Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Wilson Kipsang running BMW Frankfurt Marathon 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)

Kipsang and Kirwa set for Frankfurt return

In the past, Wilson Kipsang won the 2010 Frankfurt Marathon in a course record of 2hr 04min 57sec


In Frankfurt, Germany, the 2 past champions Kenyans Wilson Kipsang and Gilbert Kirwa, will be competing in the  BMW Frankfurt Marathon on 30 October.

Wilson Kipsang has come quite close to the official 2:03:59 World record time set by Haile Gebrselassie. That is about 58 seconds away from the world record for the marathon.

Kipsang is the eighth fastest Marathon runner ever at that time. Kipsang told that he wants to break the World record, if possible.

Austria’s national record holder Günther Weidlinger (2:10:47 in Frankfurt 2009) and Jan Fitschen will be running as well. Fitschen finished with 2:20:15 and will now target time of around 2:15.


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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.