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By Murugiah Rameshon
Bsc (Hons) Degree in Physical Education, Loughborough University (1992-1994)
Masters in Education (University of Western Australia, 2005-2008)
Distance of Race
Boys and Men - 5km
Girls and Lady Open - 4.3km.
Donald Ng, a veteran runner who is 52 years of age came in 1st in masters under 40 for men completing the 5km run in a time of 20min 22sec. Michael Craig came in second with a time of 20min 26sec. Harold Oh was third with a time of 20min 30sec. JJ Shepard did a time of 19min 18sec and came in first in the race for Masters Open for women.
The first race started around 8am, it was for girls junior. At 9 10am, the boys' junior race started. I was there with Ashley at the start. While the race was about to start, the junior boys have already run around the loop course in Bedok. The senior race was about to start and they were waiting for the junior boys to return. The race for men senior started such that there was confusion. The running crowd shouted to the officials that the junior boy was just about 50 metres away. The race starter told the runners to go aside but then sound off the start of the race as well in a way that the running group complained the indecisive decision taken by SAA. We found that some runners sped at the start having a very advantageous start while others waited at the start and were still groping with the fact whether the race has started or not. Because of this, I think the race could be fairer with all start together.
Ashley told me that the runners just took the chance and sped off. I believe that the race officials should make up their mind so that the race becomes a fair start. The race was run on a hot 9:35am time.
In the race, MR 25 came in as the champions for men open team. Last year's individual men open winner the fastest time for the year 2011, Jason Lawrence did 16min 53sec and came in 3rd, a second ahead of Ashley Liew and seven seconds ahead of Birjung Budha, Gurkha Police team runner. That means, four Singaporeans were top 4 runners ahead of the Police Gurkha runners. Soh Rui Yong was 1st with a time of 16min 11sec KarthicRagupathy coming in second. At the last 700m, Karthic was quite distant away from Jason and Ashley. Both runners caught up with him but were not able to overtake. The way Ashley and Jason ran, I believe that they are not used to the terrain. Ashley was very happy as the time for the day to be achieved was sub-17min and he did 16min 54sec, faster than 22sec from last year's race.
Picture 1 - My advice to Ashley is to do a sub - 17min, that's all and the target was met. He improved his personal best time by about 22sec. The race was a good preparation before Gold Coast Marathon 2012
The men open team was won by MR 25 with 22 points. The police came in second with 25 points and Raffles came in 3rd with 32points.
In Under 20, Bryan Yong from RJC came in 1st with Jared Hui from CJC coming in 2nd. 3rd position went to Shawn Lim, from ACS (I). Chin Joo Ern, from Hwa Chong, came in 4th while Aldrich from CJC came in 5th position. Raffles came in 1st with 24 points while second and third went to Hwa Chong and ACS(I). ACS (I), however, was able to match up to Hwa Chong with similar points of 28points.
Heng Yu Jie from Catholic High came in as the champion for the under 18 with distance 5km for boys. Leroi Lee from Nanhua High School came in second with a time of 17min 50sec.
Tan Chong Qi from Raffles came in first in under 15 for boys with a time of 19min 10sec. Chester Lee from Catholic High was second with a time of 19min 32sec and Keith Yong from Sports School was third with a time of 19min 36sec. Hwa Chong Dylan Tan was fourth.
In the Women Open, Renuka was first with a time of 16min 22sec. Women Open team event was won by MR 25 Club. Belle Tan of ACJC came in first with a time of 17min 18sec. Second to the fifth position was dominated by Hwa Chong Institution. Nena Fritz, from MR 25, an individual runner, came in first in under 18 for girls race. For the under 15 girls Valarai Lai from RV came in firs.
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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.
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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.
