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HK50 Series – Race 3 – HK50 West

Race 1 - Oct 22, 2022 - HK50 – Hong Kong Island 50

Race 2 - Dec 10, 2022 - Lantau 50

Race 3 - Jan 28, 2023 – HK50 West

Race 4 - Feb 11, 2023 – Sai Kung 50

Hong Kong 50 West in association with Goodman 2023

Sai Kung 50 finishes series with a brutal double on Kai Kung Shan’s 399m peak

HONG KONG, February 11, 2023 – Hong Kong’s Ka Keung 家強 Chan 陳( KC) grabbed the overall win at Saturday’s Sai Kung 50 in association with Goodman playing it careful to secure the overall win in brutal, wet, humid conditions. “The course marking was very clear, easy visually, marshals were great at key intersections, so perfect and easy marking. Temperature was perfect for running, but too foggy at beginning on peaks which I played safe and slowed down as slippery and very high humidity which believed slowed down many. Overall experience was good, weather was great and was happy I finished as quite tired and doing another 50k in a weeks’ time. Hong Kong is a very convenient location to get around to the trails, so recommend our overseas visitors to pay a visit and try our trails. Scenery is great and a fantastic place to train or race” said overall men’s winner Chan finishing the 54km Sai Kung 50 final of the 4 race HK50 series in 6 hours 34 minutes 30 seconds.

Taking the Women’s overall 54 km title was Alice McLeod (Scotland) whose first ever trail race was an Action Asia race 5 yrs ago and has come a long way over the years. “I was thrilled to come first in the HK50 series today with the Sai Kung 50 win. “A beautiful course today, incredibly technical, great atmosphere, but that out and back today (Kai Kung Shan) on the Mac three was just brutal. Very challenging every time as was really, brutal in each direction. But thrilled to have it done. A lot of elevation gain, around 3000m positive gain today, which I will gladly take.” said overall Sai Kung 50 winner and HK50 series overall Women’s winner Alice McLeod who finished in 8 hours 31 minutes 54 seconds.

Close to 400 participants entered the Sai Kung 50 event with 4 distances of 54km, 35km, 22km, 13km which started at Pak Tam Chung,

The Sai Kung 50 organized by Action Asia Events took participants on a circumnavigation of Sai Kung East Country Park, starting at Pak Tam Chung at sea-level, hiking up the 408m summit of Tai Cham Koi, technical descent to Chek Keng at sea-level, trail and beach running along Tai Lo Wan, Ham Tin Wan to Sai Wan, then a climb over Lo Tei Tun at 255m summit, then over Sai Wan Shan (314m elevation) then descending to the beach of Lung Kei Wan, climbing back up to the East Dam and a coast trail run thru Pak Lap arriving back at Pak Tam Chung before the final fun of hiking over Kai Kung Shan (399m) 2x for an out and back finishing at Pak Tam Chung for a total elevation gain of close to 3000m on an extremely technical demanding leg burning course.

The Sai Kung 50 could not have happened without the hard-working marshals, volunteers, staff that got up as early as 3am to make this event happen.

Special thanks to the generous support of the associate sponsor Goodman with extra support by Bonaqua, Action X Store, Royale International, Del Monte, Innocent drinks, ITRA, Auto Camper Battery, Bix Hydration, Gwei-Lo beer, Fitz, C3Fit.

RESULTS

54 km Men overall top 5 (Full name, Nationality, Time)

Overall - BIB -First Name - Last Name – Nationality - Team / Sponsor - Race Time

1. (161) Ka Keung 家強 Chan 陳 - HKG - 06:34:30

2. (166) Sebastian Cotton - UK - Gone Runners 06:43:22

3. (204) Shervin Abdolhamidi - US - 07:02:29

4. (168) Matthew Gay - UK - 07:06:09

5. (208) Kwong Hang 光恆 Leung 梁 - HKG - 07:09:34

 

54 km Women overall top 5 (Full name, Nationality, Time)

Overall - BIB -First Name - Last Name – Nationality - Team / Sponsor - Race Time

 

1. (122) Alice McLeod - UK -Gone Runners 08:31:51

2. (183) Katja Fink - Switzerland - 08:39:09

3. (203) Xiaolei 晓蕾 Fu 傅 - CHN - 09:15:55

4. (201) Ariel Thorpe - US - 09:20:06

5. (142) Kee Wah 紀樺 Jennifer Chu 朱 - HKG - 10:29:52

 

 

35 km Men overall top 5 (Full name, Nationality, Time)

1 (319) Francis Lorenzon France (Egis) 04:09:49

2 (347) Thomas Croagh Australia - 04:10:30

3 (357) 吳棋煒 Ki Wai Ng HKG - 04:17:18

4 (356) Donat Piras Switzerland - 04:25:22

5 (338) Alan Oates UK - 04:46:53

 

35 km Women overall top 5 (Full name, Nationality, Time)

1 (329) 孫明雪 Mingxue Sun HKG - 04:34:32

2 (351) Christine Hughes - 04:45:40

3 (355) Delphine Riche-franz France - 05:29:44

4 (331) Magdalena Gomez Farias Blasco Mexico (Lantau Buffalo) - 05:30:59

5 (312) Vicky WORSTER UK - 05:55:12

 

22 km Men overall top 5 (Full name, Nationality, Time)

1 (579) Justin Marchant UK - 02:27:03

2 (633) Pierre Marconnet New Caledonia - 02:33:57

3 (573) Olivier Streun Switzerland - 02:34:17

4 (629) Gildas Humeau France - 02:38:56

5 (568) James Shorrock UK (LANE EIGHT) - 02:41:28

 

22 km Women overall top 5 (Full name, Nationality, Time)

1 (586) Natalie Webster UK - 02:58:07

2 (641) Lorie Koster Philipines - 03:14:21

3 (622) Jovelyn Calingasan Philippines - 03:19:21

4 (508) Alexandra Carter UK - 03:48:09

5 (593) Jennifer Farguharson Canada - 03:55:20

13 km Men overall top 5 (Full name, Nationality, Time)

1 (803) Chris Davis UK - 01:12:37

2 (849) Jan Souleyma UK - 01:13:18

3 (831) David Brown UK - 01:18:44

4 (856) 連卓峰 Cheuk Fung Lin HKG - 01:19:53

5 (838) Christopher Kinloch UK (Repulse Rebels) - 01:19:58

 

13 km Women overall top 5 (Full name, Nationality, Time)

1 (841) Sarah Shuttleworth UK (Repulse Rebels) - 01:26:11

2 (870) Lauren Gibson UK - 01:26:23

3 (878) Alina Vaso Philippines - 01:28:45

4 (842) Magdalena Cvetkovic Switzerland - 01:30:13

5 (861) Sofie Jacobs Belgium - 01:31:29

 

Results

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Race Info

 

Event Name	Sai Kung 50 in association with Goodman - 2023
Date	February 11, 2023 (Saturday)
Start Time	6:30 am – 54km, 35km ; 6:40am – 22km, 13km
Start & FinishLocation	Pak Tam Chung, N.T. Hong Kong
Distance	54 km, 35 km, 22 km, 13 km
Category	Trail Running and Hiking
Website	www.actionasiaevents.com

 

About Action Asia Events

Action Asia Events is the organizer of spectacular, extraordinary remote marathons for adventure travel seekers & trail running enthusiasts that inspire and push the boundaries of participants. Having organized over 290 events over the past 23 years Action Asia Events constantly keeps inspiring and pushes the boundaries of adventure travel, ultra-marathon and team building. Responsibilities range from designing courses, selection of the venue, dates and race format to raising the funds essential to run the race as well as liaising with NGO’s and non-profits for fund raising activities related to environment, education and health.

 

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