Domestic helper battles through knee injury to take first place in Braemar Hill 45km trail race
- Fredelyn Alberto continues her good form to win another race, only a week after taking first at the Gurkha Trailblazer
Fredelyn Alberto overcame navigation issues and a serious knee injury to win the MSIG Braemar Hill 45km race – hosted by Green Race – with a time of 6 hours 1 minute and 48 seconds.
“It was like a battle inside my head, and in my body. I had to ignore the pain and keep thinking positive thoughts, and I couldn’t stop or else I knew I couldn’t start running again,” said Alberto, who first suffered the injury at the beginning of last year.
“I kept thinking of all the hard work I did, the people that push me – my coach and my teammates – who always encourage me to treat each training session like a race,” she said
The official diagnosis was “soft tissue tear”, but unfortunately it kept getting worse. “After I first [suffered the injury] I had races week after week,” said the 30-year-old – now one of Hong Kong’s top female trail runners.
Unfortunately, the injury kept getting worse until finally, after winning the Trails of Fire race in Tai Mo Shan, she had to go to the hospital.