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Race Reports for Standard Chartered Hong Kong Half Marathon 2007

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Race rating (4)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: It's awesome to run on the highways/tunnels around my home town. Great to participate in such an event with my old friends. My friend Derek met his goal finishing in 1:5x. Fun to see a BTer there, too.
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Race rating (4)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Below average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: If you're ever in Hong Kong during this race, this is a MUST DO. You will never be able to run through the city streets of a crowded urban area like Hong Kong elsewise. Again, if you're going for an all out race or PR, definitely get to the front of the starting line and outrun the main pack--or you'll be dodging slow runner and walkers the entire race as evidence by the following news story. The local English-language paper, The South China Morning Post, had the following Half Marathon story filed: "Slowcoaches blamed for crush in tunnel, by Matthew Scott While the 30,000 or so runners in the 10km event were delighted to be running the roads, their simple weight ofnumbers had a few temperatures rising. For many in the half-marathon field, the sight of a wall of humanity straining before them was the last thing they wanted to see when steaming towards the Western Harbour Tunnel. The staggered start fo the 10km event--runners took off at 5.30am, 5.50am, and
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