Two men to run across the Sahara Desert for street dogs

Li Lian shares this inspiring story: https://sg.news.yahoo.com/inspiring-2-men-running-250km-033003341.html

When 36-year-old Mr Chin Wei Chong chose to run 250km across the Sahara Desert for charity, many did not know that he was indeed gambling with his life. The marketing communications director was diagnosed with a heart murmur last year and doctors had initially refused to approve his participation in the six-day race.

On the other hand, his buddy and fellow runner, 35-year-old Mr Ian Lye has his own set of challenges too. He has to juggle between work, studying for his part-time Masters programme and a strict training regimen consisting of a weekly mileage of 120km over four to five runs each week.

It was therefore not surprising that support from both families were initially minimal.

With the help of netizens, Mr Chin and Mr Lye, who both met each other while serving for the Republic of Singapore Navy more than 10 years ago, hope to make this ultra-race a success. A crowdfunding project hosted on Geofundit is currently open to raise funds for SOSD’s (Save Our Street Dogs) new shelter.