Official Results of - Anja Tan is 18th Overall in Women Junior 10km.

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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)

Nike Real Run 2013 - A Family Bonding and Outing for the Tan Eng Howe Family

My friend Tan Eng Howe has been training for the past few months, at least doing a once a week training. He does his training usually on Saturdays with the Team Flexifitness Parents, about 8 to 10 of them who will usually do a light workout and strengthening exercises every week while their children. 

From being healthy and having some fitness Tan Eng Howe ran in the recent run. He came in 85th position for the race with a time of 1hr 03min 08sec. 

His daughter Anja, 14, did 1hr 17min 24.54sec and came in 18th position for the 10km race. Mr Tan told me that his daughter used to have knee injuries. Nowadays she is not complaining about this injury.

Felicia Wong, Tan Eng Howe's wife also ran her first race and she came in 96th position with a time of 1hr 53.48.27sec.

Category	PLACE	NAME	GUN TIME	NETT TIME
women’s open	215	Helen Toh	01:26:12.24	01:24:56.18
Men’s veteran	85	Tan Eng Howe	01:04:37.09	01:03:08.46
Women’s junior	18	Tan Anja	01:18:54.98	01:17:24.64
Women’s veteran	96	Felicia Wong	01:55:16.40	01:53:48.29

Helen Toh, who had been training with us for the past few months did 1hr 24min 56.18sec. I believe that she can do between 1hr 10min  and 1hr 15min. Due to a series of hills, at the 7th km mark, she had to walk and run throughout the last 3 km.

Picture 2 - Helen Toh at the finish point of the race.

Tan Eng Howe has shared with me verbally that the reason for running these events is to know that life is a marathon. We have to keep exercising throughout our life. This will also infuse in us the need to have values of hard work, being independent, discipline, leech-like tenacity through training in running etc. The very rare thing that happened on that day was that he was able to run the race as a family and all of them completed the race with a reasonable time. I hope that other families can do the same as well. They can out for a run outing with the family to kill two birds in one stone. 

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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.