Not just past midnight. Well past midnight...

#HKWEATHER #LANTAU70

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RT @ObservatoryHK
11:45PM: Thunderstorm Warning extended until 6:00 a.m. tomorrow
https://www.hko.gov.hk/eg
https://twitter.com/ObservatoryHK/status/1639655138502807552

Meanwhile, the thunderstorm warning will continue on until past midnight.

#HKWEATHER #LANTAU70

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RT @ObservatoryHK
9:30PM: Thunderstorm Warning extended until 12:15 a.m. tomorrow
https://www.hko.gov.hk/eg
https://twitter.com/ObservatoryHK/status/1639621165940629504

That's a rather simplistic framing of the debate, because - make no mistake - #LANTAU70 rode its multiple waves of luck today with the bulk of the passing thunderstorms largely (but not entirely) avoiding the Lantau Trail during the daytime (tonight is a different picture).

2/

I sense that today's contrasting approaches by different trailrunning race directors at #COROS100 & #LANTAU70 will generate a debate pitching over-safety-cautious locals vs laid-back gweilos. Along similar lines of thought on outdoor mask-wearing post-reopening. Watch this space.

More passing heavy rain and a few storms about to pass over all of Lantau very shortly.

📷HKO radar, 2000/2006
#HKWEATHER #LANTAU70

Katrina Hamlin wins the 2023 #Lantau70 Full Course Solo Women's race in 9:36:26, ahead of Flora Ching (10:52:23) in second, with Agustoralin Sabanal 25mins in front of Ruth Theresia on the final section (CP4-FInish).

Live Leaderboard: https://www.racematix.com/site/#results:rac/Lantau70-solo-2023

#HK #trailrunning

Images: HKO radar, 1924

https://twitter.com/ObservatoryHK/status/1639589710636158977

#HKWEATHER #LANTAU70
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RT @ObservatoryHK
7:25PM: Thunderstorm Warning extended until 10:00 p.m. today
https://www.hko.gov.hk/eg https://t.co/SQBZEYiFxG
https://twitter.com/ObservatoryHK/status/1639589710636158977

📷HKO radar, 1800

#HKWEATHER #LANTAU70

#Lantau70 Top Men's Times (sub-8hrs):

YAN Longfei 7:03:36 2018
Masashi Shirotake 7:31:42 2021 V
Jeff Campbell 7:34:05 Mar 2023
Guillaume Perrot 7:36:13 2020 V
LIU Zhaoyang 7:47:42 2018
Alessandro Sherpa 7:48:40 2023
DENG Guomin 7:49:20 2018
John Ellis 7:58:07 2021 V

V=virtual

Alesssandro's official time is 7:48:40.

#Lantau70

Pending confirmation of Alessandro's time, this is the list of all-time sub-8hr men's runs on the #Lantau70 course.

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RT @b3108
#Lantau70 Top Men's Race Times (sub-8hrs):

YAN Longfei 7:03:36 (2018)
Masashi Shirotake 7:31:42 (2021)
Jeff Campbell 7:34:05 (Mar 2023)
Guillaume Perrot 7:36:13, (2020)
LIU Zhaoyang 7:47:42 (2018)
DENG Guomin 7:49:20 (2018)
John Ellis 7:58:07 (2021)

(2020 & 2021 were virtual)
https://twitter.com/b3108/status/1639548959730593792

Alessandro Sherpa finishes 2nd male at #Lantau70 2023 in 7:57 approx, but the time seems to a point immaterial after he took a nasty fall on the last section and arrived at Mui Wo bloodied.

Photo: @AsiaTrailMaster
https://www.facebook.com/asiatrailmaster/posts/pfbid0ZeHBUnWMmoWHb3nbtGxwG2H8oyoDYU5bXzvJK6d9VK9oAVbHt4UwzrVBHUHNpyQvl?__cft__[0]=AZVlmclcXFk5dj1DO2ns9CzlZPM2t_ywMO4Y4TvshIhFeelI_lSnmBPUOxSM6sE2lmZ_r0KHS7asZr3dckMwJMaDPLS5EBe0CirN4vlmU_cLHiRHp5c6ihr_eV5pn01M0osO680Xoov3Sq9WL-XwKpGtwrHpUZKFc6qs5kZ7Vk25eNq50TWTlHLCUtutIl5WW9s&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R

Jeff Campbell wins the 2023 #Lantau70 Full-course men's race in 7:34:05.

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RT @AsiaTrailMaster
ATM Live - Lantau 70 (Hong Kong) https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1MYxNgjQyLLKw
https://twitter.com/AsiaTrailMaster/status/1639539926319640576

#Lantau70 Top Men's Race Times (sub-8hrs):

YAN Longfei 7:03:36 (2018)
Masashi Shirotake 7:31:42 (2021)
Jeff Campbell 7:34:05 (Mar 2023)
Guillaume Perrot 7:36:13, (2020)
LIU Zhaoyang 7:47:42 (2018)
DENG Guomin 7:49:20 (2018)
John Ellis 7:58:07 (2021)

(2020 & 2021 were virtual)

Jeff Campbell wins the 2023 #Lantau70 Full-course men's race in 7:34:05.
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RT @AsiaTrailMaster
ATM Live - Lantau 70 (Hong Kong) https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1MYxNgjQyLLKw
https://twitter.com/AsiaTrailMaster/status/1639539926319640576

Jeff Campbell about to win the 2023 #LANTAU70 Full-Course Men’s race.

#hk #trailrunning
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RT @AsiaTrailMaster
ATM Live - Lantau 70 (Hong Kong) https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1MYxNgjQyLLKw
https://twitter.com/AsiaTrailMaster/status/1639539926319640576

{#LANTAU70 6:45 elapsed} Current Full-Distance Solo & Relay-of-4 Rankings. Bear in mind the gap between those runners who cleared CP2 before the temporary “hold at CPs” was announced.

📍 Full Solo: https://www.racematix.com/site/#results:rac/Lantau70-solo-2023
📍 Full Relay-of-4: https://www.racematix.com/site/#results:rac/Lantau70-relay-2023

#HKWEATHER #LANTAU70
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RT @ObservatoryHK
3:20PM: Amber Rainstorm Warning Signal cancelled
https://www.hko.gov.hk/ec
https://twitter.com/ObservatoryHK/status/1639527796828676096

📷HKO radar, 1500

#HKWEATHER #LANTAU70

“Centimetre-perfect”? 😬

📷HKO radar, 1424 & 1430

#HKWEATHER #LANTAU70