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Running on Empty

by Kenneth Khoo
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Runner's fight against odds, system, and self.

If you're drawn to stories of perseverance and sporting spirit, "Running On Empty" will resonate with you. It's not just a tale of athletic prowess, but a deeper dive into the challenges faced by UK Shyam, illustrating the relentless drive and determination needed to overcome personal and systematic hurdles in pursuit of excellence. It offers a rare glimpse into the life behind the limelight – the true grit of an athlete.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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Running on Empty

by Kenneth Khoo
$11.90 Now $9.90 Save 17%
ISBN: 9789811170010
Authors: Kenneth Khoo
Publisher: Ethos Books
Date of Publication: 2018-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Personal Development, Sports, Biographies & Memoirs
Related Topics: Memoir, Biography, Adventure, Personal Development, Inspirational, Mental Health, Fitness
Goodreads rating: 4.14
(rated by 21 readers)

Description

Running on Empty is a revealing insight into UK Shyam’s journey—his beginnings as an aimless youth from a single-parent family to becoming Singapore’s fastest man. Powering past obstacles that are disclosed in this exclusive account, Running on Empty takes you through Shyam’s eventful track career from the 1990s to early 2000s: a period that saw him talent-scouted as a promising athlete, to making the heart-wrenching decision of quitting the sport, before his spectacular return as the golden boy of Singapore athletics. Never smooth-sailing, Shyam’s life as a sprinter was marked by a lack of financial support as well as controversy with the media and the Singapore Athletic Association (SAA), all of which often threatened to distract from his sprinting ambitions. Written by former national sprinter Kenneth Khoo and extensively supported by interviews with prominent national athletes such as Ang Peng Siong and C Kunalan, sports officials and coaches, it presents the little-known lives of full-time athletes—the grit behind their glamour, and the fight against all odds. This is the story behind 0.01 seconds.
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Runner's fight against odds, system, and self.

If you're drawn to stories of perseverance and sporting spirit, "Running On Empty" will resonate with you. It's not just a tale of athletic prowess, but a deeper dive into the challenges faced by UK Shyam, illustrating the relentless drive and determination needed to overcome personal and systematic hurdles in pursuit of excellence. It offers a rare glimpse into the life behind the limelight – the true grit of an athlete.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.