Hong Kong ultrarunner on how he stays motivated in middle age, even while raising a young family, and his seven tips for endurance
Derek Kwik has run an ultra-marathon every year since 2000, but despite approaching 50 years old and being a father of one-year-old twin girls, he plans to keep going. He gives his advice on how to juggle exercise and family
Ultra-running by its very nature takes hours, and even days, of training. But when you are raising one-year-old twin girls, time is of the essence.
Hong Kong venture capitalist Derek Kwik has run a multi-day ultra-marathon every year since 2000. It all started with a 500km, 10-day race in Malaysia. Life has changed since: he is approaching 50 years of age and is now a father.
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Despite his new responsibilities, Kwik has just returned from a 250km race in Patagonia. He can no longer spend hours out on the trails getting into shape for his annual race.
“It’s taught me to be more efficient with my time,” he said. “Babies have a schedule and they don’t wait for anyone. They wake up at this time, they eat at this time.”
However, his revised training schedule has not affected his condition, and ultimately he said he found the Patagonia race quite easy.
