NEW Zealanders Hamish Christensen and Geraldine MacDonald will be hoping to make it a Kiwi double as race favourites for the men's and women's invitational races in tomorrow's 10th Hong Kong International Golden Mile.
Both Christensen and MacDonald go into the race with sterling credentials - and fully capable of breaking the men's and women's course records in this popular event raced over two laps around Central.
A few thousand spectators and millions of television viewers will witness the two-lap races which start and finish at Chater Road.
Christensen, who boasts a best mile time of three minutes, 59.91 seconds - the fastest time in New Zealand this year - has recovered from a bout of 'flu which forced him to miss the recent New Zealand Nationals. However, the 22-year-old is fit and ready to go as he will attempt to beat fellow New Zealander Phil Clode's course record of 4:07 set in 1991.
'I haven't raced in some time because I was recovering from 'flu. But I'm looking forward to the race and I'm going to get out and try to get a good run,' said Christensen, who is hungry for the $10,000 course record bonus.
'I've run on roads before and the race is going to be interesting. I'm feeling good and there's no excuses if I don't run well,' he said.
