Tower running

Races are held in either time trial or mass-start format and attract elite athletes from various sports, often with large sums of prize money.

A barman at the Baptist Head Tavern on the Old Bailey took part in a challenge to see if he could run up the 311 steps of the Monument to the Great Fire of London and back down again in three minutes or less.

Organised by a publication called Revue Sportive, the event took place on the steps of the famous Rue Foyatier in the 18th arrondissement of the city.

The magazine's aim was to pit champions and elite athletes from various sporting traditions against each other in the ultimate test of fitness.

2015 saw the inaugural World Championship in Doha, Qatar, with Andrea Mayr (AUT) and Piotr Łobodziński (POL) crowned champions.