Sichuan earthquake 10 years on: Hongkonger to run Lantau Trail 70 with amputees from China disaster
Anthony Fung has been running for just two years and now uses his new hobby to help those affected by the decade-old disaster in China
When Anthony Fung signed up to a 3-kilometre Spartan Race to keep his daughter company almost two years ago, he never would have imagined he would now be running 70km alongside earthquake survivors.
But that is what he will do in October, when he takes on the Lantau Trail 70 race in aid of Stand Tall, a charity that rehabilitates those affected by the Sichuan earthquake 10 years ago.
Stand Tall will help amputees come to Hong Kong and race with Fung, as he tackles the entire course and they run the relay. Many of the amputees have already achieved Paralympic honours, but are yet to hit the trails.
“We’ll be encouraging each other but you never know, they may be running faster than me as they are younger,” said Fung, a surgeon. “We will learn from each other as we go along and adapt.
