Today’s South China Morning Post ran a prominent article on the health concerns of running in this Sunday’s annual Standard Chartered Marathon
A prominent health expert has warned athletes that they “run at their peril” and cited the case of the 53-year-old runner that died last year as a case in point.
However, I have a suggestion: why don’t the organisers change the race date to coincide with the Chinese New Year holiday? If you were in HK last Sunday, you probably were awestruck, as I was, with the crystal clear skies that revealed islands previously cloaked by smog. There is no doubt in anyone’s mind that the holiday closings of factories across the border result in the cleanest air days of the year.
Perhaps the marathon could become part of Hong Kong’s Chinese New Year tradition?
It was so clear, you could see the smoke coming out of the Lamma chimneys.
but they won’t change it. strictly speaking, chinese new years should only be used for visiting family and getting smashed to forget the pain of visiting family.