感謝各位幫我集氣，祈禱。仲有經濟上支持。你吔幫我證明極限係可以突破。香港人可以克服恐懼。

因為武肺現況，挑戰前嘅準備已經不容易。尤其是交通飛機、國家之間的限制。因為海峽天氣，財政亦用多了。

回想今年三月，我證實感染武肺。好在，我在家休息三日，不用任何藥物已經完成康復，但被強制隔離28日，不能去游泳訓練。當時大家對病毒都有大多恐????，訓練和旅遊等因素都唔明朗，亦沒有經費。我把所有訓練因為泳池搬到公開水域。我決定今年我要英崘海峽。信相宇宙會創造一個機會給我。

游泳挑戰比我想像中困難得多。花上13小時55分鐘。實際游泳距離54公里以上。喺第4同第8個鐘，我嘔左兩次。所有食物和飲品都去晒個海。我空肚繼續游。第四個係心理關口，因為仲未見到日光、嘔吐、暈浪、雙腳大小腿全面抽筋、怕自己身體支持唔到仲有最少10個鐘游泳。但諗到好多人嘅支持、教練花幾個月嘅心血，我要繼續游。第八個小時，知道自己已經游到一半，見到日出，海面依然平靜，仲未遇到水母。船長Sturt Gleeson 導航技術超然。所有外在因素都完美。如果因為自身體能問題，我卻不能向自己交代。我知道我一定要完成旅程。完成第十個小時，根據我之前研究了解海流時間同方向，我知道我要開始用全力去突破強大的海流才可以到達法國。

我的力量不足，不能突破海流到達最短距離的法國Cap Gris-Nez。我要多花1-2小時到Wissant 沙灘。好在成功突破海流，最後到達Wissant。如果突破唔到，我要多花3-4小時去15公里的Calais。可能呢個挑戰就甘失敗。我教練是公開水界傳奇人物。好似勵志青春片一樣，最後三個小時，佢喺船上不停打氣，説「Go Go Go CK! Full power like 50 meters!」

完成第十個小時，我跟自己說真正的游泳現在才開始，係時候發力。用全力。腎上腺素飆升。所有痛楚、腸胃問題、抽筋開始減退。痛楚和犧牲過後，最後四小時係時候迎接勝利。香港人歴史就係甘樣寫上新一頁。全程時間13小時55分鐘

英國海峽個人橫渡最後召集。今晚英國時間晚上11點開始由杜弗游泳出發。大約6小時在黑夜零晨游到日出。希望14小時完全到達法國。即時定位連結如下。https://www.channelswimmingassociation.com/pilots/sea-leopard

大家幫手集氣????????????????今晚係月圓之夜。估計實際游泳距離為50公里。無膠衣、水溫攝氏17度。硬食被群群水母炸。即時資訊會在Facebook Page ‘Hong Kong Ice Flyer’由我團隊更新。感謝各位好友和博愛醫院董事會支持。

9th day in Dover. In high chance, my swim will start on Tuesday in the early morning. I can see France here on the cliff. It doesn’t look far away. 34km straight line. One day, the sea can be rough. Another day, it can be calm. A right moment is needed. Visualize it.

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[English Channel: England -> France] This is how it looks like in Channel on 25.08.2020. Fear was built up a bit after seeing how powerful the sea was. Now, waiting for a possible time slot to swim across it. It requires luck.

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Day 2 in Dover. Updates will be made on Facebook first :)
Had a meeting with my pilot Stuart Gleeson. After two days here experienced the wave and the infinite skyline, some negative thoughts started. Some worries about the weather and swim conditions were built. Channel swimming seems to be a lesson for me to break away the overthinking side of a scientist. Over-interpretation of data can kill us. 90% of our life isn’t up to what we expect. You just need to open your arms and enjoy it. Learned from Stuart Gleeson and Rostislav Vitek today. It isn’t my job to worry about weather. My only job is to be brave and open to enjoy every single stroke in sea.
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Most updated news is on my facebook page:

www.facebook/makchunkong

Feel grateful that my team and I arrived Dover yesterday after hours of traveling. First day: easy swim. Feel the wave, salt and water temperature. Visualize how to reach France even though you are not able to see France while standing on Dover. Wind is strong now. Now, be patient and wait for swim. Thank you my support David Keňa, coach Rostislav Vitek
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[Road to English Channel] Believe in destiny. 6 years ago, I sat in front of my computer probably with some alcohol in Germany. I had the worst physical condition in my life after surgery on left knee. I read about how people can swim across English Channel. I thought that was crazy. How can people overcome the ultramarathon distance, cold water and financially feasible at the same time? I just set this idea aside. Life and destiny guide me to be here over years. When you think you need conditions A, B and C together to accomplish a task, in reality, all the conditions A, B and C can never happen together right in front of you. When you have A and B, u don’t have C, and vice versa. Only when you decided to go ahead for the goal, you will have all the conditions A, B and C happen!
Picture: Have my Holter 24-hour heart monitor right traveling to UK. Make sure my heart is alright.

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Next Friday, I will flight to UK to prepare the challenge. Swim will be on 26 August - 1 September 2020.

[Road to English Channel] There are many reasons not to do a task. But you only need one reason to do a task. My only reason is "I want to". Based on the pure passion, I just give justification to myself with two "reasons". "Reason 1": I want to demonstrate that Hongkongers can achieve what we have been fighting for. We dare to risk our life to dream big. "Reason 2": Two years ago, my great dude Kamil and I, in a trip to support coach man Rostislav Vitek's 2 way English Channel, decided to found Born To Swim International Limited in Hong Kong. Sadly, Kamil passed away in April 2020. I decided to hit to the Channel with coach man. I will be able to feel Kamil's spirit.

Sports, to me, is a mixture of art, emotion and science together. With only scientific facts, you can't get through challenges. You need belief and courage to be successful.

Picture: Balance my scapula at home with my newly installed TRX system on balcony. from @anna.k.l.c

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The English Channel crossing swim is now confirmed to be on 26 August - 1 September 2020. ????Luckily, water/air temperature will be a bit warmer and with 2 hour more sunlight time. Last week, I finished a 6-day swimming training camp by Rostislav Vitek and plus 2-day weekend races of 3km, 5km and 10km under strong wind and wave in Lipno, Czech Republic. Finalizing the physical condition.

1. 把訓練變得有彈性和個人化。如水般。適應現有的狀況。泳池關閉了兩個半月。我把布以諾淡水湖當作大泳池。好處是水溫比泳池凍。水溫在兩個月前是攝氏12度，現在是19度。英倫海峽水溫估計是16度。淡水湖訓練可以模擬英倫海峽。
2. 兩個月訓練已經完成。還有四個月。主要訓練是去學懂聆聽自己身體。恢復是訓練重要一環。我嘗試減少受傷機會。慢慢就準備兩個月後更大量的訓練。
3. 現在訓練是每星期六節，包括五節游泳和一節Total Resistance Exercises (TRX)全面阻力訓練。每週末都有一節長距離游泳，例如上星期六在13度水溫游四小時。當然我係唔著膠衣。平日游泳訓練大約在凍水一小時。
4. 菲比斯 - 將會有障礙。將會有懐疑者。將會有錯誤。但靠勤力，那是沒有極限。

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1. 片段是我上星期六，成功完成6 小時連續在攝氏16度凍水游泳，成功獲取英倫海峽游泳資格。下一步是下星期五運動身體檢查，包括心臟功能。
2. 在家隔離28日後，今日已經是第五週重返凍水長途游泳訓練。訓練距離日漸增加。
3. 此Fringebacker眾籌限期到2020年8月31日。

1. 已經繳交1000英鎊按金。確定挑戰日期為2020年10月6至14日。確實日期會在到達後因天氣和海事狀況而定。
2. 因為武漢肺炎關係，原定在2020年5月尾在愛爾蘭舉行的訓練營取消。經費減少HKD$10,000。我的橫渡英倫海峽游泳資格將會是在捷克布拉克在攝氏16度或以下水溫中連續游泳6小時。
3. 這個Fringebacker眾籌目標由HKD$100,000調低至HKD$30,000。希望能夠完成HKD$30,000眾籌。網上交易費和眾籌行政費將會由HKD$9000 調低至HKD$2700。
4. 基於以上原因，合共經費由HKD$100,000下調至HKD$75,000。
5. 此HKD$30,000眾籌以外，正在尋找贊助以支付餘下HKD$45,000經費。
6. 此Fringebacker眾籌限期延長一個月，到2020年5月11日。