Ritcey crowned King of the Hills again

Jeremy Ritcey led from beginning to end to win his third Swire King of the Hills running race this season and claim the overall King of the Hills title in Tai Po.

Returning where he left off after winning the previous leg in Sai Kung last month, the well-known adventure and trail runner ran the challenging Pat Sin Leng course in three hours, 42 minutes and three seconds, less than two minutes ahead of Bob Shorrock, who oblitreated the previous 50-year-old age-group record.

Denvy Lo won her second race in a row and secured the overall Queen of the Hills title with a course record 4:14:19 performance.

Sebastien Mitrani won the men’s half marathon (1:45:25) and Fan Sui-ping won the women’s half marathon (2:02:07).