Priority-entry registration for Hong Kong bridge half-marathon opens on Thursday
Early registration for city’s highest-level road race is for those who meet specific qualifying times; public ballot begins a week later
The Bank of China Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge Half Marathon will open the registration process for priority entry on Thursday, while organisers have added a 10km event in a bid to boost numbers.
Already the city’s only platinum level road race, the additional event will take the total number of competitors to 10,000, with entries for the half-marathon capped at 8,000.
Rated higher than the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon, which is a gold level event, the bridge race has grown in status over the past few years and could eventually become the more important of the two.
Officials said they were hoping to attract athletes from the world’s top 10, and were “working hard to attract more high-level runners”.
Scheduled for November 15, the race will again take runners across the Hong Kong section of the bridge, covering the half-marathon distance of 13.1 miles. The start and finish will both be on the Hong Kong Link Road, with the turning point set at the halfway mark.
Race organising committee chairman Simon Yeung Sai-mo said the addition of the 10km event was aimed at making the race more accessible to the public.