As I'm sure you've already read, I had a few friends travel around the world to compete in the Greatest Race on Earth. I asked our marathon runners at MotionBased to step up to a challenge and make sure these 4 marathons appear on the MotionBased TrailNetwork. We are fortunate enough to have had 3 of the 4 marathons uploaded. Of the four marathons (Nairobi, Singapore, Mumbai and Hong Kong) only Nairobi is missing (next year!).
The final marathon in the series took place in Hong Kong on 17 February 2008. It was a perfect day for a marathon; cool enough and no wind. The only negative was the actual course. Run on highways and through tunnels, there are absolutely no spectators on the course until the final few miles. After observing the paltry spectating conditions first hand (my holiday was awesome!), this is definitely a marathon that will break you if you're not prepared. This is why I was shocked when I found the winner of the upload challenge. User fyleung didn't just run a stellar 4:23 marathon, but it was their FIRST MARATHON!!! You can see the marathon as run by fyleung below. Please note that the race to upload was also tight . . . just 17 minutes separated the first two uploads.
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