Injury - Not an option for those who want to improve

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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)

Injury - Not an option for those who want to elite runners

Picture 1 - Born in December

I met Dr Kelvin Ng and Ashley Liew at Gokul Vegetarian restaurant at Upper Dickson Road to celebrate Ashley's victory in the Singapore Standard Chartered Marathon 2012 as a local champion after 3 years attempt. We felt, " Well, it is about time we celebrate. Ashley may have done 2hr 35min 40sec in Gold Coast marathon July 2012 but still, he had to prove himself by winning at least in the home ground." It was another challenge altogether, totally. We did not want time the year to go just like that by not celebrating. 

The good thing is that, this year, Ashley Liew has made a number of impact in triathlon races, Texas Ironman race and the Stanchart marathon 2012. A lot of good news came this year. Within 4 years,  Ashley, from 39min plus in 10km, brought the timing down to sub - 35min, three times. In POSB race, he emerged as a champion, defending his title for the race which he won last year as well. 

Picture 2 - Not just coaching alone, but you need to improve your gait and running mechanics through proper alignment of the body.

As for the Ironman race, he was the second-fastest in the Singapore History by a local with a time of 10hr 03min for the race.

Ashley told me that the Ironman may be the last that he is going to attempt. I was glad that he did well. 

Yesterday, Dr Kelvin told me that he would like to celebrate Ashley's belated birthday with mine, which falls on a later date of Dec.

During the dinner, I was talking to Dr Kelvin that in the past Ashley used to get himself injured many times. I told him that for this year he was in no way injured. I felt that many people out there are training with their feet and legs not conditioned or aligned to run properly. The runners' running technique is affected by lifestyle and I feel strongly, from my heart, that going to a chiropractor would be a good choice to expedite one's improvement in running before in fact coaching takes place.

I felt that to improve in running and to find a coach next, one should first correct the body posture and make amends for bodily posture. Alignment is important. Yoga also aligns a person. However, a faster way is to see a chiropractor and to do a quick fix and to sit, walk or run in a correct way.

After our treat from Dr Kelvin, Ashley and I cut the cake together and made our wishes. We finally took some pictures before deciding to go home after a fruitful meeting. I told Dr Kelvin to write in my blog his articles and he gladly consented to do this. 

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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.