The former Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon record-holder is heading to the Arctic to run a marathon at the North Pole.
The Hard Tsui Chi family has by no means skilled conditions like the ones in the Arctic, but they said that is the appeal.
“Just to be in one of the world’s coldest places, and simply to feel what it is like to run within the snow is what I’m enthusiastic about,” he stated, including training on the sand to emulate the smooth surface.
“I’ve run in Japan, and it turned into just below zero Celsius, but now we are speaking approximately running in minus-30 tiers, so I’m searching ahead to experience that.”
Tsui ran the Hong Kong Marathon in two hours, 34 minutes, and 31 seconds in minutes, and became the fastest local runner to complete the course. However, his time turned into being overwhelmed in 2019 by Hanniel Chow Hon-nip at 2:25:fifty-seven.
Tsui set his private fine at 2:24. Forty-three closing at 2:24. Forty-three. But the North Pole Marathon has not sparked his cognitive instincts.
“I will now not be comparing myself to different runners; however, if there are different runners of the same degree and equal strength, I’d want to run with them because it’s always amusing to run with an accomplice in any such harsh environment,” he stated.
Tsui hopes to finish the FWD North Pole Marathon run on April nine in under four hours and hopes for three:30 if hhopelucky.
“I am confident in running because the marathon file is no longer handiest. Did I run my PB final year? I also ran my 2d PB this year,” he stated. “It offers me a degree of self-assurance going into the North Pole to attain my goal.”
“I’m more excited than apprehensive as it isn’t always an aggressive race like I generally do,” he said, “so I’m just searching ahead to playing the race.”
It’s the right attitude, in step with the race organizer Richard Donovan, who said runners must “revel in the apprehension.”
“You are going into the unknown, and each person who tells you they recognize what they’re doing is lying. The strolling is an auxiliary part of the ride. There is a whole North Pole adventure here,” Donovan stated.
In 2002, Donovan became the first individual to run a marathon inside the North Pole. He had merely finished seven marathons in seven days on seven continents, including the best marathon ever run on the South Pole, which he gained.
