Yah Lah But

Singapore's fastest distance runner is back! Soh Rui Yong joins us for the fifth time and is at his candid best as he talks about the SEA Games, Tan Chuan-Jin's Instagram deletion, the local sports system that fails our athletes and how all his personal best came after turning 30.

๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜‚๐˜€!
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๐—ข๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด
๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ โ€“ "๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ถ๐˜โ€
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(0:00:00) Ministry Of Funny Is Hiring
(0:01:22) Intro
(0:03:36) MBA In London And RunSoFast Academy
(0:05:21) Still Competing At 35
(0:07:00) Singapore's Results-Driven Sports Culture
(0:10:18) Injuries, Covid, And The Mindset Shift
(0:14:12) The Double Up Challenge: Half And Full Marathon Back To Back
(0:27:26) Arriving At The Bangkok SEA Games
(0:28:12) The Cardiac Scare That Almost Ruled Him Out
(0:30:54) The Viral Clip Of Getting Lapped
(0:34:11) Why He Was Still Proud Of His Race
(0:35:46) Cheering For Competitors Mid-Race
(0:38:41) Grace, Competition, And Mentoring Younger Athletes
(0:41:05) Firing Back At The SNOC Secretary General
(0:45:44) Athletics Vs Swimming: Comparing Medal Potential
(0:50:51) Why Running Is Harder To Medal In
(0:54:26) Singapore Athletics Has Been Quietly Improving
(0:56:00) How SEA Countries Support Their Athletes
(1:00:04) Singapore's Athlete Support Problem
(1:02:02) Talent Pipeline Vs Structural Issues
(1:05:29) President Tharman Calls Him Singapore's Greatest Distance Runner
(1:08:15) All Publicity Is Good Publicity
(1:09:03) Novita Lam's Viral Controversy
(1:15:22) Tan Chuan-Jin's Instagram Deletion Post Goes Viral
(1:17:29) His LinkedIn Philosophy
(1:22:41) What's Next For Soh Rui Yong
(1:26:43) Targeting The 2027 And 2029 SEA Games
(1:27:12) Breaking Sub-31 And His Future PB Goals
(1:30:07) Running As A Lifestyle And The Academy's Impact
(1:35:36) One Shiok Thing
(1:48:13) Post-Interview Reflection

๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ!
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๐—™๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€
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๐˜”๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ @๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ
๐˜Œ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜น๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜›๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ

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The most uncensored conversations about censorable things coming out from the much-censored country of Singapore. Hosted by Haresh & Terence from the comedy house Ministry of Funny.