Mr. Lagat

A few days ago, I came across this rather quirky bit of news in the pages of TODAY. It deals with the various trials of Benjamin Lagat, who is a Kenyan runner. The article dealt with how a "middle echelon" runner such as himself has to strategically choose his races (and therefore run the Sheares' Bridge Run) to give himself a chance of winning. He also sells maize back home in Kenya to supplement his income.

It struck a chord because despite all the attention given to the amazing exploits of Singaporeans staking a claim at being successful in every field of human endeavor (not that there is anything wrong with this, of course), there are even more of us in the middle and lower echelons, just trying to get by.

Of course, the other exciting thing about the article is that it was written by a long-lost friend!