Chris Hare

So I guess my origin story really started with a kind of accident, a personal crusade to do something in memory of a friend of mine and then expanded into a global movement. I do want to give a caveat though. That wasn't the goal I had in mind and it was a very unexpected result. I had no premonition the 24 hour race would still be around today, you know, 14 years after its first event.

So I guess my origin story really started with a kind of accident, a personal crusade to do something in memory of a friend of mine and then expanded into a global movement. I do want to give a caveat though. That wasn't the goal I had in mind and it was a very unexpected result. I had no premonition the 24 hour race would still be around today, you know, 14 years after its first event.

let alone doing as well as it is in spite of events like COVID. So I had, if you want to use a sort of Thelian analogy, I had some secret about the world, although I wasn't really aware of it.

let alone doing as well as it is in spite of events like COVID. So I had, if you want to use a sort of Thelian analogy, I had some secret about the world, although I wasn't really aware of it.

And that secret was that young people in the age of health and safety and helicopter parenting wanted independent opportunities and they wanted risk and they wanted to push themselves physically and mentally beyond what anyone around them would think is possible. I had experienced this myself. I figured students would enjoy that too. That was really the foundation. And I think that was luck.

And that secret was that young people in the age of health and safety and helicopter parenting wanted independent opportunities and they wanted risk and they wanted to push themselves physically and mentally beyond what anyone around them would think is possible. I had experienced this myself. I figured students would enjoy that too. That was really the foundation. And I think that was luck.

I believed in it and have the right support around me. But I don't think, I don't really think that there was any sort of genius inception moment for the 24-hour race movement in spite of its success since then.

I believed in it and have the right support around me. But I don't think, I don't really think that there was any sort of genius inception moment for the 24-hour race movement in spite of its success since then.

I would say at least 150 million Hong Kong.

I would say at least 150 million Hong Kong.

Yeah, 20 million U.S., roughly.

Yeah, 20 million U.S., roughly.

Yeah, I would say so, but I'm careful. I think there are people who, or rather than just people, there are organizations that raise that sort of money overnight. Our main strength, we quickly realized wasn't in raising money was important. And we picked the charity partners that we work with because we ourselves are not an anti-human trafficking grassroots NGO.

Yeah, I would say so, but I'm careful. I think there are people who, or rather than just people, there are organizations that raise that sort of money overnight. Our main strength, we quickly realized wasn't in raising money was important. And we picked the charity partners that we work with because we ourselves are not an anti-human trafficking grassroots NGO.

We don't have staff working with police and government legal officials. the combat human trafficking. We can selectively fund programs. But the main strength was that hundreds of thousands, I believe over a million people have directly participated in 24 hour race events.

We don't have staff working with police and government legal officials. the combat human trafficking. We can selectively fund programs. But the main strength was that hundreds of thousands, I believe over a million people have directly participated in 24 hour race events.

The fact that over a million young people at formative stages of their lives who will go on to do all sorts of different things, take on different careers, have this extremely memorable experience that we talk about at the 24 hour race and the board level these days about

The fact that over a million young people at formative stages of their lives who will go on to do all sorts of different things, take on different careers, have this extremely memorable experience that we talk about at the 24 hour race and the board level these days about

Creating life-defining moments through the race, something you, we use the phrase, something you're proud to tell your grandkids about one day. When I was your age, I ran a 24-hour race. Mean that with a little bit of irony. That impression and its connection to the race leads to big differences in how these people then address the issue in their later careers.

Creating life-defining moments through the race, something you, we use the phrase, something you're proud to tell your grandkids about one day. When I was your age, I ran a 24-hour race. Mean that with a little bit of irony. That impression and its connection to the race leads to big differences in how these people then address the issue in their later careers.