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This SRY quite childish. This kind of thing also wants to challenge people.

According to a press report, Soh's feat drew "a mix of reactions," with Soh himself elaborating that it drew "2 types of reactions" - one offering words of encouragement and the other had nothing but scorn for his effort. It's precisely because people poured scorn on his accomplishment that he issued an open challenge to anyone who thinks he's able to complete the 2.4 km run in under 7 minutes to do it, with $700 in prize money and 700 bottles of sports drink dangling in front. Apparently, Rui Yong was annoyed by the childishness of some netizens' comments, one of which remarked sardonically that "my army commando mate who smokes ran faster."

In your judgement, who is more childish - Soh or the sarcastic denizens? While some observers were tired of their childish  antics, I find it enormously exciting to issue a challenge to test people's running abilities and endurance. If you're super-fit with boundless energy, you're likely to relish the chance to rise to the challenge to prove yourself. But if you're no fitness buff and not very enamoured with exerting yourself, you won't give the challenge much thought. Personally I relished the thought of pushing my body to its physical limits in my younger days, but I suppose it's all a matter of opinion.