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Thousands of runners take part in the Hong Kong Marathon, but all of them aged over 45 compete against each other. Photo: Dickson Lee

Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon

‘45 to death’: Hong Kong Marathon veteran runners call for older age groups

27 Feb 2019

French football star Franck Ribery is one of the famous sports stars to have used cryotherapy. Photo: AP

Health & Fitness

Why are so many athletes turning to cryotherapy?

27 Feb 2019

Dawit Wolde, who just came second in the 2019 Hong Kong Marathon, looks like he needs a recovery day. Photo: Nora Tam

Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon

The best things to do and eat the day after a marathon

18 Feb 2019

Wong Ho-chong runs with his class of troubled teenagers, he helps them find purpose with sport. Photos: Handout

Extreme fitness

Hong Kong runner taking off-the-rails teens out on the trails

7 Mar 2019 33

Eliud Kipchoge came close to breaking two with Nike at in unofficial marathon time, but it could be years before the barrier is passed. Photo: K.Y. Cheng

Trail Mix

Study predicts sub-two hour marathon time for 2032

6 Mar 2019 33

Eliud Kipchoge came close to breaking two with Nike at in unofficial marathon time, but it could be years before the barrier is passed. Photo: K.Y. Cheng

Study predicts sub-two hour marathon time for 2032

Trail Mix

6 Mar 2019

It’s time to start carbo-loading ahead of the Sunday’s Hong Kong Marathon. Photo: Dickson Lee

Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon

What’s the best thing to eat in anticipation of the Hong Kong Marathon?

15 Feb 2019

Football player Emiliano Sala, who recently died in a plane crash, has renewed the fear of flying for many people. Photo: EPA

Health & Fitness

Do professional athletes have a heightened fear of flying?

12 Feb 2019

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady does a lot of weird things to stay in peak shape. Photo: USA TODAY Sports

NFL Super Bowl

The weird things Tom Brady does at 41 to stay in shape

31 Jan 2019

A runner stretches before a workout. But when did we start calling our leisure activities ‘work’? Photo: Shutterstock

Trail Mix

Working out is fun – so why do we call it ‘work’?

31 Jan 2019

Recovering drug addicts learn to sail to help build life skills that will help keep them clean when they leave rehabilitation. Photos: Outward Bound Hong Kong

Water sports

Life on the high seas fuels Hong Kong drug addicts’ desire to stay clean

29 Jan 2019

$Mina Guli was on 62 of her 100 marathons in 100 days when the doctor told her she had a fracture femur and could run no longer. But, the mission goes on. Photos: Thirst$

Extreme fitness

100 marathons in one day: injured runner calls on community to finish quest

24 Jan 2019

Paula Radcliffe at the Muscat Marathon, where she ran the 10km, spoke at the ceremony and posed for selfies. Photo: Pavel Toropov

Extreme fitness

Marathon hero Paula Radcliffe talks modern running diets and training

26 Jan 2019

Rod Dixon, winner of the 1983 New York Marathon, now inspires kids to get running just as he was inspired as a 10-year-old. Photo: Handout

Extreme fitness

How Edmund Hillary inspired Rod Dixon to pass on the baton

17 Jan 2019

Xu Jihao during the Xiamen Marathon. He was later found to have cheated. Photo: Sina Sports

Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon

China marathon cheats handed two-year suspension by authorities

15 Jan 2019

Michael Phelps sporting the cupping marks from a treatment session. Photo: AP

Health & Fitness

Five weird treatments athletes do to keep in top physical…

16 Jan 2019

Nic Tinworth. Photo: Action Asia

Extreme fitness

Defiant Hongkonger will ‘be damned’ if cancer treatment takes…

14 Jan 2019

Is waking up at 4am really that good for you? Studies say, well, maybe, maybe not. Photo: Alamy

Blogs

Is getting up at 4am really that good for your health?

11 Jan 2019

If you’re going to hit the treadmill, maybe less (at a higher speed) is more. Photo: Getty Images

Blogs

Do high-intensity interval training over moderate exercise:…

3 Jan 2019

Health and wellness

A sub-4-hour marathon at 72? Secrets of a senior convert to…

2 Jan 2019 4

A one-two, one-two count that, repeated over time, propels runners over immense distances. Photo: Handout

Health and wellness

Let go of the numbers and trust your gut in running

12 Dec 2018

Hundreds of competitors were found to have cheated at this year’s Shenzhen Marathon. Photo: Alamy

Extreme fitness

Hundreds face lifetime bans from Shenzhen Marathon after…

30 Nov 2018 4

A firefighter is silhouetted by a burning home along Pacific Coast Highway during the Woolsey Fire in Malibu, California. Photo: AFP

Health and wellness

Bodybuilder Calum Von Moger rescues animals after almost losing home in fire

27 Nov 2018

Ian Brownlee is the oldest person rowing in the Around the Island Race at 69 years old. Photos: Handouts

Water sports

‘Elderly aren’t retiring from sport’: 69-year-old rows around Hong Kong Island

22 Nov 2018

It’s not just nature that inspires awe. The view from Victoria Peak produces a similar sensation Photo: Bruce Yan

Trail Mix

Hong Kong’s great outdoors is right here in the city, too

21 Nov 2018

Editor's Pick

Dr. Ronda Rockett.

Can CrossFit’s ‘army of doctors’ change the fitness industry?

CrossFit Games

18 Mar 2019