Many bosses wonder how to motivate staff to go the extra mile and this building in London might have finally found the answer.
A new development in Old Street has unveiled a 150-metre rooftop running track on top of a 16-storey office tower.
The 230ft-high running facility at the White Collar Factory development is the highest in the capital.
The two-lane track, designed by architects Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, is marked out with a start sign and lanes. Runners will have to follow arrows on the track anti-clockwise to avoid bumping into each other.
Benjamin Lesser, development manager of the Old Street building’s developer Derwent London, said: ‘As far as we’re aware this is the first in central London,’ according to Metro.
He added: ‘The cladding on the outside of the building is extended up and that provides a screen so runners are protected from winds and the edge.’
Runners will have to complete more than 10 laps of the track for a mile, while a full marathon would require 281 laps.
Many bosses wonder how to motivate staff to go the extra mile and this building in London might have finally found the answer
![A new development in Old Street has unveiled a 150-metre rooftop running track on top of a 16-storey office tower](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/09/05/18/43ECF4A600000578-4855138-image-m-35_1504632248242.jpg)
A new development in Old Street has unveiled a 150-metre rooftop running track on top of a 16-storey office tower
![The new site is 293,000sq ft of six buildings comprising studios, incubator workplaces, apartments, restaurants and a rooftop running track and cafè, with panoramic city views](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/09/05/18/43F0869200000578-4855138-image-a-86_1504634372463.jpg)
The new site is 293,000sq ft of six buildings comprising studios, incubator workplaces, apartments, restaurants and a rooftop running track and cafè, with panoramic city views
![The 230ft-high running facility at the White Collar Factory development is the highest in the capital](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/09/05/18/43ECF6E300000578-4855138-image-m-16_1504632163579.jpg)
The 230ft-high running facility at the White Collar Factory development is the highest in the capital
![The two-lane track, designed by architects Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, is marked out with a start sign and lanes](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/09/05/18/43ECF73500000578-4855138-image-m-19_1504632178616.jpg)
The two-lane track, designed by architects Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, is marked out with a start sign and lanes
![Runners will have to follow arrows on the track anti-clockwise to avoid bumping into each other](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/09/05/18/43ECF72900000578-4855138-image-m-22_1504632191011.jpg)
Runners will have to follow arrows on the track anti-clockwise to avoid bumping into each other
![Benjamin Lesser, development manager of the Old Street building's developer Derwent London, said: 'As far as we're aware this is the first in central London'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/09/05/18/43ED193700000578-4855138-image-a-23_1504632200398.jpg)
Benjamin Lesser, development manager of the Old Street building’s developer Derwent London, said: ‘As far as we’re aware this is the first in central London’
![He added: 'The cladding on the outside of the building is extended up and that provides a screen so runners are protected from winds and the edge'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/09/05/18/43ED194300000578-4855138-image-a-25_1504632206717.jpg)
He added: ‘The cladding on the outside of the building is extended up and that provides a screen so runners are protected from winds and the edge’
![Runners will have to complete more than 10 laps of the track for a mile, while a full marathon would require 281 laps](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/09/05/18/43ECF70E00000578-4855138-image-m-32_1504632229767.jpg)
Runners will have to complete more than 10 laps of the track for a mile, while a full marathon would require 281 laps
![At the moment, the track is open to everyone who works in the building but if it gets too busy, they may have to make workers book a slot](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/09/05/18/43ED361400000578-4855138-image-a-33_1504632239564.jpg)
At the moment, the track is open to everyone who works in the building but if it gets too busy, they may have to make workers book a slot
![Pictured, runners on the 16th floor running track of the White Collar Factory building which overlooks the City of London](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/09/05/19/43ECF71900000578-4855138-image-m-90_1504634468429.jpg)
Pictured, runners on the 16th floor running track of the White Collar Factory building which overlooks the City of London
![People who volunteered to try out the track in their running gear, run along a stretch of the new 150 meter rooftop running track](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/09/05/19/43ED2D1700000578-4855138-image-m-93_1504634482872.jpg)
People who volunteered to try out the track in their running gear, run along a stretch of the new 150 meter rooftop running track
![The track is on the recently redeveloped 16-storey office tower of the White Collar Factory development in London](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/09/05/19/43ED33CE00000578-4855138-image-a-95_1504634491371.jpg)
The track is on the recently redeveloped 16-storey office tower of the White Collar Factory development in London