How running helped this Hong Kong rock ‘n’ roll couple overcome anxiety and depression
Celebrity couple Candy Lo and Sammy So talk about hitting rock bottom, taking up running, and how they now do marathons across the globe
Hong Kong rockers Candy Lo Hau-yam and Sammy So Ho-choy have both lived the classic rock star existence: late nights in smoke-filled band rooms, heavy drinking and a diet dictated by irregular hours.
Today, the happily married couple are better known for an entirely different pursuit: their shared love of long-distance running.
For Lo, much of her psychological stress stemmed from Hong Kong’s relentless tabloid gossip fixation.
“In the 2000s, paparazzi culture was all the rage. Going out to eat or visiting a friend’s house felt like I was on the run. We couldn’t enter places through main entrances and had to sneak through car parks or service doors. We were under quite a lot of pressure,” she tells the South China Morning Post.
