Course 比賽路線

Drinks on course

NO DRINKS AT START SO PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN DRINKS TO START THE RACE.

1 WATER CP on course - Bonaqua water & Aquarius sport drink:

- 8 km (estimate) - Near Tai Tam Reservoir Rd just after Intermediate Reservoir on cement road.

- Please bring your own water bottle waist pack or hydration system for re-fill. You will not be allowed to take the bottle away from the checkpoint

ANYONE CAUGHT throwing garbage on course other than checkpoint will face instant disqualifaciton.

Finish Line - 1 Bonaqua or 1 Aquarius sport drink while quantities last and beer while quantities last. Music for all competitors and volunteers.

Please bring a camelback with 1.5 – 2 litre capacity or waist pack water bottle holder to use for refilling.


The 12 km Course Route - Map in pdf download on left side

Description: (mainly 75% off road trail running with 10% small rocky sections, gullies, beach included short 10m swim for the adventure - suitable for all type of runners/fast hikers)

Starts at 9am at Repulse Bay Beach 100m east along the beach from the 7-11 store and starts with a beach run going West direction for 200m around a lifeguard stand, turns back running on the sand back East direction to the small pier in front of the Chinese temples, short jump off the 1.5 - 2 meter wall into the ocean, (PLEASE TAKE YOUR TIME AND DON’T LAND ON THE PERSONS HEAD IN FRONT OF YOU AS CAN BE DANGEROUS IF YOU JUMP ON SOMEONE) short 5m - 7m swim (sometimes waist to chest deep so don’t be scared) or wade as water is not very deep to the sand, running along the sand 300m to the main road near the 7-11. Turn right when facing 7-11 and then first left turn at round-a-bout that takes you up the main road to the Repulse Bay Gap trail entrance (Tsin Shui Wan Au) above the petrol station and school. Hike/run up Wilson trail stairs until first intersection and left turn on Tsz Lo Lan Shan Path trail going around Violet Hill. Just before catchwater right turn up the ridgeline (if you keep running to the cement catchwater you have gone to far). Trail goes up the backside of Violet Hill to the top (very overgrown with many tree branches near your eyes so keep your hand in front of your face for protection) and does a sharp right turn immediately back down towards Wilson trail going down a short 10 meter slippery section that you will have to hold the grass to you’re your balance for majority of you. Straight back down Violet Hill Wilson trail stairs to the Repulse Bay Gap (Tsin Shui Wan Au) again, (bottom of the Twins) turn left when facing the Twins along a lower easy hiking trail that follows the Tai Tam Intermediate Reservoir.

You must wear your helmet on your head for this last 2nd loop until you reach the cement catchwater. After this if you don’t want to wear it on your head you still must carry it with you as the rules are you must carry the helmet with you the entire race.

After a short distance of 200m trail running in the direction of the Tai Tam Intermediate Reservoir, sharp left down a river gully 300m which is more like rock scrambling or bolder hopping, hand rope lines off a small waterfall cliff, climb along rocky slab section and turn sharp right up another 300m river gully (rock scrambling) back to same reservoir trail and turn left on trail continuing to the end of reservoir dam. At the reservoir cement dam you will go on to the cement road downhill 200m until the Bonaqua/BonActive water checkpoint.

After the water cp, turn left into the reservoir and cross a small river and up the Tai Tam river gully and follow up gully in the direction of the upper Tai Tam Reservoir. Usually there is very little if any water in this river so you should be able to go the whole way up without getting your feet wet.

After running on rocks and slabs for around 1km you will exit by climbing a short 2 meter ladder on the left side and follow a cement trail/road that leads to a small house on a hill, then down some stairs covered in leaves to the cement catchwater. From here the rest is quite easy as you follow the catchwater for 2km back in the West direction of Violet Hill, then when reaching the Wilson trail stairs turning left down to the Tsin Shui Wan Au (Repulse Bay Gap). DON’T CROSS THE BRIDGE AGAIN OR YOU WILL DO THE SAME LOOP AGAIN.

Instead you will see the garbage cans at the beginning of a catchwater and turn right here which is the same way you came up at the beginning of the race to this point. You are following the same route back going down the dirt trail to the main road by the school. From here please stay on the left side of the road and try your best to take the sidewalk down to the Repulse Bay beach as there are cars & buses on the road. The beach entrance will be 50 meters before the 7-11 if open as there is a gate here or we will just use the same entrance depending if LCSD leaves the side gate open or not. If the side gate is closed then continue to the 7-11 entrance that you started at and enter here and when reaching the sand turn left and run along the sand to the beach finish.

Can’t swim?? – Recommend to bring your own flotation life vest for start of race and leave it at start/finish before you run up the hill.

Shorter Course

If competitors don’t want to do the 2nd loop, please inform the marshal at Tsin Shui Wan Au (Repulse Bay Gap) that you will take the shortcut back to Repulse Bay beach and are pulling out of the race. Please note you will be marked as “DNF” or Did Not Finish if you do this. You must wear your helmet on the 2nd half of the course.

Cut off:

If competitors take more than 2 hours (11:00am) to do the first loop to the bridge at the Tsin Shui Wan Au (Repulse Bay Gap) they will be not allowed to continue and directed down the road direct to the finish line at Repulse Bay beach and given DNF.


Problems passing

Due to the Violet Hill 1km overgrown single track trail early in the race passing on this section is very difficult so we suggest if you are competitive and are looking for a top category position to push a little harder than normal to get into a good position before the Violet Hill climb. After Violet Hill there will be plenty of passing opportunities.

Please DON’T THROW ANY GARBAGE ON THE COURSE.

What to do if an accident on the course

There is an emergency rescue safety radio team around the course and marshals with mobile phones, together with medical first aid at the main entrance finish area. If you see someone who is in obvious need of help please stay with them and ask the next person who passes you to request for help to the next marshal on course and let them know the competitor number/name if possible and what kind of injury it is. (I.e. broken ankle, twisted knee, injured arm, life threatening, etc). The person you ask to get help should continue along the course to the first available marshal and tell them the location of the injured person. The marshal they contact will phone, radio or SMS the emergency headquarters who will dispatch someone to come out. Depending on the seriousness and location of where on the course this could be someone walking/running, car even helicopter depending on seriousness. If at finish line and injured they may call an ambulance or even a taxi and tell you to go to the Hospital to be treated.

Safety Briefing before the race

There will be a short briefing before the race at 8:50 – 8:55am at the start area. This is to highlight issues above and any other new forgotten issues. If any competitors have issues that think should be raised that are not in this newsletter, please email them to us at enquires@actionasiaevents.com with “safety briefing” as the headline and we will view your comments.

Course map, race signage and ribbon marking

There is a map of the Repulse Bay course uploaded as an attachment on left side of this page as a pdf of the Repulse Bay event page for your viewing. We request all competitors to print out the map and bring with them in case they get lost or better find time to do a course recce before race date. Their will be Action Asia arrow signs with left, right, straight ahead arrows around at all intersections of the race course together with RED silk ribbons hanging from fences/tree branches on any confusing intersections to guide you the correct way. There will be little markings once you are on the trail or road until you reach the next intersection.

Average Time Expected

1.5 hrs – 2.5 hrs

Past Course Winners

Repulse Bay
Men
Mar 2004 - Neil Tate / Mark Williams (tie) - 1:07:01 (shorter)
Jan 2005 - Gary Mandy - 1:17:10
Apr 2006 - Pedro Ribeiro - 1:23:05
Feb 2007 - Adrian King - 1:17:40
Mar 2008 - Stone Tsang Siu Keung - 1:13:35
Mar 2009 - Chuck Cosman - 1:16:30
Mar 2010 - Jeremy Ritcey - 1:17:47
Feb 2011 - Clement Dumont - 1:10:27
Mar 2012 - Jantaraboon Kiangchaipaiphana - 1:13:39

Mar 2013 - Mark Western - 1:21:30

Women

Mar 2004 - Sean Ho Kit Yeung - 1:41:01 (shorter)
Jan 2005 - Hisayo Takeda - 1:32:40
Apr 2006 - Rebecca Climie - 1:50:14
Feb 2007 - Anne Beetham - 1:41:46
Mar 2008 - Claire Price - 1:28:17
Mar 2009 - Juliane Rethfeldt - 1:44:12
Mar 2010 - Claire Chapman - 1:40:10
Feb 2011 - Nadia Koucha - 1:34:00
Mar 2012 - Emma Bruce - 1:46:26

Mar 2013 - Claire Chapman - 1:58:42

See website for all winners and previous races for full results

PASSING ON THE COURSE – THE CORRECT WAY

If you must pass someone please yell, “passing on your left” or “passing on your right”. If someone is passing you please be considerate and let them overtake you. No pushing and shoving please.

Hydration & Food on course – Race Day – What YOU SHOULD BRING

How much water / energy drink to start with??? RECOMMEND SPORT DRINK AS SODIUM INSIDE TO REDUCE CRAMPING.

You must bring your own drinks to start with so recommend:

1.5 - 2 liters of sport/energy drink– If you plan on walking the course bring at least 4-5 gels and maybe 1 energy bar.

750 ml - 1 liter of sport/energy drink – If you plan on running the course (with 3-4 gels).

DON’T THROW GARBAGE ON THE COURSE. BRING YOUR OWN WATER WAIST BOTTLE OR HYDRATION SYSTEM.

Hydration on Friday & Saturday BEFORE RACE DAY

Recommend to drink lots of water and energy drinks the day before the race. Don’t just drink water but get minerals / electrolytes in your body as well. We’re serious about this as with the hot Hong Kong weather and high humidity it is better to start hydrating TWO (2) DAYS BEFORE THE RACE.

Food on Friday & Saturday BEFORE RACE DAY

Recommend starting carbo-loading at least 48 hours before the race and not just waiting until the night before. AVOID MEAT THE NIGHT BEFORE as takes more than 24 hours to fully digest and will make you feel sluggish. Try to have a good breakfast (banana oatmeal, rice, etc) at least 2-3 hours before the start of the race in order for good digestion.

Garbage on the course

ANYBODY FOUND THROWING EMPTY GEL WRAPPERS, GARBAGE OR EMPTY BOTTLES ON THE COURSE WILL BE DISQUALIFIED AND FINED. Please help us report anyone you see blatantly throwing garbage.

Where is the finish line?

Same as start line. Repulse Bay beach.
 
Where to buy food after the race

There is a Pizza Hut, 7-11 small noodle shop by parking lot and a supermarket opposite Repulse Bay beach.

Sunscreen and Clothing

Recommend using sunscreen on back of neck, shoulders, face and arms as in any kind of weather you can get burnt.

Shirts - Recommend wearing lightweight singlet or the official quick dry material singlet given out at registration if you have paid and registered before the race. Quick dry material will dry fast when wet.

Shorts - Some prefer running in cycling pants/tights, but a word of caution that some have slipped on their butt in past races and ripped holes from sliding on their bums so beware. Normal running shorts are fine. Some prefer a bit stronger material and slightly longer pair of shorts compared to the ultra thin running shorts. Comes down to what you find comfortable in off road running. Go recce the course and find out which is best for you.

頭盔 – 規定裝備
必須自備頭盔(可於任何單車店舖購買)。賽事全程必須帶備頭盔，尤其石澗、河澗，沙灘石灘，游泳區及終點前石區部份必須戴上。建議賽事全程配戴頭盔。單車頭盔或攀登頭盔皆可。


賽事提供飲品
起點不設任何飲品，起跑前請自備飲品。
水站1 個 - Bonaqua 飲用水及Aquarius運動飲品
位置: 約起跑後8公里，大潭水塘道附近 (中水塘後石屎路位置)
請自備水樽、盛載器具或水袋式盛水裝置(建議1.5-2公升)，方便於補給站補充水。水站的水樽不可帶走。任何被發現/ 舉報於補給站以外拋棄垃圾，將被取消參賽資格。
終點提供Bonaqua 飲用水或Aquarius運動飲品，派完即止。另設啤酒，派完即止。


12公里賽程 – 賽事地圖可於本賽事網頁左方”DOWNLOAD PDF”內下載。
賽程簡介(75%野外山跑，其中10%岩石路線，溪谷，沙灘包括10米短程游泳 – 適合山跑及快步速之遠足人士。

早上9:00於淺水灣沙灘7-11便利店100米以東起步。沙灘起步出發西行方向200米繞行救生塔，東行折返前往位於廟前小碼頭，沿碼頭跳下 (請小心及預留跳躍時間，切勿太接近前一位跳碼頭之參賽者，免生危險)。短途游泳5-7米 (有時腰胸深度水位，無須驚慌)或涉水返回沙灘，沿沙灘跑300米轉入主要馬路(於7-11便利店對出)。於7-11便利店右轉，再於迴旋處左轉向上大馬路繼續前進，前往位於油站及學校以上之淺水灣峽山路入口(淺水灣坳)。
登入衛奕信徑直到第一個交滙路口左轉入紫羅蘭山徑進入紫羅蘭山。於進入引水道前，向右轉上山脊，山徑將沿紫羅蘭山背直上山頂 (此處雜草叢生，請小心遮擋保護眼睛)及往後將急轉下斜約10米(濕滑路段或須抓緊草叢，保持平衡)返回衛奕信徑。經衛奕信徑梯級，重返淺水灣峽山路入口(淺水灣坳)，左轉一條比較輕鬆山徑直往大潭中水塘方向。
此兩圈(首圈(1st loop)及次圈(2nd loop))環節，參賽者必須戴上頭盔直至到達並返回引水道。引水道後，如不戴上頭盔，參賽者仍須繼續帶備該頭盔繼續進行賽事。

往大潭中水塘方向200米左右，明顯左轉步入河溪澗(當中約300米路程)，路程踦距，或攀爬或參扶索繩於瀑布崖壁。另接右邊山石澗(當中約300米路程)返回水塘山徑左轉直到水霸盡頭。於水塘石屎霸，繼續石屎路下坡前進200米便到達補給水站。
補給水站後左轉過小河上大潭河澗，前往大潭上水塘方向。河道通常不太多水，沿路上亦不會太濕腳。完成1公里距離路程後，便見到左方2米梯便是出口。其後經過石屎路上於小山丘處的小屋，往後便沿梯下到達引水道。此後路程相當輕鬆，只須沿引水道約2公里，前往衛奕信徑梯往左下方走返回淺水灣坳(淺水灣峽)。此時，不要再過橋，以免再次進入先前次圈(2nd loop)之賽道。此時閣下應見到原先引水道之垃圾桶，並應右轉 (與早上出發路線相同，但相反方向)原路返回賽事起點。

返沙灘途中，請盡量靠左及使用行人路，小心車輛。沙灘入口位於7-11便利店前50米左右，或視乎康文署仍然開放賽事早之上相同閘口。若康文署閘口關閉，便使用沙灘入口(位於7-11便利店前50米)，入口左轉返回沙灘終點。

不善泳術? – 建議於起步時自備助浮衣，完成短途泳後(入山路程前) 暫存於終點。


縮短賽程/ 中途退出賽事
若參賽者未能完成次圈賽程，請通知位於淺水灣坳(淺水灣峽)之大會工作人員，以便登記紀錄。閣下將直接返回沙灘終點並退出賽事。所有中途折返及因上述原因未能完成有關賽事，其賽時紀錄將被列為”未能完成賽事”(DNF)。於次圈(2nd loop) 賽程中，所有參賽者必須戴上頭盔。


大會截跑時間
起步2小時(即早上11:00)，若參賽者未能於限時前抵達淺水灣坳(淺水灣峽)，該參賽者將不可繼續進入次圈(2nd loop) 賽，及須立即返回賽事終點。其賽時紀錄將被列為”未能完成賽事”(DNF)。


過頭/ 超越
由於賽事早段，於紫羅蘭山中有1公里單程狹窄路程，要過頭/ 超越是困難的，若閣下有意競逐前茅，請於紫羅蘭山路程前，先佔好前列位置。於紫羅蘭山路程後，仍有過頭/ 超越機會。


比賽途中，垃圾處理:
比賽過程中，不可隨處拋棄垃圾。任何被舉報/發現之個案，該參賽者將被取消參賽資格。


意外/ 緊急事故:
大會設緊急無線電急救支援、賽道糾察及於檢查站設急救單位(及終點)。若閣下發現任何參賽者於途中需要急救支援，請陪同該參賽者(紀錄姓名、參賽號碼、聯絡 號碼及傷勢情況等)，並向其他參賽者到最就近/下一救護站要求支援。大會將以電話、無緞電、SMS調動最就近人士進行急救支援。視乎現場可到達情況，步行/車行/直昇機支援將作 對應處理。若終點站，則視乎情況安排救護車或的士自行前往醫院治理。


賽前講解:
賽前於8:50-8:55分鐘左右，大會將於起跑區進行簡佈。大概有關賽道注意地方及提示。如有任何疑問未能於本欄陳述，參賽者請把有關提問電郵到enquires@actionasiaevents.com，題目請註明"safety briefing"。


地圖/ 賽道指示牌/ 絲帶記號:
有關賽事地圖，請留意左方"DOWNLOAD PDF"附檔部份。參賽者若不熟識賽道/有懷疑，請打印並攜同地圖以作不時之需。亦歡迎於賽前進行試路/探路等賽前準備。賽道上之路口將用上Action Asia箭咀指示，及另設絲帶提示/識別(於比賽簡佈時展示)，通常掛於籬笆、樹梢上。返回大路後，該等指示將相應減少。


平均完成時間
1.5 小時 – 2.5 小時


過往賽事紀錄

淺水灣
男子
Mar 2004 - Neil Tate / Mark Williams (tie) - 1:07:01 (shorter)
Jan 2005 - Gary Mandy - 1:17:10
Apr 2006 - Pedro Ribeiro - 1:23:05
Feb 2007 - Adrian King - 1:17:40
Mar 2008 - Stone Tsang Siu Keung - 1:13:35
Mar 2009 - Chuck Cosman - 1:16:30
Mar 2010 - Jeremy Ritcey - 1:17:47
Feb 2011 - Clement Dumont - 1:10:27
Mar 2012 - Jantaraboon Kiangchaipaiphana - 1:13:39
Mar 2013 - Mark Western - 1:21:30

女子
Mar 2004 - Sean Ho Kit Yeung - 1:41:01 (shorter)
Jan 2005 - Hisayo Takeda - 1:32:40
Apr 2006 - Rebecca Climie - 1:50:14
Feb 2007 - Anne Beetham - 1:41:46
Mar 2008 - Claire Price - 1:28:17
Mar 2009 - Juliane Rethfeldt - 1:44:12
Mar 2010 - Claire Chapman - 1:40:10
Feb 2011 - Nadia Koucha - 1:34:00
Mar 2012 - Emma Bruce - 1:46:26
Mar 2013 - Claire Chapman - 1:58:42

See website for all winners and previous races for full results


當超前時候- 建議做法
當超前時揚聲，"你左邊有人"或"你右邊有人"。相反，若有人超前閣下時，請大家禮讓，避免碰撞。


賽事中 - 建議水份及食物補充
賽事起初需要多少水份/ 運動飲料?? 建議選取運動飲料，因內含鈉成份，有助減少抽筋。


賽事起步，參賽者需自行帶備飲料，大會建議:
1.5-2公升運動飲料 - 若閣下計劃快速步行長程距離賽事，最少帶備4-5包能量啫喱及或者能量棒一條。

750毫升-1公升運動飲料 - 若閣下計劃跑畢短程距離賽事(3-4包能量啫喱);若是遠足形式，數量便要相應增加。

比賽過程中，不可隨處拋棄垃圾。請自行帶備腰包式水壺或背囊式水袋裝置。


賽前之星期五及星期六開始為身體儲備水份
建議於賽事前一天，飲用大量水份及能量飲料。不要只補充水份，礦物質及電解質亦同樣對身體重要。我們應認真對待，尤其是香港天氣潮濕悶熱，更應於賽事前兩天開始讓身體儲備，補充水份。

 
賽前之星期五及星期六膳食準備
不要等到賽事前一晚才讓身體攝取碳水化合物。建議大家最少於賽事前48小時讓身體儲備額外碳水化合物。賽前晚上應避免進食肉類，因肉類或要用上24小時才能完全消化。嘗試於賽前2-3小時吃一頓豐富早餐(例如香蕉燕麥，飯之類)，確保足夠時間消化。



以上內容以英文版本為準。