Sunday, May 22, 2011

Haile Gebrselassie Still On Form (15th May 2011)

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By Rameshon
Bsc (Hons) Degree in Physical Education, Loughborough University (1992-1994)

Masters in Education (University of Western Australia, 2005-2008)

Haile Gebrselassie - Wins half-marathon in Vienna before winning 10km at Manchester.

Picture 1 - Haile win in Vienna and Manchester shows that he is out of injury



Haile Gebrselassie won the Great Manchester Run for the fourth time. He was running very close to Chris Thompson until the 8km where he pulled away from Chris Thompson of Britain and win on Sunday. Chris Thompson told that the next time he will come back stronger. Haile commented that Chris got him worried until the 8km mark. 

Gebrselassie, the marathon world-record holder who won the event in 2005, 2009 and 2010, posted a time of 28 minutes, 10 seconds in wet and windy conditions during the race.

He was also surprised with Chris Thompson who made him run for his money. It was a tough race and Haile had to strategically move up after 8km, because of the worry of a hard fight at the end of the race. Haile admired Chris's courage and predicted that this athlete will go far.

The 38-year-old Gebrselassie briefly retired after the New York City Marathon in November. However, he returned from knee injuries last month by winning a half marathon in Vienna.


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By Narayanan
Rameshon has taught in Hwa Chong Institution, plus several schools, and Republic Polytechnic as well. He has won many accolades and he was awarded Merit Award for 1991 marathon performance in breaking the national record of Singapore, at that time. He has made 22 male athletes do a marathon in sub-3hrs. He has made 7 female runners do sub-4 hours for the marathon, as well. He was inducted to the ‘Roll of Honour’  by the then College of Physical Education, organised by Singapore Olympic Academy, in 1998, for breaking the National record repeatedly 4 times, till he did 2hr 24min 22sec).

He also has a Coaching group and he trains them on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7pm at Botanic Gardens. Those interested can call him at 91004369 for coaching assistance, to improve performance. There is also personal training that he does for many in a week. You can e-mail him at swift.rameshon@gmail.com.