Courtesy of Shu Pu, AVRA, Hong Kong.
Shu Pu announced the 2021 Cold Half Extreme Marathon Swim that will be held on February 21st 2021.
Pu invited interested Cold-Halfers and Cold-Plungers in the following events:
* ColdXtreme – 15 km swim, 75 km bike and 25 km run, solo or teams of 2
* Cold Half Extreme Marathon Swim – 15 km solo swim or teams of 2
* Cold Plunge – 1.5 km solo swim
Registration will open in January 2021 (see here). We will be hosting this race subject to government permissions under the current pandemic restrictions. More details will announced by AVRA.
AVRA also organizes the HK360Swim, Hong Kong’s 45 km equivalent of the 45.9 km 20 Bridges Swim around Manhattan Island in New York (see here).
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