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Hong Kong
Veteran Campbell aims to make it four out of four at Hong Kong Oxfam Trailwalker
The 42-year-old lawyer, who has won twice in the men’s event and once in the mixed-team race, is eyeing top spot again for the November 15 race.
23 Oct 2024 - 8:45AM
Hong Kong sending 38-strong squad to first Asia-Pacific Trail Running Championships
22 Oct 2024 - 8:45AM
Explorer who spent two years walking across Africa takes on Hong Kong Moontrekker
18 Oct 2024 - 12:00PM
Health & Wellness
How to fuel your body when trail running to avoid health problems
Many trail runners don’t consume enough calories in races, which can lead to long-term health issues. Hong Kong experts advise what to eat.
1 Oct 2024 - 6:15PM
Vicky Sham runs on a trail in Tai Mo Shan, Hong Kong. Photo: Vicky Sham
Trail Running
Hoka guru wants to curb shoe tech advance, as sub-2 hour marathon chase quickens
Brand’s co-founder Nico Mermoud says line could be named in honour of Hong Kong, after regular testing on city’s trails before 2009 launch.
17 Jul 2024 - 3:59PM
Hong Kong
Registration for Hong Kong MoonTrekker overnight trail event opens this weekend
The goals of the hike on October 18 are to reach Lantau Peak while it is still dark to witness the sunrise and to raise funds for the Nature Conservancy.
31 May 2024 - 10:00AM
Trail Running
Oxfam Trailwalker chiefs add new route, target record donations, as race hits 40
This November’s event will be the 40th time the race has taken place since the inaugural edition in 1981, and officials expect all 1,300 team slots to be filled.
27 May 2024 - 7:30PM
Health & Wellness
‘Fear of getting old’ drives runner, 76, who did 250km Sahara Desert race
Harry Hunter became the oldest Briton to finish the world’s hardest foot race, the 250km Marathon des Sables, last month. He tells the Post about his diet, ‘hard training and mental strength’.
14 Jun 2024 - 8:19AM
Harry Hunter, 76, takes part in the 250km Marathon des Sables ultramarathon through the Sahara Desert, the world’s hardest foot race. The Briton explains what motivates him and to what he ascribes his running prowess. Photo: Marathon des Sables
Health & Wellness
Tone up, work out, drop off: how regular exercise puts end to insomnia
Trail running and taking up martial arts reduced insomnia and anxiety for Hong Kong corporate communications worker Michelle Sum. Regular exercise was also shown to reduce insomnia in a recent study.
20 Apr 2024 - 4:36AM
Trail Running
Nepal racer wins by smallest of margins, edges out China’s Xiang Fuzhao
Sunmaya Budha says ‘thinking about past is not enough for me’ as she rises from rural Nepal to ultra stardom, and wants to continue to support her family.
9 Apr 2024 - 2:00PM
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Trail Running
MTR, ferry part of the fun in 4 Trail Ultra Loop’s first full race after Covid
Trail runners from the UK, Japan, Nepal, Taiwan and mainland China set out early on Friday across all four major Hong Kong trails, plus sections on public transport.
29 Mar 2024 - 2:31PM
Hiking
The new Hong Kong trail that adds swimming, waterfalls to 100km trek across city
Founders of the The Argyle Ross Trail say it could take six to seven days to complete the 100km route across the New Territories.
7 Mar 2024 - 1:19PM
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Steward Ross and Jack Argyle on their new unofficial hiking trail, the Argyle Ross. Photo: Handout
Health & Wellness
Only 2 women finished this year’s Hong Kong ultra trail race. Meet the first
Lawyer Alice McLeod was the first woman to cross the finish line of this year’s 298-kilometre Hong Kong Four Trails Ultra Challenge – here’s how she planned and trained for the incredible feat.
5 Mar 2024 - 9:18AM
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Trail Running
Liu Fo-lok posts fourth fastest time in Hong Kong Four Trails history
Liu reaches postbox in Mui Wo in 52 hours, two minutes and 24 seconds, nearly four hours ahead of nearest rival.
12 Feb 2024 - 11:11PM
Trail Running
From talking to monkeys to finding inner peace on Hong Kong’s four trails
Tsang Wai-fung gets used to running without headphones but first experiences highs and lows of solitary adventure that takes runners 298km across the city.
2 Feb 2024 - 8:41AM
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Trail Running
UTMB, Kilian Jornet and others discuss trail running future
The Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc and top trail runners discuss how to balance the sport’s development ‘with its values at the centre’.
26 Jan 2024 - 9:14AM
The UTMB is a week long running festival in Chamonix and has expanded to a 37 race strong World Series. Photo: UTMB
Trail Running
Double delight for Chinese pair at Hong Kong 100 Ultra Marathon
Meng Guangfu and Chen Lin claim men’s and women’s titles in first race of inaugural World Trail Majors.
22 Jan 2024 - 3:26PM
Trail Running
Hong Kong chef swaps kitchen for bearded dragons as he tackles 4 trails race
Liu Fo-lok has taken to breeding and selling reptiles to fund his training for city’s toughest ultra-marathon event.
12 Feb 2024 - 4:29PM
Trail Running
Veteran Ellis’ top tips for runners tackling the HK100 ultra-marathon
The famous race returns for its 14th year this weekend, and John Ellis has been there from the start. Overseas runners can typically be caught out by the stairs and steep climbs, but don’t forget about the monkeys.
20 Jan 2024 - 8:00AM
Trail Running
HK100 ultramarathon set to test 3,000 runners over 103km, 56km and 33km
Chinese contenders in 103km race include last year’s top two You Peiquan and Zhao Jiaju, and, among the women, Wu Yuanyuan, who last year won the ‘Grand Sam’ of Third, Half and main event.
15 Jan 2024 - 10:18AM
Zhao Jiaju boasts the highest ITRA Performance Index score in this year’s field. Photo: Anta HK100
Trail Running
Race director eyeing TransLantau growth, event has power to ‘promote Hong Kong’
Clement Dumont eyes ‘bigger and better’ event going forward and says he welcomes competition from new trail-running series.
26 Dec 2023 - 10:00AM
Trail Running
Philippines’ Onifa, Nepal’s Budha triumph as North Face 100 trail race returns
John Ray Onifa blows away the field in Hong Kong, finishing over two hours ahead, while local runners dominate over 50km and 16km as 1,800 athletes take part.
10 Dec 2023 - 8:15PM
Hong Kong
Oxfam Trailwalker thanks Hong Kong – next it wants more youngsters and tourists
‘We’d like to work with different organisations and schools to recruit more youngsters,’ director says, adding tourism ‘is a market with great potential’ – but commitment to protect MacLehose Trail remains.
25 Nov 2023 - 2:23PM
OPINION
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Opinion
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Streetathon’s U-turns tested us, then they sent us to McDonald’s to refuel
17 Dec 2023 - 7:31PM
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Sevens will show absurdity of Covid-19 rules that axed Trailwalker, marathon
26 Sep 2022 - 5:50PM
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Steve Thomas
Opinion
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Running or cycling without tech: the joys of device-free exercise
7 May 2022 - 11:47AM
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View From The Edge
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Does Trailwalker’s cancellation confirm the government’s apathy to trail racing?
3 Nov 2021 - 7:00AM
Mark Agnew
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China race disaster is a reality check as trail running grows
25 May 2021 - 9:51AM
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There are no more excuses not to allow trail racing in Covid-19
14 May 2021 - 9:44AM
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