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 Saranniya
Gambling Macau Marathon 2015 for Standard Chartered Marathon 2015
We believe that Mr Colin Chua is a success
story for a soul yearning to do a sub-3hours time. He relentlessly went for it
and finally got it and he is a happy man now. Now he can be rest assured that he
is a sub-3hours runner.
What is more striking is that he is
married with 2 kids. It is amazing to see an athlete like Mr Colin Chua in not
giving up the dream of sub-3 hours, although he was not able to achieve the sub
- 3 hours earlier on.
Also, it is important to share with our
readers on another piece of information. Mr Colin was actually selected to
represent Singapore to run in Macau International Marathon 2015, which was held
on the same day as Standard Chartered Marathon on 06, December. He called up
Coach Rameshon to get some advice and the latter had told Mr Colin to focus on
Standard Chartered Marathon in Singapore, instead. Hence, Mr Colin gambled the
opportunity away so that he takes the bigger challenge to do a sub-3hours in
Singapore itself. Fellow athletes, Mr Andreas Wenger (2015 Tokyo and Kona Marathon)
and Mr Jensen Toh (2015 Berlin International Marathon) achieving of sub-3hours
in marathon races have been a motivational force for our Flexifitness
athletes.
Also, a point to note is that in our
group, the 5 five top runners from Flexifitness who went for sub-3 hours were
Mr Andreas Wenger, Mr Evan Chee, Mr Colin Chua, Mr Erich and Dr Ansgar.
First, let me discuss on those who did
their best but was not able to get the sub-3hours. Subsequently, I will discuss
about Mr Erich and then on Dr Ansgar, and then discuss the rest who did the
sub-3 hours athletes, especially Mr Colin, as the topic is on him.
Mr Erich did 1hr 30min with Dr Ansgar at
the half-way mark of the marathon and had to finally settle for 3hours 06min,
while the latter had to settle for 3hour 35min. Both did not give up in the
race, although they were later affected by the heat and the humidity of the
race. Both runners did us proud by completing with a reasonable time.
Mr Erich, a systematic athlete by nature,
would like to ascertain on what could have gone wrong by doing reflections and
meeting Coach Rameshon so that mistakes in future could be avoided. Coach
Rameshon shared that by doing reflections one could avoid future mistakes which
are controllable. As for Dr Ansgar, Coach Rameshon has told him to just run the
Hong Kong Marathon which may enable the former to obtain the sub-3hours.
It was in Hong Kong that Coach Rameshon,
in the past, did 2hr 31min, in 1990 Hong Kong Marathon and came in 5th in the
International category for men open race. It is a good place to do a good time,
although it is a hilly course. Hill workout is a must for this terrain. Coach
Rameshon says, "The weather may be enough for Dr Ansgar to do the
sub-3hours as it is very difficult to get cramps in a cool climate country,
which he got it in the Singapore Marathon. The risk is much higher to get
cramps in a hot and humid country as compared to cooler climate countries.
Various research studies have shown this."
Mr Andreas and Mr Evan ran together,
nearly for the major part of the course and both did sub- 3hours. Mr Colin dons
our singlet during important races and is proud of it. We were elated to do
well throughout the course. We were tracking all our runners’ 5km splits all the
way, till they finish the marathon race.
Despite Mr Colin's very busy schedule, he
had maintained contact, through Facebook, with Coach Rameshon and was
constantly in communication with us. We would like to congratulate Mr Colin to
finally get the sub-3hours and doing us proud. Well done, Mr Colin!
Note:
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.
