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Marathons
More than 800 marathons and countless other half marathons take place around the world every year, but only six are classed as world title events - Tokyo, Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago and New York.
Runners pass through West Kowloon during last year’s marathon. Photo: Dickson Lee
Hong Kong sports

Hong Kong marathon sets record with 1 in 4 of 74,000 runners from outside city

Authorities warn road closures for Sunday’s marathon will affect services along 269 bus and 40 minibus routes, urge public to plan ahead.

Hong Kong Initiative for Diversity

Marathon marks another mile in lifelong friendship for Hong Kong’s ‘Running Babes’

China’s ‘fastest female nurse’ quits hospital job amid sponsor, shift controversy

Milestone marathon now just a marker on Hongkonger’s road to reaching magic number

Ming Chen, who has competed across the globe, once planned to stop on 88 races. But she will hit that on Sunday, so now 100 is the target.

Ming Chen is preparing to compete in her 88th marathon at the Road Scholars China Coast Marathon. Photo: Karma Lo

China Coast Marathon a spectacular alternative to Standard Chartered Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s oldest marathon, the China Coast event differs from the city race a week later and will pose a gruelling challenge in Sai Kung.

Wellness

She’d make excuses to skip running club. Now she’s smashed the 6 big marathons

Sophia Leung didn’t start running until her 40s and even then she wasn’t keen. Six world major marathons later and running is her ‘medicine’.

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Hong Kong Breast Cancer Foundation

Hong Kong runners hit the track to raise funds for Tai Po victims

HK$500,000 already raised for Wang Fuk Court support fund in Lap Dog Challenge at Stanley Ho Sports Centre.

Lap Dog Challenge runners help to raise funds for the victims of the Tai Po fire. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Hong Kong Streetathon vows to regain runners’ trust as 7 lost bags are found

Race organiser RunOurCity wants runners to ‘feel that confidence is restored’ after QR code system failed and complaints about route.

Hong Kong sports

7 Hong Kong Streetathon runners still missing bags as Wi-fi failure blamed

Organiser RunOurCity says team was unable to scan QR codes during peak hours due to discrepancy in signal strength and Wi-fi breakdown.

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Mable Chan

Hong Kong Streetathon organisers sorry for bag collection chaos, promise review

While costumed runners, ‘leaders’ race’ add to merriment, long uphill finish questioned by competitors.

Almost 20,000 runners took part in Kerry Hong Kong Streetathon 2025, marking the 10th anniversary of the charity run. Photo: Karma Lo
Food and Drinks

On the Menu | Runners of Hong Kong, what kind of carbs are you eating?

Char siu rice? Pineapple buns? Running influencers tout the benefits of bread and pasta, but that is not what this new runner is looking for.

Char siu rice at Holt’s Cafe at the Rosewood Hong Kong in Hong Kong. What are runners in Hong Kong loading up on to maintain their carb intake?
World Athletics Championships

Duplantis breaks pole vault world record in Tokyo after amazing marathon finish

Men’s marathon proves closer than men’s 100m final as it ends in a photo finish, a first for a major championship.

Wellness

Profile | ‘Lazy’? How Hong Kong marathon star made history, and his next goal

Dennis Lui, the first Hongkonger to run all seven major world marathons in under three hours each, shares his story – and his love of sleep.

Eliud Kipchoge

Olympic champion Hassan and Kiros smash course records to win Sydney Marathon

Decision to skip World Athletics Championships pays off for Sifan Hassan in utterly dominant display.

Netherlands’s Sifan Hassan celebrates as she crosses the finish line in the 2025 Sydney Marathon. Photo: AFP
Eliud Kipchoge

World’s fastest marathon man to lead runners as Sydney race joins elite group

Organisers expect about 35,000 people to run on Sunday, with event predicted to be worth US$47 million in tourism spending over next three years.

Elite marathon runners pose for photos in front of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Photo: AFP
Trail running and hiking

Hong Kong Marathon officials’ plan to stop race cheats: ask runners to check

Details of 2026 race announced, after this year’s saw half-marathon winner and runner-up disqualified over bibs not matching identities.

Wellness

He’s 80 and still running marathons. How does Olympian Jeff Galloway do it?

Galloway, whose Run-Walk-Run method has helped countless people take up endurance running, reveals how he trains and what he eats.

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India

Video | World’s oldest runner dies in hit-and-run

Fauja Singh was widely considered to be the world’s oldest marathon runner. He was hit by a car in India while crossing the road.

‘Turbaned Tornado’ marathon runner Fauja Singh dies at 114 in India
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India

British-Indian marathon runner nicknamed ‘Turbaned Tornado’ dies at 114

Fauja Singh was widely considered to be the world’s oldest marathon runner. He was hit by a car in India while crossing the road.

After Everest and Great Wall, marathon-loving Hongkonger tackles North Pole

Wan Chai resident David Dudek is hoping for lucky No 7 after past attempts were thwarted by Russia, Covid-19 and a collapsing runway.

Wellness

From 0 to 300km in 1 year. How this non-runner conquered ultra-marathons

Hongkonger Vriko Kwok’s journey to ultra athlete is among stories in a new book that shows how female-specific training can help them excel.

Hongkonger Vriko Kwok (centre) takes part in Lululemon’s six-day ultra-marathon event “Further” with other runners in California in March 2024. Photo: Instagram/lululemon
Editor's Letter

This week in PostMag: tile art, translation and a marathon star

See how Hong Kong history is written in the walls, get inspired by a trailblazing ultra-marathon queen, or go wild in Yellowstone National Park.

Tiling Error VI: Ogres Flounder (2024), by Adrian Wong, from the exhibition “With Love from Hong Kong”, at Oil Street Art Space in Hong Kong, on the cover of this week’s print issue. Photo: Darren Chau

Runners in Hong Kong Streetathon get chance to try out new route

Registration for 10th anniversary of event, which features marathon, half-marathon and 10km races, has opened, with 20,000-contestant limit.

Wellness

A stroke at 31 left her not wanting to go out. How she got her life back

Kandi Schmitz was afraid of leaving the house or exercising after a stroke during a 5km run. Now she’s back training for a half marathon.

More than 1 million people sign up for 2026 London Marathon, shatter world record

Number blasts past previous best of 840,300 entries for this month’s race in UK capital.

Runners cross the finish line in this year’s London Marathon. Photo: EPA-EFE
Hong Kong society

Editorial | Fresh ideas can better marathon experience

With the Kai Tak Sports Park open, a new route with a new finish line are among the options that can and should be considered for Hong Kong’s premier running festival.

Thousands of competitors take to the streets in the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon. Photo: Handout
Offbeat

Hindu monks, rare disabilities: the best stories ahead of London Marathon

According to its organisers, the London race is the most popular marathon in the world with a 43 per cent increase on last year.

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Robotics

Can robots outrun humans? This Chinese half-marathon found out

Some robots wear running shoes, others fall over, but Yizhuang race in Beijing’s E-Town showcases country’s growing robotics industry.

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