Fit and Fab: Runner Kao promotes running to 100,000 followers on TikTok

Kao Rong Sheng started with 5km runs and now runs 10km to 21km three to four times a week. ST PHOTO: YONG LI XUAN
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SINGAPORE - Mr Kao Rong Sheng led a sedentary lifestyle and ate a lot of junk food for many years due to stress from his job and parenting. The father of two boys fell ill every few weeks and was hospitalised for tonsillitis in 2019.

"The stay in the hospital was a wake-up call for me to change my lifestyle," says the 38-year-old marketing director at an enrichment centre.

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