Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon Case Study
Enquiry Topic: Can Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon promote Hong Kong people’s participation in running as an exercise?
A. Problem Definition
The Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon (SCHK Marathon) is a yearly held major sports event in Hong Kong. Gaining high acceptability both locally and globally, it has been awarded the “M mark” event by the Major Sports Events Committee of Hong Kong since 2004.[ Major Sports Events Committee http://mevents.org.hk/en/events_marathon.php] It was also recognized by the International Association of Athletics Federations to be the Gold Label Road Race in 2016.[ http://www.iaaf.org/results/iaaf-silver-label-road-races/2015/standard-chartered-hong-kong-marathon-5717] Having a history of two decades, …show more content…
62% of interviewees from the less exercised group, who spent less than half an hour exercising per week on average, showed a high frequency of the sub-health symptoms. Only 47% of the regularly exercised group, who spent more than half an hour on exercise per week, reported a high frequency of the …show more content…
Some of the examples include Road Runner Athletic Club and Lok Wah Runners Club. These athletics associations or runners’ clubs mainly provide members with training sessions on sports grounds for several hours regularly coached by professional and experienced runners[ Training courses, Road Runner Athletic Club http://www.rrac.org.hk/course], preparing them for different large- and small-scale long-distance running competitions and marathon races held in different districts in Hong Kong or even overseas, such as Oxfam Trailwalker[ http://www.lwrc.hk/index.php], Boston and Tokyo Marathon[ Race experiences, Road Runner Athletic Club http://www.rrac.org.hk/member-sharing/race-experiences]. Besides, organizations from different sectors of the society, including charitable organizations and businesses also hold competitions at various districts during weekends, for example, One Piece Run Hong Kong, Hong Kong Trail Marathon Series, Hong Kong Disneyland 10K Weekend, St. James Settlement GOrun Together, etc.[
A. Problem Definition
The Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon (SCHK Marathon) is a yearly held major sports event in Hong Kong. Gaining high acceptability both locally and globally, it has been awarded the “M mark” event by the Major Sports Events Committee of Hong Kong since 2004.[ Major Sports Events Committee http://mevents.org.hk/en/events_marathon.php] It was also recognized by the International Association of Athletics Federations to be the Gold Label Road Race in 2016.[ http://www.iaaf.org/results/iaaf-silver-label-road-races/2015/standard-chartered-hong-kong-marathon-5717] Having a history of two decades, …show more content…
62% of interviewees from the less exercised group, who spent less than half an hour exercising per week on average, showed a high frequency of the sub-health symptoms. Only 47% of the regularly exercised group, who spent more than half an hour on exercise per week, reported a high frequency of the …show more content…
Some of the examples include Road Runner Athletic Club and Lok Wah Runners Club. These athletics associations or runners’ clubs mainly provide members with training sessions on sports grounds for several hours regularly coached by professional and experienced runners[ Training courses, Road Runner Athletic Club http://www.rrac.org.hk/course], preparing them for different large- and small-scale long-distance running competitions and marathon races held in different districts in Hong Kong or even overseas, such as Oxfam Trailwalker[ http://www.lwrc.hk/index.php], Boston and Tokyo Marathon[ Race experiences, Road Runner Athletic Club http://www.rrac.org.hk/member-sharing/race-experiences]. Besides, organizations from different sectors of the society, including charitable organizations and businesses also hold competitions at various districts during weekends, for example, One Piece Run Hong Kong, Hong Kong Trail Marathon Series, Hong Kong Disneyland 10K Weekend, St. James Settlement GOrun Together, etc.[