puffen-zwoegen-en-kotsen-bij-de-trappenloop-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Panting, gasping and puking during the annual Race to the top"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Winnaar Ka-chun Lo is helemaal kapot<\/span><\/p>

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Knackered students who can\u2019t get up for the life of them. Or throwing up in plastic baggies. No, we aren\u2019t talking about your typical student party \u2013 we\u2019re at the Zilveren Kruis Trappenloop in the Tinbergen Building. In contrast with last year\u2019s edition<\/a>, the 38 entrants in the fifth edition of this stair climbing contest, which took place last Wednesday, didn\u2019t set any new records.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was heavy going,\u201d says a panting Ka-chun Lo, the winner of this year\u2019s race to the 18th<\/sup> floor. \u201cYour legs get less and less oxygen. Particularly on the last few floors, you can hear your breathing echoing through the stairwell. It sounds like someone\u2019s choking. Fortunately, as a rower, I\u2019m used to lactate build-up. After 2 kilometres on the rowing machine, it always takes you ten minutes to find your bearings too.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Disappointed<\/h3>

Ka-chun\u00a0planned to enter last year\u2019s Trappenloop too, but had to cancel due to illness. \u201cTo avoid this from happening again, I had a lot of sugar these past few days and saved my energy.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 25-year-old Public Administration student ultimately finished the 350 stairs in 1:43.75. This made him four seconds faster than runners-up Arthur de Ruiter (1:47.45) and Jens Sudmeier (1:47.68). Still, Ka-chun is a bit disappointed. \u201cWhen I crashed down on the top floor, I immediately checked my watch and saw I hadn\u2019t broken the record. While it\u2019s nice to win, next year I definitely plan to set a new best time.\u201d The current stair climbing record stands at 1 minute and 37 seconds.<\/p>\n

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Ka-chun zegevierde op de achttiende verdieping<\/span><\/p>

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Taking the crown<\/h3>

Ka-chun took the crown from the 2016 winner Chung Lam. However, 24-year-old Quantitative Finance master student Chung did manage to successfully defend his 10th<\/sup>-floor title by finishing at 51:36 \u2013 ahead of contenders Jelte Roelofsma (56:09) and Andrea Pogliano (56:94).<\/p>\n

The women\u2019s race was won by Emma Leygnac (2:56.86), who beat out Vera Batelaan (3:04.02) and Morag Forbes (3:10.69) in the dash to the 18th<\/sup> floor. In the team relay race, PIVO reigns victorious after 350 steps, with a time of 1 minute and 41 seconds. SSN was a measly second too slow, while Team Sustainability Hub fell short by six ticks.<\/p>\n

Read about last year<\/h2>