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/ Solution to midlife crisis? /

Hong Kong people’s average life expectancy is 81
for men and 87 for women; it also continues to
rise every year. However, the retirement age of our
civil servants is still 60, and 55 for the disciplined
services such as the police. With the post-war baby
boomers approaching retirement, planning for the
latter half of life has become a 'hot' topic.

I do not have the age distribution of participants in
the Hong Kong Marathon. However, since the event
046
was first held in 1997, the number of participants
increased from over 1,000 to more than 70,000 in
20 years. As for the 100-km Oxfam Trailwalker within
48 hours, the number of participants also increases
every year with a large proportion of senior
participants over the age of 50.

At the cross road of life, challenging their physical
ability may be the answer for some of the middle-
aged.