Wong Ho-chung sets MacLehose fastest time with ‘perfect’ run thanks to mental maturity
- Wong Ho-chung completes the 100km MacLehose in 10 hours and 38 minutes, beating even the Oxfam Trailwalker record
- The runner successfully meets his target of starting and finishing between sunrise and sunset
Wong Ho-chung, one of Hong Kong’s best ultra runners, has achieved the ‘fastest known time ‘ (FKT) for running the famous MacLehose trail unsupported. He completed the 100km route, with around 4,900 metres of accumulative gain, in 10 hours, 38 minutes and eight seconds.
He successfully managed his goal of starting and finishing between sunrise and sunset.
“It was better than I expected. I think this time is perfect for me,” Wong said.
The MacLehose is the best known of Hong Kong’s trails and closely associated with the Oxfam Trailwalker, the 100km four-person team race held in autumn. But the Trailwalker veers off the MacLehose for the last section to its finish line.
“Compared to the Trailwalker, it is 90 per cent the same. But the whole MacLehose trail is a little bit harder and a little bit longer. The Trailwalker record is 10 hours 58 minutes; my time is even faster than the race record,” Wong said.