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
M. Vijayaraj - Just want to enjoy running rather than becoming competitive. Hoping to follow Ashley as a role model in running.
Picture 1- (left to right) Vijayaraj and Coach Rameshon
We thought that Vijayaraj, 14, was not top 10 in Men Open category of POSB RUN and we did not take a group photo where we had 3 top runners in the top 10 category of the POSB RUN. Later on, when the result came out it was found to be an excellent result.
These are the top 4 men athletes of Team Flexifitness
Top Ten Men Open Athletes
1st S. Jeevaneesh
4th Lim Thow Wee
6th Rameshon
10th Vijayaraj
It has been a while that Vijayaraj has not been doing well in tempo runs, recently. However, he was all the time, doing the workouts plus the tempo runs.
As such, I thought that since it is the first time that he is coming in 10th in Men Open category at the age of 14, I believe that this interview will be forming a portfolio for him to remember of where he started off and how he may be reaching the top. We will do this portfolio for all our athletes of Team Flexifitness.
In the past, Vijayaraj, when he was 12 years of age, he had a personal best time of 12min 03 sec for 1500m. His stamina was not good at all. He has since scaled down the time to 8min 49sec for 2.4km. We just believe that with this increased motivation, he will go very far in running.
Progression of Vijayraj's 1.5km timing for the year 2011
30th July 2011 - 10min 13sec (Maximum Oxygen Uptake (19. 58ml/kg/min)
29 OCT 2011 - 8min 39sec
5th NOV 2011 - 7min 46sec
25th Nov 2011 - 7min 22sec
24th Dec 2011 - 6min 44sec (51.6ml/kg/min)
His 2.4km improvement
18th Feb 2012 - 11min 31sec (first-time trial)
26th May 2012 - 10min 34sec
25th Aug 2012 - 10min 02sec
29th Dec 2012 - 9min 40sec
20th April 2013 - 9min 28sec
27th April 2013 - 8min 58sec
Currently - 8min 49sec
10km Posb Run 2012 - 53min plus
10km Posb Run 2013 - 42min 54sec
Look out for his interview.
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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.
