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Mark Agnew
Mark Agnew
Outdoor and Extreme Sports Editor
Mark Agnew joined the Post in 2017 to capture the booming extreme sports scene in Hong Kong. He has been involved in outdoor and extreme sports his whole life. Since living in Hong Kong, his interest has expanded to endurance sports, including ultra-running and long distances ocean rowing.

Dolores Vargas Sales is an ultra runner and the Hong Kong-based Filipino hopes she can persuade more of her fellow domestic helpers to take part in sport.

In 1976, a group of five ran from Hong Kong Island’s most southerly district to most northerly police station in what would become the city’s first ultra event.

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Nicole Chik finishes daunting six-day race, which had its second-highest dropout rate ever amid extreme heat with people ‘falling in front of you, then they’re gone’.

Zein Williams picked up first six titles between 2012 and 2018, while Vlad Ixel grabs third men’s title and sets course record in process during brief visit from Australia.

Pulling your calf is a common injury, which can be painful and stop you running for weeks, but there are some simple remedies and exercises to prevent it.

Hyun Chang Chung returns to country 19 years after he was caught in the Boxing Day Tsunami, and shocks the trail route’s designer by doing it in one none-stop run.

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Jo Lodder looking to become first person to link all five of Hong Kong’s major trails just a few months after launch of the Tinworth Trail.

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Resistance training is a great way to improve your running and to make yourself more resilient to injuries, but we do not all have time or money to go to the gym.

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‘The world’s toughest ultra marathon’ is a tag line that accompanies a host of races, but which is actually the hardest? Here are six that pack the most pain and suffering.

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Stunning Hong Kong trail race returns this weekend after a four-year hiatus, with organisers the Child Welfare Scheme helping Nepalese children escape labour and sex trafficking.

Unique race combines sailing and mountain running on ‘arduous’ course, with 40-foot yacht donated by Hong Kong’s richest man to organisers Sailability.

‘It wasn’t about the race any more’: Tomokazu Ihara stops to help ‘cold, confused’ runner going in the wrong direction, showing true spirit of 298km Hong Kong Four Trails Ultra Challenge.