06 Feb - Gong Xi Fa Cai LSD

Pix courtesy of Wong Jin Ji
L->R: Andrew Loh, Ng Seow Kong, Gary Tan

Our 1st usual Sunday LSD in the Year of the Rabbit took off with a Bang at the usual time of 0600H n usual place at Youth Park exit car park this morning, the 4th day of Chinese New Year. Mood of Gong Xi Fa Cai still hanging around us and with the usual tradition of heavy meals of 'Big-Fish-Big-Meat' (in Chinese proverb) we thought it was healthy for us to 'discharge' the excessive carbo-loading in the previous 4 days by having this Gong Xi Fa Cai LSD.

Andrew Loh got a surprise for us, this time again, he brought along a great ultrmarathoner in Mr Ng Seow Kong to join in our run. Apart from having a collection of more than 60 Marathon medals, Mr Ng has a remarkable list of outstanding feats n achievements in the context of endurance n rugged trail challenges under his feet, among them, having completed:

-> The Great Wall Marathon in 2005,
-> Everest Marathon in 2006,
-> North Pole Marathon and Antarctica Ice Marathon in 2007
-> The Marathon Grand Slam (marathons on 7 continents + North Pole) in 2008 including the Comrade Marathon (African continent) n Guayaquil Marathon (South American continent),
-> The 100km del Sahara,
-->The mammoth Amazon Jungle Marathon in October 2009 !!!!!
The Amazon Jungle Marathon 2009 from 11 to 17 Oct consists of 222km of trek in 6 stages which ran along the River Tapajos from the base camp of Itapuama to the finishing at Alter de Chao, a tourist town.
-> the 250km Marathon des Sables in Morocco's Sahara Desert (multistage) in April 2010
-> 240km Coast to Kosciuszko (single stage) in Dec 2010

Mr Ng's focus for this year is to qualify for the Badwater 135 miles - single stage in 2012 by completing two more 100 miles single stage races.

(Ref. - Mr Ng Seow , Kong's own article in the March 2010 issue of Pacesetters (PACM) quarterly 'FOOTLOOSE')

Mr Ng, a Chartered Accountant, is a very humble and friendly man, he studied in Jin Sin High School and Chung Ling High School during his school days before further studies abroad and he has been staying n working in Shanghai for the past 18 years with a very very successful career in the Finance/Education sector. He is here in his hometown during the current CNY and thanks to Andrew I had the pleasure of running n chatting with him. He is undoubtedly an idol of inspiration n motivation for us.
Thank you Mr Ng and you have Happy Holidays in Penang.
Looking forward to seeing you 'balik-kampung' 7 years from now
Cheers....