Moontrekker: Hong Kong trail ‘legend’ looks back on running career with pride before swansong at Lantau night ultra
Claire Price looks back with a sense of pride as she brings an end to her time in Hong Kong with one final trail race before leaving for Portugal
When Claire Price arrived in Hong Kong 18 years ago she considered running the 5 kilometres of Bowen Road a long way. Fast forward to today and she is running her final race in Hong Kong before leaving the city with a trail résumé that includes records and wins at some of the world’s top ultramarathons.
Price will run the Barclays Moontrekker – one of Hong Kong’s most popular races, 42km at night around Lantau on October 19 and 20 – before moving to Portugal.
She is not nostalgic about her time running in Hong Kong but is quietly chuffed with her accolades. Those include a HK100 record in 2013, records and podium finishes at Oxfam Trailwalker; an overall first place at Moontrekker’s 30km distance; and second place finishes at the 120km TDS and 100km CCC, which are part of the prestigious Ultra Trail of Mont Blanc (UTMB) week in Chamonix.
“It’s given me a sense of pride, it has surprised me. I’m not someone who is naturally up on my soap box saying I’m the best,” Price, 49, said. “But I have a sense of pride in CCC, TDS and that HK100 record in particular. I look back and say that was all right, that was cool, especially as I was a bit older.”