Hong Kong team set Oxfam Trailwalker record by drawing on ‘powerful’ shared experience
- Two of the team met at Trailwalker, got engaged at Trailwalker and set the record over three consecutive years, while the others feel part of the Uglow family
- The team took 23 minutes off the official record and 17 minutes off the unofficial record
Setting a new mixed team record at the Oxfam Trailwalker was more than just a number and a race for the Uglow team – it was a “powerful” shared experience that means a great deal to the four runners.
Vadovicova was part of the Gone Running-Joint Dynamics (GRJD) team that ran in 2019. Little did she know, it would be one of the most significant days of her life.
On that day, GRJD went head-to-head with her future team Uglow. She was invited to join GRJD despite living in Europe at the time, so her opposition had no clue what to expect from this out-of-towner. Leng began to investigate his opposition. It was the day the pair met.
Soon, they fell in love and she decided to move to Hong Kong. A year later, in 2020, the race was cancelled again, this time because of the coronavirus pandemic, but the new couple decided to run it as a pair together to mark their anniversary. They reached 80km, on top of Tai Mo Shan, and Leng proposed. They decided not to complete the last 20km.
