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74-Year-Old Actor Kent Cheng Finishes 10KM at Hong Kong Marathon — Led by Chow Yun-fat

Age is just a number, and this year’s Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2026 proved it.

Veteran Hong Kong actor Cheng Zexi, 74, successfully completed the 10-kilometre race, running alongside a celebrity team led by his close friend Chow Yun-fat, who is 70.

Once affectionately nicknamed “Fat Cat,” Cheng has undergone a visible transformation after joining Chow’s running group less than a year ago. With around nine months of consistent training, he went from barely running to crossing the 10KM finish line — earning praise from fellow runners and netizens alike.

After the race, Kent admitted it was challenging but enjoyable, even joking that he might attempt a longer distance next time. Chow Yun-fat later clarified that Cheng’s slimmer appearance is not due to health issues, but the result of discipline, routine, and regular exercise.

Photos from the event quickly went viral, with many praising Cheng’s determination and calling his journey a reminder that it’s never too late to start.

One message stood out across social media:
If a 74-year-old can run 10KM, excuses suddenly feel a lot smaller.

Source: Weekend HK

2025 was my 20 year anniversary of road racing! I cannot believe I have been at this for so long. What started out as a way to potentially meet a guy when I was single at 26 became two decades worth of joy, excitement, and learning that I can do much more than I have ever dreamed of. 

Everything is possible!🏃🔥

📷 👏

A shiny car can turn heads. But a strong, healthy body over 50? That turns lives. Let’s be honest it’s easy to lease luxury. It’s easy to buy things that make you look successful. But it’s a whole different thing to earn vitality, energy, and strength later in life.

No one hands you fitness.
You can’t finance discipline.
You don’t get endurance with a credit score.

Being fit after 50 is a lifestyle that money can’t fake.
It means you chose movement over comfort. Water over soda. Sleep over scrolling. It means you kept showing up for you even when the world said “take it easy, you’ve earned your rest.”

But here’s the truth:
You didn’t just earn rest you earned the right to keep rising.

To run. To lift. To move like your body is still yours not something you gave away to time.

We live in a world where people flaunt what’s parked in their driveway.
But here’s the flex that actually matters: waking up in your 50s, 60s, or 70s with energy, strength, and a fire in your gut that says I’m not done yet.

Because no car can carry you where your body can.

So if you’re running, lifting, walking, training even just trying after 50, know this:

You’re already ahead of the game.
You are the status symbol.

And you don’t need a key to start. Just a pair of shoes and the will to keep going.

Six kids. Eleven years away. One unstoppable comeback. 💪🏃‍♀️
Proof that motherhood doesn’t end dreams — it forges stronger ones.