No cold feet despite race on ice
Singaporean couple overcome obstacles to finish half-marathon on ice sheets and snow
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In 2019, Wong Su-Yen and Fermin Diez started training for an expedition to the Mount Everest base camp by climbing stairs carrying 10 per cent of their body weight. But the couple's plans were foiled when the pandemic hit so they switched to regular runs thrice a week.
After starting with 2km to 2.5km jogs, Wong now runs more than 20km a week while Diez, a 61-year-old civil servant, clocks over 40km.