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9 September, 2024

Ireland’s Brian O’Driscoll, South Africa’s Jean de Villiers and Hong Kong adventurer Annabelle Bond talk about setting yourself challenges and the sense of achievement to be had from training to reach, and achieving, them

Why two former rugby greats are taking the plunge into endurance sport

Ireland’s Brian O’Driscoll and South Africa’s Jean de Villiers, who will join Challenge Africa 2019, a 100km bush endurance race, talk about setting yourself goals and the satisfaction of training to reach, and achieving, them

11 Apr 2018 - 7:36PM

What do you get when you cross Pokemon Go with The Amazing Race?

29 Mar 2018 - 4:13PM

Hang in there: crucial tips for surviving Hong Kong’s Spartan Race

28 Mar 2018 - 4:24PM

From bar crawls to bear crawls – and don’t forget the barbed wire

21 Mar 2018 - 5:30PM

Week three of one trainer’s struggle to turn some out-of-shape journalists into athletes capable of completing an obstacle course

How a Hong Kong triathlete’s iron will turned her into an Ironman

14 Mar 2018 - 12:45PM

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Blind Hongkonger battles ‘Coldest race on Earth’ in Arctic

10 Feb 2018 - 1:00PM

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Could the first Chinese team to row the Atlantic win the world’s toughest race?

14 Dec 2017 - 10:07AM

Cloris Chen Yuli, Amber Li Xioabing, Tian Liang Mintian and Sarah Meng Yajie the day before they embark on their epic journey. Photos: Sarah Meng Yajie Instagram

Is running actually good for you? Yes, so long as you’re careful

With Oxfam Trailwalker and the Standard Chartered Marathon both on the horizon for Hong Kong runners, experts share their tips on what precautions to take before beginners start going for a jog

9 Nov 2017 - 1:46PM

Inge disqualified from Spartan Race for failing to complete course

7 Nov 2017 - 12:44PM

Confusion, missing signs and plenty of fun at Spartan Race

5 Nov 2017 - 9:34AM

Switzerland’s Magdalena Cvetkovic was the clear winner of the women’s elite division at the Spartan Race. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Models getting dirty in obstacle course urge can-do spirit

4 Nov 2017 - 4:02PM

Part-time models Karl Cheung and Avis Chan trained regularly for the race. Photo: David Wong

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Recruiter puts grit to test in Spartan Race after loved ones fight caner

1 Nov 2017 - 10:49PM

McFlynn gives Moontrekker field a lesson in ultra-running tactics

14 Oct 2017 - 8:15PM

63-year-old HK triathlete ‘honoured’ to compete in Hawaii world champs

13 Oct 2017 - 9:07PM

Grace Fong Choi-ying in training. Photos: Grace Fong

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Hallucinating ultrarunner conquers Gobi’s human rocks and bush giraffes

16 Oct 2017 - 12:22PMvideocam

English ultramarathon runner Dan Lawson conquering the 2017 Ultra Gobi, a 400km non-stop, self-navigating race in Gansu province, China. Lawson won in record time. Photo: Lloyd Belcher Visuals

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Like nothing in Asia: Hong Kong Spartans in a world of pain

6 Oct 2017 - 9:31PMvideocam

How climbers can avoid ‘freeze’ fear on the cliffs

9 Oct 2017 - 9:43AMvideocam

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Hong Kong Spartans face brutal beast at world championships

20 Sep 2017 - 9:28PM

The Hong Kong Spartan team, Roy Ng, Magdalena Cvetkovic and Nicky Inge (Right), will be competing in the World Championships in California. Photos: Spartan Hong Kong

How Hongkonger became world’s fastest Indian endurance racer

Wanting to get in shape, patent lawyer Mayank Vaid trained with his neighbour, world champion David Gething. He progressed to racing in Ironman, then Ultraman. His next challenge is the gruelling Enduroman

21 Sep 2017 - 10:43AM

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The Hong Kong man planning to run 1,400km around Taiwan

4 Sep 2017 - 1:18AM

Dope-ban triathlete hits out at Hong Kong Spartan Race organisers

8 Aug 2017 - 1:51PM

Ivan Lo Ching-hin in triathlon training in 2013. Photo: SCMP

Opinion | Are competitors in Hong Kong’s Spartan Race on level playing field?

8 Aug 2017 - 1:52PMvideocam

Competitors in action at the Spartan Race Hong Kong 2016. Photo: Spartan Race

We are Spartan: Thousands ready to shed blood in Hong Kong

8 Aug 2017 - 1:52PMvideocam

How Hong Kong fitness trainer Rhiann Sherriff stays motivated

Growing up in an active military family in the New Territories set Sherriff up for a life of fitness. She shares her tips for working out and winding down

8 Aug 2017 - 1:52PM

Tough Mudder, Spartan Race ... why pay to be in pain?

8 Aug 2017 - 1:51PM

As the craze for obstacle course races comes to Asia, researchers have some reasons why pain is proving popular

Hong Kong super mum finally gets running, at 44, for Spartan Race

Signing up for Hong Kong obstacle race galvanised former teenage gymnast and multi-sports enthusiast Anna Gamvros, a lawyer and mother of three, to finally take up running in her 40s

8 Aug 2017 - 1:52PM

After a hiatus from training, busy mum Anna Gamvros has launched herself into new sports and returned to her teenage passion - gymnastics. Photo: Paul Yeung

Spartan Race is coming to Hong Kong: five exercises to get you mud-ready

More than 8,000 people are expected to crawl under barbed wire, leap over fire, throw spears and get neck-deep in mud in the city’s first obstacle-course race of international standard, in November

8 Aug 2017 - 1:52PMvideocam

‘This is Sparta!’: Beijing police get hot under the collar about ‘Greek warrior’ publicity stunt

Police in Beijing briefly detained at least two foreigners dressed as Spartan warriors who were taking part in a publicity stunt on the streets of the capital to promote a salad company.

8 Aug 2017 - 1:52PM

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