It looks like my Plover Cove has unintentionally become the target of acquisition for many unqualified Hong Kong trail runners. If you do not know what I am talking about, you’ve probably been living under a rock on Mars for the longest time. But, as a refresher, let me tell you what makes my Plover Cove in Wu Kau Tang so special.

Hong Kong is blessed with so much abundant natural scenery that it becomes quite hard to pick “the best spot” from so many “best spots”. But, if I had only one last trail run left in Hong Kong, I know exactly where that would be. In fact, I could talk about Plover Cove the same way the North Korean media talks about their new leader: “the leader of all leaders, the genius of all geniuses, the general of all generals, the dude of all dudes, etc”. Except, unlike the North Korean media, I truly mean what I say about Plover Cove! She is THE BABE of all the babes. And so, I made it a point to “own” this babe, i.e. not just limiting myself to hand-holding or flirting but forging a proper relationship with her. This made me the target of envy of all other Hong Kong trail runners. I don’t blame them – imagine your friend lands the most perfect super babe, would you not be jealous of him? To my credit, I also devoted a lot of time to Plover Cove. I made sure I visited her as often as I could. Take today for example. I ran a full 51km yesterday, it was raining quite heavily at times today but that didn’t deter me from visiting my Plover Cove.

My fellow trail running friends are trying in vain to break this intimate relationship I have with her. They just visit her once in a blue moon and claim to have run around her in record time. This, they falsely claim, grants them that exclusive relationship with her. Sounds more like a one-night stand to me. She’ll be insulted.

So, with two such fake owners tucked away in Korea and New Zealand respectively (you know who you are), I decided to further solidify my already strong bond with the Cove today. And, as always, she was an absolute beauty. The physical exhaustion from my 51km run yesterday and the slippery terrain today did little to diminish her beauty.

Did I finish in record time? It took me 2 hours 22 minutes, so, no, not really.
But, am I the only one and true owner of Plover Cove? As time has proven over and over again, YES!

Garmin.

Distance	Time	Altitude	Avg Speed	Maxspeed	Up	Down
0.000 km	0s	57 m	-	-	-	-
5.004 km	49m 32s	262 m	6.06 km/h	15.63 km/h	362 m	157 m
5.001 km	41m 41s	71 m	6.58 km/h	15.63 km/h	497 m	483 m
4.997 km	37m 00s	33 m	7.02 km/h	17.50 km/h	606 m	630 m
2.782 km	13m 59s	25 m	7.50 km/h	17.50 km/h	615 m	647 m

Total: 17.785 km in 2h 22m 12s at an average of 7.50 km/h

GPX.

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