Cheow Ju completed the 13th Great Wall Marathon on 19 May 2012

“One day you may even run a marathon,” Tze Wei said, way back in 2008. Don’t joke. I pulled my muscle within a week of trying forefoot running style, too much of a change, too fast, and in the wrong shoes. I picked up my running shoes again in 2009, to build aerobic fitness to go diving with my son Jonathan.  2.4km on the treadmill for a start. Then you notice the race banners for 10km…. Serene said, “10km, should be do-able and fun. Why not?” 10km 2009 Run for Hope done happily. 42km, uh, got hope, why not?  Onwards, to the 2009 Singapore Standard Chartered Marathon. In the 2011 Singapore Marathon, I paced AYG along the seaside, then ran away to my Sunday morning clinic. After work, I went to the finishing line at the Padang, in time to marvel at AYG  finish after enduring 8 hours. I told Serene about AYG plodding along with his abundant mass over 8 hours in the hot sun. Wow! How about the Great Wall next?  The nuns from her Tianjin diocese did it in their habit to raise funds. Uh-huh. Ok, Ok, they can do it, I…… To run the distance and scale the heights. In life, “nothing is impossible”. 

AYG: "I will add captions and rearrange photos at a later stage. For now, just enjoy the photos and admire Cheow Ju and see how he conquers the Great Wall of China."

This is where it all started and finished. Yin Yang Square at HuangYaGuang (Yellow Cliff Pass) village  at the Great Wall. 130km East of Beijing and 100km north of Tianjin.