O
K, I’ll ’fess up, I don’t
run. I mean I can if I
need to, like if I’m in
a rush, but even then
(as my husband will readily inform
you), it’s unlikely. Therefore,
it is with awe and somewhat
begrudging admiration, that for
several years now I have watched
as an increasing number of women
take up long-distance running.
We’re not talking about
girls in their late teens and
early twenties, but mums
in their thirties and forties.
Many of them have had little
previous running experience
other than chasing around
after active toddlers. So
what makes a sane mother of several
children want to head out in the wee
hours of the morning to dodge Hong
Kong commuters,
while working
up a sweat and a
pounding heart
rate?
Rising runner
Thirty-eight-year-
old Pok Fu Lam mum Mel Badenach
recently came in 15th place from
a field of 700 women at the Unicef
April 2015
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