4 Deserts Atacama race: Wong Ho-chung targets second multi-day ultra win by training at World Firefighters Games in Korea
The male trail runner of the year is weeks away from the Atacama multi-day race, but running a series of firefighter races will leave him in good stead
Wong Ho-chung is warming up for his toughest 4 Desert race yet by heading to the World Firefighters Games in Chungju, South Korea.
Wong, who won the Male Trail Runner of the Year at the Gone Running Hong Kong Trail Running Awards, is targeting another win at the multi-day, 250-kilometre Atacama crossing.
But first, he is running the 5km, 10km, half-marathon and marathon on consecutive days at the World Firefighter Games.
“It is a fun Games, with lots of race categories,” Wong said. “Sometimes you cannot imagine the events, like fishing, cooking or triathlon. But I’ll be running everyday. It will be great training for the Atacama.”
The Atacama race is one of four 250km Racing the Planet multi-day events starting on September 30. Wong came second in Namibia, he won in the Gobi and will run in the Antarctic later in the year.