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Peak24 – 9 May, 2015

24 Hour Race

The Peak24 is a long-distance relay event to raise money for the 24 Hour Race, a Hong Kong-founded, international youth charity inspiring students in five countries to join the movement to eradicate modern slavery. www.24hourrace.org

Teams of 5 people to compete in one of two distance challenges. Team members will run around Lugard Road (3.4km) one at time, tagging-in their teammates to run as they see fit.

The Challenges:

Peak24 – 81.8km (9 hour cut-off time)
The “sore-legs-Sunday” event, 24 laps of Lugard Road
Test your collective endurance and determination

Peak Marathon – 42.2 km (4.5 hour cut-off time)
The “brag about your marathon time” event, 12.4 laps on Lugard Road
A new twist on the classic distance – push your team toward its fastest ever marathon

Registration closes on the 24th April 2015 – sign-up at www.peak24.org.

The 24 hour Race – Peak24
When: 8am – 6pm 9th May 2015
Where: Lugard Road, The Peak, Hong Kong
Sign-up: www.peak24.org.

Umbrella Ultra Marathon Images – 29 October, 2014

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To emphasise that the road to universal suffrage is a long one with many challenges, two of HK’s top ultra runners John Ellis and Andrew Dawson and hundred of others joined together to run 110km around Hong Kong. Using GPS technology they mapped out a route to draw an Umbrella across all of HK. No road is too long and no mountain is too high when on the path to human dignity and respect for all citizens.

John Ellis summed up the run this way “So much positive energy all day, and new friends who have offered massive encouragement all day. Thank you Hong Kong – this spontaneous eruption of support for us, but more importantly, for the protestors in Admiralty, MK and CWB, and what they represent, has been truly humbling.”

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There’s a lovely clip of the runners accompanied by a bagpiper here

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Umbrella Ultra Marathon – 29 October, 2014

Umbrella Ultra Marathon - 29 October, 2014

To mark the one month anniversary of the Umbrella Movement and to demonstrate that the road to universal suffrage is a long one with many challenges, two of HK’s top ultra runners John Ellis and Andrew Dawson will depart on an epic, 102km run around HK using GPS technology to map out an Umbrella across all of HK. No road is too long and no mountain is too high when on the path to human dignity and respect for all citizens.

Want to run all or part of the course, join the facebook page Umbrella Ultra Marathon
Follow the marathon on twitter @umbrellaultra
Location tracking using a SPOT tracker will be visible under http://bit.ly/UUloc

Umbrella Ultra Marathon itinerary:
Start 4am – Shing Mun Reservoir dam wall (Maclehose stage 7)
CP1 – Roundabout at Angler’s Beach, 12.1km – 5:30am
CP2 – Tai Lam Reservoir dam wall, 19.0km – 6:20am
CP3 – Sheung Tsuen Park, 31.9km – 8:00am
CP4 – McDonald’s Tai Wo, 40.0km – 9:00am
CP5 – Ma On Shan sports field, Vista Paradiso, 51.8km – 10:15am
CP6 – 7-Eleven, Po Tung Rd near Sai Kung Park, 58.8km – 11:45am
CP7 – Tsang Tai Uk playground, Shatin, 72.4km – 2:00pm
CP8 – Monkey Hill (Taipo Rd), 83.2km – 3:30pm
CP9 – Mongkok protest site, Nathan & Argyle, 87.9km – 4:00pm
CP10 – Lennon wall in Admiralty, 90.8km – 5:15pm
Finish – 7-Eleven, Sassoon Rd, 102km – 6:45pm
7:15pm – Return to Admiralty for last lap of site.

Runners can join the marathon at any stage. Please email [email protected] to arrange. Alternatively, everyone is invited to join the team at the Mongkok Protest site at 4:45pm and run as much of the last leg as they like.
PLEASE WEAR YELLOW.

Andrew Dawson
Andrew Dawson
John Ellis
John Ellis

Hong Kong Marathon 2015

Hong Kong Marathon 2015

Race organisers the Hong Kong Amateur Athletic Association have announced that the Hong Kong Marathon 2015 will take place on Sunday 25 January 2015. Explaining the new date the HKAAA said “We believe by moving the event from the post-Chinese New Year period to an earlier date runners can benefit from the generally more favorable weather conditions in January. “Run for a Reason” will continue to be the theme for next year’s Marathon”. Race information and registration will be announced in late August on www.hkmarathon.com

Hong Kong Marathon
When: 25 January, 2015
Where: Hong Kong
More Information: www.hkmarathon.com