Standard Chartered Marathon 2021 | Runway Brings Positive Energy to Parkinson's Disease Runners: Don't Touch Patients After Running

The Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon was suspended for one session and resumed today (24th).

In addition to a group of elite runners, there are also many disadvantaged friends who participate in the competition and use long-distance running to give out positive energy.

59-year-old Ms. Chen has been diagnosed with Parkinson's since 995, but she still insists on running and finds fun in running. This is the second year she participated in the competition: "After running, I feel like I'm not sick, so easy."

Ms. Chen, a Parkinson's patient, said that running gave her a lot of confidence.

Occasionally, it’s hard to even stand up, and it’s refreshing as soon as you run.

Ms. Chen is a Parkinson's patient. She was diagnosed in 1995. Today she participates in the 10km race with other Parkinson's patients.

She said that sometimes it's hard to even stand, but when you run, you feel refreshed.

She confessed that since her illness, she has learned healthy dance, yoga, and Tai Chi, but she feels that running feels the best, which makes her confident: "It seems that I don't want to be a patient anymore."

Ms. Chen pointed out that she has to take medicine 6 times a day, but her body often twitches involuntarily after taking medicine.

However, if she doesn't take medicine, she will have difficulty going out: "If you don't take medicine, you don't know how to go, and you have a stroke." This is the second year that she has participated in the marathon. "After running, there is a feeling, like I am not sick."

I have to take medicine 6 times a day. If I don’t take medicine, I don’t know how to go. It’s worse than a stroke, but after running, I feel like I’m not sick.

Standard Chartered Marathon 2021 participant Ms. Chen

Junhui (left) lamented that the government did not provide any subsidies to disabled athletes.

(Photo by Yun Jiajin)

Visually impaired runners complete all races and insist on practicing but lament the lack of government support

On the other hand, Junhui is a visually impaired person. As a part-time athlete, he also has a full-time job.

In order to run, it is sometimes said to get up at five o'clock and go to work after practicing at the racecourse.

He lamented that the government did not provide any subsidies to disabled athletes. Many large-scale competitions have been cancelled during the epidemic. The subsidy program described as "there are chickens, there are eggs" (there are achievements only). It has a major impact on performance or psychology.

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