Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Jennifer Quek - Gunning for 3hr 30min in the long run (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  Marcel Sng

Jennifer Quek - Gunning for 3hr 30min in the long run

Picture 1 - (Left to Right) Jennifer Quek, Coach Rameshon and Lim Thow Wee. at the Arc de Triomphe after the Paris Marathon






























Jennifer Quek, 42, ran the Berlin marathon in 2013 and did a very good personal best time of 3hr 48min 23sec. Her personal best for 5km then was above 25min 40sec.  At times her 5km TT were 26min plus.
She kept training very hard for her 5km run so that she could run a good marathon and improve.
She recently did a 25min 25sec for 5km and it was a very good achievement for her. However, yesterday, she ran in a 'no holds barred' fashion and did a time of 24min and 20sec for the 5km time trial. She thanked Dr Benny Goh for pacing her to do this time, as Dr Benny was going easy in order not to aggravate any injury. 
I have decided to do a write up on an interview to let the public to explore of this 'dragon lady' who has the ability to run the same speed of her 5km speed all the way for the marathon. Coach Rameshon has told me that she has a lot of determination and because of this attitude, he believes that one day, she is going to do a 3hr 30min, as her cadence is fantastic, natural and is unusually high, without much effort.  




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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.