Coming to town: World skyrunning champion Caroline Chaverot excited for Asian debut at Lantau 50 Ultra Skymarathon
The Frenchwomen heads to Hong Kong at the start of December for the event, which is the Asian leg of the 2016 Continental Skyrunning Champs, along with compatriots Ludovic Pommeret and Julien Chorier
World skyrunning champion and 2016 UTMB winner Caroline Chaverot is looking forward to making her competitive debut in Asia at the Lantau 50 Ultra Skymarathon on Lantau in December.
The Lantau 50 Ultra Skymarathon, with over 3400 metres elevation gain and part of the Asian leg of the 2016 Continental Skyrunning Champs, will take place on Sunday December 4 on the same day as the Lantau Skyrace over 27 kilometres with over 2000m of elevation.
The 5km Lantau VK, which includes a 1km vertical section, will get proceedings underway on Friday December 2.
“I might try Western States next year, but this year will be my first time running in Asia and I am so excited and looking forward to running both the vertical kilometre up Lantau Peak on the Friday and the MSIG Lantau 50 on the Sunday,” said Frenchwoman Chaverot.
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“I have met the Chinese runner Li Dong and I am really happy to see Asian runners so passionate about the mountains and you can see the enthusiasm of China and Japan growing and developing very fast and I think trail running will increase dramatically.