Australia's Vlad Ixel and UK's Zein Williams sprint to victory in Hong Kong Action series
Australian cruises to victory in the men’s race while UK runner wins her eighth straight women’s event
Australian national and Hong Kong resident Vlad Ixel, running for The North Face Team, stood out from over 300 participants by leading all the way in winning the Bonaqua Lifeproof Action Sprint on Sunday.
He won the overall men’s race in one hour, 18 minutes 42 minutes. “It was great. Good distance,” he said. “There was enough uphill for me to make some time on those behind me and a little technical downhill that I was happy with and finished off with running in the sea which was quite good fun.
“I’ll do this race and another run tonight so a good workout for me as you have to go hard on your cardio so I do prefer the uphills.
“You get to see quite a lot of Discovery Bay the whole way,” added Ixel.
There was enough uphill for me to make some time on those behind me and a little technical downhill that I was happy with and finished off with running in the sea which was quite good fun
Next to cross the line was the Italian runner Stefano Passarello from the Italian Running Club, who clocked 1:23:24.