Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2016, organised by the Hong Kong Amateur Athletic Association (HKAAA), was held on 17 January 2016. This year nearly 140 students, staff and alumni represented the HSMC team to participate in 10 km Races, Half Marathon and Marathon. An orange sweatshirt printed with the school badge and the slogan ‘WE RUN FOR “U”’ was given to each HSMC runner, so that they can stand out among the sea of runners. The school also organised a support team of nearly 70 people and they started heading towards the venue at 3 am in the morning to support the runners. In addition to assisting the 10 kilometers runners with bag storage and bringing the runners a nice hot cup of tea at the end of the race, the most important thing is to cheer them on. Despite the freezing weather with constant showers of heavy rain, all our volunteers continued to serve dutifully, showing their support for both HSMC and other runners.

In order to reward those HSMC team members who had completed the race and all of the volunteers of the service station, a ‘WE RUN FOR “U”’ white and orange sport coat was given to them at the end. If you have spotted this coat on campus, please give them a thumbs-up as encouragement.

It was by no means easy to complete a long-distance contest;regular training and strong will power are required to conquer such a challenge.However, through the completion of the marathon, our HSMCers have witnessed that anything can be possible again stall odds. Once again, congratulations to all of the athletes that have completed the race and we hope to have more students to participate in the coming year, composing a stronger team to represent HSMC.

HSMC runners

HSMC Support Team