"Seoul has worse pollution than us, and Tokyo has bad traffic problems, too. If those two cities can hold marathons, why can't Taipei?", she reasoned.
台北的交通與汙染，向是令人詬病的，比賽之初，很多人也擔心到這兩點，對此，紀總幹事倒是胸有成竹：「漢城的汙染程度和東京的交通問題都更甚於台北，這兩個都市能舉辦馬拉松，我們為何不能？」