{"id":39875,"date":"2026-03-28T11:05:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T03:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=39875"},"modified":"2026-03-28T11:05:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T03:05:35","slug":"66-year-old-sets-off-on-2200km-run-around-peninsular-malaysia-to-honour-his-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=39875","title":{"rendered":"66-year-old sets off on 2,200km run around Peninsular Malaysia to honour his wife"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Retired civil engineer Lim Shyang Guey will don his running shoes on March 28 for a 2,200km (1,367-mile) journey around Peninsular Malaysia. The 90-day \u201cRun for Gold\u201d campaign is Lim\u2019s attempt to finish a gruelling circuit by June 22 \u2013 his 67th birthday.<\/p>\n

The inspiration for this challenge comes from profound loss. In November 2023, Lim and his wife, Goh Joo Lee, were celebrating her completion of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge Half Marathon<\/span> \u2013 her first ever race. But soon after, she began to experience intense stomach pain. Doctors initially assured the couple, both in their sixties, that it was likely nothing more than gallstones.<\/div>\n
The correct, devastating diagnosis of stage four gallbladder cancer<\/span> only came in April 2024. After receiving two rounds of chemotherapy in Australia, where their daughter works as a doctor and healthcare is more affordable, Goh died in August 2024.<\/div>\n

\u201cSometimes I\u2019m upset with myself; sometimes I\u2019m upset with the doctor,\u201d Lim says. \u201cBut it\u2019s something you cannot change.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Lim Shyang Guey and his wife, Goh Joo Lee, travelling together. Photo: Lim Shyang Guey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The 66-year-old\u2019s advice to those grieving is not just to keep telling the same story, but to go make new ones to tell. Lim is doing exactly that, honouring a shared dream of travelling the peninsula while raising awareness for the disease that cut their story short, turning a personal tragedy into a public tribute.<\/p>\n

The run begins and will end at Home of Hope, in Penang<\/span>, which houses children undergoing cancer treatment and their low-income carers. Lim intends to run 25km to 35km daily through all 11 states and two federal territories, with rest days in between, in which he will stay with hosts or at shared accommodation.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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