2500 km in 50 days...

It was an experience to cherish and relish!

What happens when you meet the real life heroes whom you have been reading about in the papers every day for the last 50 days? Well, it indeed proves to be an awe-inspiring moment, especially when you least expected it.

On one of my runs along the verdant East Coast Park (Singapore) almost two weeks back, i saw a motley crowd of enthusiastic runners. Obviously it was not too difficult to recognize that the group was led by the ultra-marathoners Lim Nghee Huat (62 years, clad in red tee) and Yong Yuen Cheng (43 years, clad in white tee).

If you are wondering why they have been in the papers, the answer is simple though their feat is not. Two days back, they accomplished what most people can only read about in the papers. They completed running 2500 km in 50 days, running at 50 km daily to commemorate Singapore's 50th birthday. Truly awe-inspiring considering that fatigue, heat or illness did not stop them from reaching their goalpost.

Non-chalant and down to earth, these ultra marathoners are representative of the "unsung heroes" whom we might chance upon in our everyday life, but fail to recognize. Lets not assess the people whom we meet in our daily lives by the way they look. They might be that "unsung hero"!