Sub - 3 hours Marathon - Dream of a Marathon Runner (Part 2)

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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 Saranniya

Out of 6 local runners who ran in this year's Standard Chartered Marathon 2015, Flexifitness has three runners who have sub-3 hours time. In total, there are altogether 6 locals who did sub-3 hours for Singaporean runners. Our Flexifitness athletes individual won the second runners up and third runners up for the race. It was fantastic news for us. They are Mr Evan Chee, who came in top 3 with a time of 2hr 56min 51sec and Mr Colin Chua, who came in 4th position for the marathon race, held on last Sunday, 06th December. That means, two of our runners are among the top 4 position winners. 

We are happy that Mr Evan Chee and Mr Colin Chua did their personal best time. For Mr Colin, the sub-3hours have evaded him a number of times and he relentlessly went for it and got the timing this year. For Mr Evan, he got the podium finish, third in the race. He was surprised by this. The only thing we know is that he rose to the occasion.

On top of that, it is also good to feature another of our runner who came to us with a time of 3hr 07min and did 2hr 51min in Tokyo Marathon this year. He became champion in Men's Open category of the Kona Marathon, Hawaii, Marathon 2015 race with a time of 2hr 54min 54sec. His name is Mr Andreas Wenger. Mr Andreas ran with a time of 2hr 54min in Stanchart Marathon about 2mins in front of Mr Evan Chee. Both Mr Evan Chee and Mr Andreas are training partners. Both runners do not have high mileage as their work commitment is also quite heavy, if not very heavy. It was good to see that they finally did the miracle to do sub-3 hours, with fellow runner Colin Chua as well. 

We will be featuring on Andreas soon in our blog on his excellent run in this year's hot and humid Singapore Marathon. For this year, 2015, Andreas Wenger, Jensen Toh (Berlin Marathon 2015) and Colin Chua are new entrants to the sub-3 hours time. We would like to congratulate these runners for their fine performance. I believe that Flexifitness will continue in churning sub-3 hour athletes year in year out so long the athlete wants to go for it. 

We will soon list out the runners, from past to present, on who have done the sub-3 hours, and post in another blog post soon. 

It will be good to go for the sub-3 hour time for those interested as to achieve this. It is not that easy. Coach Rameshon says," There are time, money, effort and even relationship time to be sacrificed in order to achieve this and it is not easy. In this year's race in Singapore, we only have 6 runners doing sub-3 hours in Standard Chartered Marathon race. It is only a handful who can do it - the committed and determined ones.  

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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.