If you think running is difficult.....
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read this article from today Straits Times pg22..
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3 Yr old marathoner out to set world record
Budhia Singh runs seven hours at a stretch, somethimes as much as 48km. And he does this everyday. And he is only three and a half years old.
Budhia is now eyeing the Guinness Book of World Records, which lists an eight-year-old boy who ran 52km without resting. Budhia plans to run 90km without resting, the BBC reported.
He can now cover 60km. At a recent athletic meet in India, he completed a 25km run.
The boy, who is the yongest of four children, comes from a very poor family. His mother, a widow, sold him to a man for about 800 rupees (S$330)
But the boy caught the attention of a judo coach, Mr Biranchi Das. He told the BBC that he noticed Budhia's talent when punishing him for being a bully.
"Once, after he had done some mischief, i asked him to keep running till i came back," Mr Das told the BBC.
"I got busy with some work. When i came back after five hours, i was stunned to find him still running."
Mr Das, who is the president of the residents' association of the area where Budhia used to live, summoned the man who had bought Budhia and paid him back 800 rupees.
Then he put the boy on a strict diet and exercise regimen that sees him getting up at five in the morning and running for seven hours. He runs again from 4pm to 7pm. A few kilometres are added to his daily run every few days.
In place of a few lumps of rice that he used to get at his mother's place, his diet now consists of eggs, milk, soya bean and meat.
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I going to get my running shoes...
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Originally posted by Simple_Bear:I going to get my running shoes...
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3 year old?????
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Training him to be the world's greatest marathoner
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Cruel...
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muz start training... my bb
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hard to believe
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If you are athlete status, your treatment is anything but cruel lor.. but i wonder if the training will affect his growth?Originally posted by SBS9828X:Cruel...
Dont u think so?
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hopefully the poor kid dont get burntout in his latter life.
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got pic?
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Straits time have the picOriginally posted by FireIce:got pic?
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wow amazing
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Originally posted by kops21: ....
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where have you run today or yesterday?Originally posted by Simple_Bear:
p/s: IF 3.5yrs old can run, so can everyone -
I juz tried a new route...Originally posted by kops21:where have you run today or yesterday?
p/s: IF 3.5yrs old can run, so can everyone
Usually I will go for my usual 6 - 8km run but gonna increase the distance for the next run... -
cool...keep it up...gonna overtake the 3.5yrs in a the near future.Originally posted by Simple_Bear:I juz tried a new route...
Usually I will go for my usual 6 - 8km run but gonna increase the distance for the next run... -
I obese lah...cant run too long and too frequent...my knees will start to hurt...Originally posted by kops21:cool...keep it up...gonna overtake the 3.5yrs in a the near future. -
if u can run 6-8km, then no more obese leow....Originally posted by Simple_Bear:I obese lah...cant run too long and too frequent...my knees will start to hurt...
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tat little Budhia Singh dun have to worry abt making a living... so he has all the time to run...but mi not Budhia Singh, mi croco, got to work as a part-time waiter to get $ to eat