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Lawyer Alice McLeod was the first woman to cross the finish line of this year’s 298-kilometre Hong Kong Four Trails Ultra Challenge – here’s how she planned and trained for the incredible feat.

Ruby Cheng is chasing more competitive highs in 2024, after a stellar performance at the Ironman World Championship in Hawaii, where she relived her Olympian mum’s swimming success

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Tsang Wai-fung gets used to running without headphones but first experiences highs and lows of solitary adventure that takes runners 298km across the city.

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Runners complain about lack of food, delays and drink and toilet shortages, while HKAAA offers ‘sincere apologies’ for finish line error and says the event’s bridge location ‘raised difficulties’.

Hong Kong triathlon officials investigating effects of Covid-19 vaccine on the 24-year-old with blood tests – ‘in the past two years when he got sick, it really whacked him’.

The head coach of Hong Kong Triathlon says the forthcoming Asia Triathlon Cup in Central has the potential to deliver immediate and far-reaching gains for the sport in the city.

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Kristin Harila said she and her team did everything they could at the time for 27-year-old Mohammed Hassan, a sherpa from another team, after drone footage shared by other climbers on social media showed her and others on a narrow, harrowing passage, stepping over his body.

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Speed is not associated with ultra running, but including speed sessions in your training can improve your long distance performances too.

In an Instagram post, Ravichandran Tharumalingam thanked his rescue insurance and partner organisations, but omitted Gelje Sherpa’s name, who found him stuck in Everest’s infamous ‘death zone’.

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Dolores Vargas Sales is an ultra runner and the Hong Kong-based Filipino hopes she can persuade more of her fellow domestic helpers to take part in sport.

In an Instagram post, the wife of Shrinivas Sainis Dattatraya wrote a tribute to the 39-year-old climber who went missing after reaching the summit on May 19.

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