Lantau 2 Peaks kicks off Hong Kong trail running season – ‘let the season begin’
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The autumn trail running season gets under way with the CBRE Lantau 2 Peaks on Sunday morning, not that the weather feels anything approaching autumnal.
“The distance of both races (15km and 23km) seems short and many runners go out too hard at the beginning. It’s still the end of summer with a high risk of getting dehydrated halfway through,” said runner Salomon Wettstein, who finished third in 2019.
Despite the end of summer heat, the return of races to the city is a welcome change after Covid-19 so heavily impacted the trail running season last year.
“The last two years were difficult for all runners in Hong Kong having only a few races to compete in. My last race was at the end of 2019,” said runner Wettstein, who is being tipped for the podium again.
Wettstein said that while Covid-19 stopped him racing, it had its upsides when it came to training.