Hong Kong 15k road race

[Leeds Rhino]

Managed to fit this in on my stopover on the way to Australia . Well organised,marvellous harbour views . No entries on the day but I emailed the organiser and he let me pay on the morning of the race.

Came 203rd out of 1,100 so not too bad.

[peawet08]

Only been there once for one month when we (The brits) pulled out of Hong Kong in 1997. I rememeber it taking me about a week to get used to the humidity, can't imaging leaving blighty and getting off you air-conditioned plane and doing a race without time to get used to the humidity.

Well Done!

[Tussockface]

Sounds brilliant, and well done on your performance LR. Where did the course go?

[Leeds Rhino]

it was about 10 mile out of Hong kong, some marvelous views of 2 suspension bridges over a harbour near Kowloon. I'm in Darwin at the moment,just had a tropical storm. I'm supposed to be doing the Darwin Road Runners 10k tomorrow evening.

[Tussockface]

Keep us posted on your World Tour!

[Leeds Rhino]

Finished the Darwin Road Runners race earlier this evening. Humidity was a problem but I got around the course 6k in 29 mins . I came 23rd out of about 100. Just laid on the grass afterwards for 10 mins without moving !!

Some kind Aussie fetched me a ginger beer from the drinks wagon

[Tussockface]

Some kind Aussie fetched me a ginger beer from the drinks wagon

Ginger beer? What kind of Aussie was he?

[harrymoon]

How long you in Australia for? Can I ask which sites you used to find the races.

Sounds great fun, and well done for the runs!

[Leeds Rhino]

I come back to a snowy North of England this Sunday As for the races,I worked out my itinerary,knew the dates I was gonna be in Hong Kong, Brisbane and Darwin and checked on Google if they had running clubs and then just e mailed the club's main man. Really pleased to have got in the Hong Kong race as the entries had closed but the guy still allocated me a number & chip and just said pay him on race day.