Episode 28

**Running Man** Episode 28 was aired on January 30, 2011 and was filmed on January 10, 2011, at Ansung Natural Resort in Juksan-myeon, Anseong, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.

In this episode, members would compete in individual and team games in order to earn Running Balls with their names on it. At the end of the night, the Running Balls were put into the lottery machine and the individual's whose Running Balls were drawn would be exempt from this weeks' punishment.

Both the *Find the Guest* mission and the *One Chance* mission was featured in this episode.

## Summary

#### 1st Mission: Find the Guest

The Running Man members had to find and eliminate the hidden guest before they completed their given mission in order to receive the Running Balls. The guest would receive a Running Ball if they successfully completed their mission within the time limit without being eliminated.

* **Mission Team:** Kim Byung-man.

*Guests Mission:* Kim Byung-man had to find the four hidden walkie-talkies that had the names of two Running Man members on it. Each walkie talkie he found would eliminate the two members of the Chasing Team that were listed on it.

* **Chasing Team**: Yoo Jae-suk, Ji Suk-jin, Kim Jong-kook, Kang Gary, HaHa, Lee Kwang-soo, Song Ji-hyo and Song Joong-ki.

**Result:** **Chasing Team won**. Song Ji-hyo successfully found and eliminated Kim Byung-man before he found all four of the hidden walkie talkies. The eight members of the Chasing Team each received a Running Ball.

#### 2nd Mission: Diet Karaoke

Divided into three teams, Running Man members competed to lose the most weight while singing with karaoke mics that were attached to gym epuipment. At the end of each round the teams with the two lower scores had to eat a meal. At the end of the game, the team that lost the most weight would receive the Running Balls.

* **Pink Team**: Kang Gary, Kim Jong-kook and Song Ji-hyo.
* **Yellow Team**: Yoo Jae-suk, Ji Suk-jin and Song Joong-ki.
* **Blue Team**: Haha, Lee Kwang-soo and Kim Byung-man.

**Result:** **Blue Team won**. After three rounds, the members of the Blue team managed to collectively lose 0.8 kg, losing the most weight among all three teams. Haha, Lee Kwang-soo and Kim Byung-man each received a Running Ball.

#### 3rd Mission: One Chance

The Running Man members were given four tasks they compete in against Kim Byung-man. If one of them would defeat Kim Byung-man, then all of the Running Man members would receive Running Balls.

* *Sitting Master Challenge:* Members would compete against Kim Byung-man in seeing who was able to sit on a traffic cone longer.
* *Inhaling Master Challenge:* Members would compete against Kim Byung-man in seeing who was able to suck up all the juice through a 20 m tube the fastest.
* *Nunchucks Master Challenge:* Members would try to beat Kim Byung-man's record of hitting cherry tomatoes using nunchucks.
* *Pogo Master Challenge:* While jumping on a pogo stick, members had to transfer from pogo stick to another and continue jumping.

*Note:* Unlike the '"One Chance" mission that the members participated in last week, winning in this weeks' "One Chance" mission did not automatically exempt everyone form receiving punishments this week.

* **Master Team:** Kim Byung-man.
* **Running Man Team**: Yoo Jae-suk, Ji Suk-jin, Kim Jong-kook, Kang Gary, HaHa, Lee Kwang-soo, Song Ji-hyo and Song Joong-ki.

**Result:** **Running Man Team won**. Lee Kwang-soo, Ji Suk-jin, HaHa and Song Ji-hyo failed to beat Kim Byung-man in the 1st and 2nd challenges. However, in the "Nunchucks Master Challenge", Kang Gary managed to beat the record set by Kim Byung-man. Each member of the Running Man team received a Running Ball.-->

## Results

Kang Gary, Haha, Lee Kwang-soo, Song Joong-ki and Song Ji-hyo won. Their Running Balls were drawn from the lottery machine and were allowed to go home, escaping punishment.

As punishment,Yoo Jae-suk, Ji Suk-jin, Kim Jong-kook and Kim Byung-man wore red long underwear and received a massage.

## Current Win Rate

The current win ratio listed is the number of wins each member has while they are a cast member.

* Haha: 77% (20/26)
* Kim Jong-kook: 73% (19/26)
* Song Ji-hyo: 64% (14/22)
* Song Joong-ki: 60% (12/20)
* Kang Gary: 54% (14/26)
* Lee Kwang-soo: 46% (12/26)
* Ji Suk-jin: 42% (11/26)
* Yoo Jae-suk: 35% (9/26)

## Notes

* This episode was a Seollal (Korean New Year) Special.