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If you are keen and have queries, please contact Coach Rameshon at 9100 4369 or you can email him at m.rameshon@gmail.com or swift.rameshon@gmail.com. Please refer to website http://flexifitness.com.sg (for more information on him and his programmes)
By Rameshon
Bsc (Hons) Degree in Physical Education, Loughborough University (1992-1994)
Masters in Education (University of Western Australia, 2005-2008)
Samir Bandari - 10kg Weight Loss and 12 min Personal Best in Half Marathon in Mumbai.
Picture 1 - Samir, our Flexifitness member, looking more trim and slim as compared to the past, finishing the race strongly in Mumbai.
Samir Bhandari, after running the half–marathon of Singapore Standard Chartered marathon quickly made a quick decision to run in the Mumbai Marathon 2012.
His quick decision paid off as he did a 12 min improvement from the previous best time of 2hr 23min done in Singapore.
He lamented earlier that while running in Singapore, he faced obstacles like drink points. He found that after running at some points there was a merger of 10km runners and the half – marathon runners. He told that about 3-4mins were off because of this problem. Some hills during the run in Singapore made his last portion of the race to be affected. There were also distance markers that he was not able to see properly that had affected the race in Singapore. That made his pacing to be affected to a great extent.
Now, he feels a happy man after attaining this time. He was actually aiming for a 2hr 05min to 2hr 15min, after doing 55min in a 10km race 2 weeks ago in India. Not only he was able to bring his weight down from 84kg to 74kg, from Aug 9 to 4 Dec 2011, but also he feels a happier man with an improved time of 2hr 11min. It seems a double victory for him to achieve weight management feat and an improved running time feat.
Read Samir's 10kg Weight Loss Story
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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.
