Hong Kong Four Trails first woman ‘finisher’ Nikki Han finds her rhythm after 220km – ‘I had no pain, I wasn’t tired, I just felt fantastic’
- Nikki Han is the first and only woman to finish the Hong Kong Four Trails Ultra Challenge, and says she could have run another 100km
- To mark the 10-year anniversary, only ‘finishers’ and ‘survivors’ of the 298km challenge have been invited to run
The HK4TUC links all four major trails in Hong Kong – the 100km MacLehose, the 78km Wilson Trail, the 50km Hong Kong Trail and the 70km Lantau Trail. Runners are not allowed any support and there are no checkpoints, though they do have help travelling between the trails.
If they reach the postbox in Mui Wo on Lantau, which marks the end, in under 60 hours they are deemed a “finisher”. If they reach it in under 72 hours, they are a “survivor”. Only 16 people have finished. Han finished in 58 hours and 20 minutes in 2019. Other woman have survived.
This year, to mark the 10-year anniversary, only finishers and survivors have been invited to run.
“It’s the longest, and I like the longest because it’s time on your own,” Han said. “The Lantau Trail last time was amazing. I had no pain, I wasn’t tired, I just felt fantastic.
