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{{Infobox civil conflict | title = Umbrella Ultra Marathon | image = | image_size = | caption = | date = 29 October 2014 | place = New Territories: [[Sham Tseng]], [[Tai Lam Country Park|Tai Lam]], [[Shek Kong]], [[Tai Po]], [[Ma On Shan (peak)|Ma On Shan]], [[Sai Kung Town|Sai Kung]], [[Sha Tin]].<br />Kowloon: [[Mong Kok]], [[Tsim Sha Tsui]].<br />Hong Kong: [[Admiralty, Hong Kong|Admiralty]], [[Pok Fu Lam]]. | causes = To support the [[2014 Hong Kong protests|Umbrella Movement]] of Hong Kong after a full-month duration. }}
The '''Umbrella Ultra Marathon''', or '''Umbrellaultra''', was a 102 km distance running event held on 29 October 2014. It was not a competitive race, but a running event to support the [[Umbrella Movement]] of Hong Kong. The course covered New Territories, Kowloon and Hong Kong Island, which shows an umbrella shape on the map. Thus the trail is also known as the '''Umbrella Trail'''.
== Names == The name of the "Umbrella Ultra Marathon" came from its aim at supporting the [[2014 Hong Kong protests|occupation protests by the umbrella movement]],<ref name="aim_uum">{{cite news |author=Jacqueline |first=Rachel |date=2014-10-30 |title=Ultra-runners race 102km umbrella-shaped route across Hong Kong to support Occupy |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1627408/ultrarunners-race-102km-umbrella-shaped-route-across-hong-kong-occupy?page=all |access-date=2014-11-11 |work=[[South China Morning Post]]}}</ref> which also called the "Umbrella Revolution" in reference to the umbrellas used by [[Demonstration (protest)|protesters]] to defence against police's [[pepper spray]] and [[tear gas]].<ref name="icon_umbrella">{{cite news |author=Molloy |first=Antonia |date=2014-09-29 |title=Hong Kong protests in pictures: The 'Umbrella Revolution' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/hong-kong-protests-in-pictures-the-umbrella-revolution-9761617.html |access-date=2014-11-11 |work=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> Some runners implemented this idea through a [[Long-distance running|distance running]] passed through the main areas occupied by the pro-democracy protesters.<ref name="course_uum">{{cite news |author=Hunter |first=Gregor Stuart |date=2014-10-16 |title=Hong Kong Protesters Stage Another 'Umbrella Marathon' Run |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/10/17/hong-kong-protesters-stage-another-umbrella-marathon-run/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=2014-11-11 |publisher=[[The Wall Street Journal]], China}}</ref> Another reason of the name was: The course covered New Territories, Kowloon, and Hong Kong Island, which shown an umbrella shape on the map of Hong Kong.<ref name="aim_uum" /><ref name="afp_uum">{{cite news |author=Taylor |first=Jerome |date=2014-10-28 |title=AFP Umbrella-shaped ultramarathon to support Hong Kong protests |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/afp-umbrella-shaped-ultramarathon-to-support-hong-kong-protests-2014-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181025001637/https://www.businessinsider.com/afp-umbrella-shaped-ultramarathon-to-support-hong-kong-protests-2014-10?IR=T |archive-date=25 October 2018 |access-date=2024-01-20 |work=[[Business Insider]] |agency=[[Agence France-Presse |AFP]] }}</ref>
== Background == {{main|2014 Hong Kong protests}} The Umbrella Movement started on 28 September 2014, when initiators of the [[Occupy Central with Love and Peace|Occupy Central movement]] announced the commencement at a rally taking place the [[Central Government Complex]] on [[Tim Mei Avenue]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.straitstimes.com/news/asia/east-asia/story/hong-kong-occupy-leader-benny-tai-admits-protest-out-control-amid-traffic- |title=Hong Kong 'Occupy' leader Benny Tai admits protest out of control amid traffic paralysis |work=[[The Straits Times]] |date=2014-09-28 |access-date=31 October 2014 |archive-date=28 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141228122902/http://www.straitstimes.com/news/asia/east-asia/story/hong-kong-occupy-leader-benny-tai-admits-protest-out-control-amid-traffic- |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Steger |first=Isabella |last2=Ho |first2=Prudence |date=2014-09-27 |title=Occupy Central Launches Hong Kong Protest Campaign {{!}} Civil-Disobedience Campaign Moved Up From Oct. 1 Launch Date After Protests |url=https://online.wsj.com/articles/occupy-central-launches-hong-kong-protest-campaign-1411848966 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2024-01-20 |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]}}</ref> Police blocked all entrance to Tim Mei Avenue to obstruct Occupy Central supporters, and arrested demonstrators inside the Central Government Complex by 1:30 pm.<ref>{{cite web |date=2014-09-27 |title=Police arrest 61 people for unlawful assembly |url=http://7thspace.com/headlines/488827/police_arrest_61_people_for_unlawful_assembly.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012095915/http://7thspace.com/headlines/488827/police_arrest_61_people_for_unlawful_assembly.html |archive-date=12 October 2017 |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=7th Space Interactive }}</ref> A crowd gathered and anti-surrounded the police outside Tim Mei Avenue to stop police's transference of the arrested demonstrators. Police used pepper spray and tear gas to disperse the crowd-<ref>{{cite web|title=HK police surprise protesters with tear gas|url=https://tnp.straitstimes.com/news/hk-police-surprise-protesters-tear-gas|work=[[The New Paper]]|date=2014-09-29|access-date=2014-11-12|archive-date=17 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417163809/https://tnp.straitstimes.com/news/hk-police-surprise-protesters-tear-gas|url-status=dead}}</ref> the first time that police in Hong Kong fired tear gas since 2005,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-09-29 |title=Hong Kong police used tear gas on protesters 87 times; China blocks Instagram |url=https://www.tnp.sg/news/hong-kong-police-used-tear-gas-protesters-87-times-china-blocks-instagram |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=[[The New Paper]] |language=en |archive-date=9 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209222501/https://www.tnp.sg/news/hong-kong-police-used-tear-gas-protesters-87-times-china-blocks-instagram |url-status=dead }}</ref> while the crowd use umbrellas to fight against pepper spray and tear gas.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2014-10-01 |title=Umbrella Revolution— Pro-democractic Protesters Used Umbrellas to Fight Against Pepper Spray 佔中 衝衝衝 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6knCg201x_Q |access-date=2024-01-20 |work=[[China Central Television |CCTVB]] |via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Hernandez |first=Brian Anthony |date=2014-09-28 |title=Mayhem in Hong Kong as Police Fire Tear Gas at Protesters |url=http://mashable.com/2014/09/28/hong-kong-protest-tear-gas-photos/ |access-date=2014-11-12 |work=[[Mashable]] |agency=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Chan |first=Kelvin |last2=Kurtenbach |first2=Elaine |last3=Watt |first3=Louise |last4=Chiu |first4=Joanna |date=2014-09-29 |title='Umbrella Revolution' Protests Spread in Hong Kong |url=https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/2014/09/29/umbrella-revolution-protests-spread-in-hong-kong/29272746007/ |access-date=2024-01-20 |work=Herald-Tribune |agency=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref> The umbrella becomes symbol of this movement,<ref>{{cite news |author=Areddy |first=James T. |date=2014-10-01 |title=Hong Kong Protests Mark Twist in History of Umbrella Symbolism |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-CJB-24297 |access-date=2024-01-20 |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Bradsher |first=Keith |date=2014-10-05 |title=New Image of the Hong Kong Protests: 'Umbrella Man' |url=http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/10/05/new-symbol-of-hong-kong-protests-umbrella-man/ |access-date=2014-11-12 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> and thus called the Umbrella Revolution<ref>{{cite web |author=Tatlow |first=Didi Kirsten |date=2014-09-29 |title=Images of Hong Kong’s ‘Umbrella Revolution’ Tell a Story |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/29/images-of-hong-kongs-umbrella-revolution-tell-a-story/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=1 |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> or the Umbrella Movement.<ref>{{cite news |author=Tharoor |first=Ishaan |date=2014-10-04 |title=Hong Kong's students want you to stop calling their protest a 'revolution' |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/10/04/hong-kongs-students-want-you-to-stop-calling-their-protest-a-revolution/ |url-access=registration |access-date=2014-11-12 |work=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref>
On 29 October, the full-month of the Umbrella Movement, some distance runners conceived the idea to support the Movement and to show solidarity with protesters by running a course which shown an umbrella shape on the map of Hong Kong.<ref name="aim_uum" /><ref name="afp_uum" /><ref>{{cite web |date=2014-10-28 |title=[Yǔsǎn gémìng] mǎlāsōng pǎo chū `yǔsǎn lùxiàn'chēng yùndòng |script-title=zh:馬拉松跑出「雨傘路線」撐運動 |trans-title=【Umbrella Revolution】Marathon running through the "Umbrella Route" to support exercise |url=http://hk.apple.appledaily.com/realtime/news/20141028/53069844 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111145647/http://hk.apple.appledaily.com/realtime/news/20141028/53069844 |archive-date=11 November 2014 |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=Apple Daily |publisher=[[:zh:蘋果日報 (香港)|蘋果日報 (香港)]] |language=zh }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=2014-10-28 |title=Chāojí mǎlāsōng: Quán gǎng pǎo chū sǎn tú yùyì sǎn yùn mǎnyuè |script-title=zh:超級馬拉松：全港跑出傘圖 寓意傘運滿月 |trans-title=Ultra Marathon: Umbrellas running out across Hong Kong symbolize the full moon of umbrella luck |url=http://news.memehk.com/posts/%E8%B6%85%E7%B4%9A%E9%A6%AC%E6%8B%89%E6%9D%BE%EF%BC%9A%E5%85%A8%E6%B8%AF%E8%B7%91%E5%87%BA%E5%82%98%E5%9C%96%20%E5%AF%93%E6%84%8F%E5%82%98%E9%81%8B%E6%BB%BF%E6%9C%88 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031104213/http://news.memehk.com/posts/%E8%B6%85%E7%B4%9A%E9%A6%AC%E6%8B%89%E6%9D%BE%EF%BC%9A%E5%85%A8%E6%B8%AF%E8%B7%91%E5%87%BA%E5%82%98%E5%9C%96%20%E5%AF%93%E6%84%8F%E5%82%98%E9%81%8B%E6%BB%BF%E6%9C%88 |archive-date=31 October 2014 |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=Meme HK |language=zh }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=葉靖斯 |first=Ye Jingsi |date=2014-10-29 |title=Xiānggǎng àozhōu qiáomín pǎo chāojí mǎlāsōng shēngyuán yǔsǎn yùndòng |script-title=zh:香港澳洲僑民跑超級馬拉松聲援雨傘運動 |trans-title=Australian expats in Hong Kong run ultramarathon to support Umbrella Movement |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/trad/china/2014/10/141029_hongkong_occupy_ultramarathon |access-date=2014-11-12 |website=[[BBC News]] |publisher=[[:zh:英國廣播公司|英國廣播公司]] |language=zh}}</ref> Another reason to choose running to show their support was: "running is synonymous with freedom", added Olya Korzh, an ultramarathon champion.<ref name="course_uum" />
== Organising history == The event was organised by John Ellis, Andrew Dawson, Richard Scotford, and Andre Blumberg. Ellis and Dawson conceived the idea on Sunday, 26 October with the aim of showing support for the students and the Umbrella Movement. They expected only a few friends would run the event.<ref name="yesterday_run">{{cite web |author=Ellis |first=John |date=2014-10-30 |title=Yesterday wasn't meant to turn out like that |url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152747099110042&set=gm.491256557644279&type=1&theater |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=[[Facebook]]}}</ref> The event was publicised on Facebook, and the media picked up the announcement on the Tuesday evening.
== Event == The Umbrella Ultra Marathon started at [[Shing Mun Reservoir]] at 4:00 on 29 October 2014. Three participants took part at the start, while some spontaneous supporters joined later at different check points: [[Tai Lam]], [[Shek Kong]], [[Tai Po]], [[Ma On Shan (town)|Ma On Shan]], [[Sai Kung District|Sai Kung]], [[Sha Tin]], [[Mong Kok]], and [[Admiralty, Hong Kong|Admiralty]]. Many supporters joined at Mong Kok and Admiralty during the evening. It was estimated that 150 runners were involved in the event. The total distance was 114.9 km, with elapsed time 16:49:09.<ref name="yesterday_run" /><ref>{{cite web |last=Ellis |first=John |date=2014-10-29 |title=#UmbrellaUltra |url=http://www.strava.com/activities/213336389 |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=strava.com}}</ref> The running team took a little rest in three "occupy areas" in Mong Kok, Admiralty, and finally [[Causeway Bay]] to show support to the protesters.
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== External links == *{{url|1=https://www.facebook.com/groups/490527351050533/|2=Umbrella Ultra Marathon}} *{{url|1=https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/umbrellaultra?source=feed_text|2=umbrellaultra}} *{{url|1=https://www.facebook.com/UmbrellaMarathon|2=Umbrella Marathon 社區}} *{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/dashhk/photos/a.439704286111387.1073741828.430660383682444/718494041565742/?type=1|script-title=zh:跑手發起102公里「超級馬拉松」跑出傘形圖案 紀念傘運滿月|date=2014-10-28|author=Dash|publisher=[[Facebook]]|language=zh}}
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