Yellow Yellow Happy Fellows

Just received this letter from Yellow Ribbon Fund, well done runners!

6th September 2009 - Beautiful Sunday
6.9.2009 Happy Birthday Botak

It was also a Happy Sunday when the race begin but for a few of us the FUN begun on Saturday, 5th September. ....the shaving ritual

Yellow Ribbon Prison Run 6th September 2009
Total sum raised = $25,610.

Our Happy Fellows
Names in green denote runners at 6th September 2009, Yellow Ribbon Prison Run.
$5,000 - Wong Hoo
$1,000 - Botak, Mohan, Teck Khing, Yi Feng, Franklin Tan, Patrick Peng, Nick Soon, Vincent , Philip Kho
$500 - Peter Poh, Anthony Lim,William Tay , Ong Bee Chuan, Chan Teck Huat, Lee Teck Seng, Lim Jew Tim, Sin Wey Kian, Thomas Goh, Chew Kian Giap , Sim Sew Bee, Clifton Yong, Ng Goh Hock,
$300 - Lee Teck Khing, Ng Chow Leng, Ng Kai Wa, Chan Ming Tat,
$200 - Nicky Ting, Dave Ng, Gary Theh, Lim Kok Ann, Melvyn Ho
$100 - Alvin Wong, Billy Phua, Ang Eng Yeow, Daniel Ong, Dorothy Loh, Sam Foong, Allan Kwek, Ernest Sim, Lawrence Tan, Hazel Goh, Eugene Lim, Sam Khor, Doris Lim, Tan Kong Chee, Zeng Shiyao, Ng Kim Hoo, Bay Eng Seng, George Lee
$55 - Chia Way Seng, Ong Poh Gek, Loh Kim Chuan, Margaret Rajesinary, Bala Krisnan, Janet Chew
$50 - Mag Yong, Zhao Ming, Li Bin, Shirley Tan, Justin Ong , Calvin Chia, Andrew Yong, Roger Lim, Tan Cheng Keat, Toby Lim,
$30 - Edwin Chionh, Willie Chan , Lau Shen Lian, Shao Chong, Shao Jean
$25 - Lee Ai Lay , Lee Bon Hian
$10 - Tay Lian Kun, Andrea Yong, Freddy Yeoh, Ng Chun Chuan, Yap Shui Huat, Mavis Goh, Tan Heng Yee, Lim Choon Leng

A Dear Knees Letter

Dear Knees, oh How I hate to write
Dear Knees, I must tell you tonite....

My dearest right and left knee,

Please forgive me for the unnecessary trauma I caused to both of you due to my ignorance and wrong running method in 2009. By running so many marathons last year, it make me the bigger fool. I don't know where the pluck I got the focking idea of running heel down first (ouch!). It was after watching Evolution Running that I realized how much agony I bestow upon you (which happen to be me too). I never meant to hurt you, trust me, it pain me as much as you. (of course lah stupid! those are my knees what!).

For the benefits of my follow runners, may I have your permission to replay our October 2009 Interval training (which now seem so brainless) so that they will no make the same mistakes as I do :((

My non-fatal mistakes were :
1) Arms not swinging backward
2) Heels not flicking backward

My fatal mistakes:
1) Over strike with foot way in front of knee
2) Resulting in BANG! Heel hitting the ground first!!!!

Hopefully it will save many of my friends and also many of your friends with a common name call KNEES.

thank you and sayang sayang

yours dearest-ly

botak
12 January 2010

How not to run like Botak

BANG!! right heel hit the ground first

Over strike, right foot is way in front of the knee



Arms not swinging back

Left foot ahead of knee again

Contact! BANG!!! left heel hit the ground OUCH!!!!

video clips of evolution running

http://www.5min.com/Video/An-Introduction-to-Evolution-Running-29683878