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The Annapurna 100 and 55 ultramarathons - the most beautiful but brutal course?

The Annapurna 100km and 55km races put runners through their paces, but treat them to spectacular views 

November 20, 2019
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The course has nearly 2,000m of accumulative elevation in just 23km as it passes over the second and third highest mountains in Hong Kong01:46
Extreme fitness
The brutal but beautiful Lantau 2 Peaks trail race
October 7, 2019
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The Green Race Tiger Head 16km trail race sees runners circle from Mui Wo to Discovery Bay and back on Lantau01:46
Extreme fitness
Runners battle heat on beautiful Tiger Head race
August 26, 2019
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Oscar Coggins, 19, is training to qualify for Japan 2020 triathlon 01:55
Extreme fitness
Hong Kong's teenage Olympic hopeful
August 5, 2019
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Runners clamber over thousands of steps, sometimes on their hands and knees, as they battle across one of the wonders of the world03:00
Extreme fitness
Taking on the Great Wall Marathon
May 20, 2019
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The Yading Skyrun is an epic 32km journey through western Sichuan. It might be tough, but the scenery and experience is worth it. 02:07
Extreme fitness
Four reasons to take part in the Yading Skyrun
May 7, 2019
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Health experts call for more industry regulation as weight loss camps boom in China08:24
Health & Fitness
Are weight loss camps the answer to China's obesity crisis?
November 28, 2024
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Hong Kong sports
A taste of training for Hyrox in Hong Kong
November 23, 2024
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Mount Everest
Gurkha veteran is first double amputee to climb Mount Everest
May 24, 2023
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A 19-year-old from Gurdaspur, Punjab in India broke the Guinness World Record for performing the most fingertip push-ups with claps. Kuwar Amritbir Singh did 45 fingertip push-ups with claps in one...01:25
Extreme fitness
Indian teen holds Guinness World Record for clapping finger-push ups
September 2, 2022
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Wild Hong Kong takes tourists and locals to the most remote parts of the Country Parks01:37
Trail running and hiking
Explore Hong Kong's Wild Side
April 2, 2020
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Peter Cooper run 5,250 laps of his small flat to complete an indoor marathon while quarantined01:11
Extreme fitness
Indoor marathon during quarantine
March 30, 2020
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Incorporating a long run in your training once a week is important as you prepare for an ultramarathon. Jeff Campbell and Nikki Han share their tips for training. 03:02
Extreme fitness
How to train for 100km: the long run
December 16, 2019
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Having two tough sessions on consecutive days is a smart way to get volume into your programme while reducing the risk of injury 04:32
Outdoor
Back-to-back training for a 100km trail race
October 15, 2019
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In the bustling city of Shanghai, office worker Ivan Li has found an unconventional alternative to stressful commuting: kayaking. By paddling through the city’s waterways, Li sidesteps the...03:31
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Shanghai worker trades car for kayak to get to office
August 25, 2024
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Outdoor & Extreme: Extreme Sports
Extreme bike race welcomes its first two women
August 23, 2023
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The Beijing marathon was held in the Chinese capital on November 6, 2022, for the first time in two years following multiple cancellations because of the Covid-19 pandemic. About 30,000 people took...01:42
Coronavirus pandemic: All stories
Beijing marathon back after 2 years of Covid cancellations
November 7, 2022
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Hong Kong-based swimmer and Splash volunteer Li Ling Yung-Hryniewiecki became the first Singaporean woman to swim 34km (21 miles) across the English Channel in September 2022, completing the swim...07:05
Expeditions and adventures
Singaporean swimmer makes history crossing English Channel
October 4, 2022
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Sanu Sherpa, a mountain climber from Nepal, set a world record by summiting all of the world’s 14 highest peaks, twice. Known as the “eight thousanders”, each of the 14 mountains is more than 8,000...01:25
Climbing and mountaineering
First climber ever to summit the ‘eight thousanders’ twice
August 23, 2022
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French freediver Arnaud Jerald set a new deep dive world record on August 9, 2022. He broke the world record for bi-fin freediving with a descent of 120 metres (393 feet) at Dean’s Blue Hole during...
Water sports
French freediver breaks world record with 120m-deep dive
August 10, 2022
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German Sebastian Steudtner is the new record holder for the biggest wave ever surfed, a 26 metre (86ft) wave ridden on October 29, 2020 in Nazaré, Portugal. The video recently resurfaced after...01:52
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Biggest wave ever surfed
May 26, 2022
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Three brothers, all seasoned Sherpas who have climbed Mount Everest, have reached the South Pole and scaled Antarctica’s tallest peak, Mount Vinson, in a first for Nepali nationals. The brothers...04:02
Nepal
Sherpas tackle Seven Summits
January 26, 2022
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Hong Kong’s iconic Cross Harbour swim has returned, after a two-year hiatus because of the 2019 protests and the pandemic. About 1,200 entrants set off from the city’s Wan Chai district on Sunday...03:32
Swimming
HK’s Cross Harbour swim makes comeback
December 12, 2021