Maggie Cvetkovic and Chris Davis found their running groove in Hong Kong and a reason to live in Discovery Bay. Now the Action Asia vets are taking aim at Spartan. Elizabeth Kerr reports
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Magdalena – Maggie – Cvetkovic and Chris Davis are a well-matched pair. Slight and sinewy, the Discovery Bay bankers (she’s with Société Générale, he’s at UBS) look remarkably cool, sit ting sipping decaf on a Tuesday afternoon in the height of the year ’s last heatwave.
“I like it warm. This is my dream. I love the heat. I like going for a run at lunchtime when it’s 34 degrees,” Maggie says, without a hint of irony. “I love stepping out of the flat and sweating without even doing anything. That’s how it needs to be,” she finishes with a chuckle.
Chris sits quietly, not quite throwing a side-eye, but close. He’s not as into the swelter as Maggie is, but if that’s the way it is in DB, he’s OK with it. For the Devon native, DB’s small town vibe is ideal. “This suits me,” he says, entirely low-key. Both avid trail runners, the pair have just come off a 14-kilometre Action Asia Events Sprint on September 14, where he placed fifth and she placed third, and are currently training for a series of races in Hong Kong and around the region. They’ve come a long way in the 15 (for Maggie) and 11 (for Chris) years they’ve lived in Hong Kong, where they both picked up trail running in their their ties.