Jared Hui - 8min 03sec, 2.4km, With 2 Months Training.

Jared Hui - Potential to come in as the champion for National Schools' Cross-Country Championships 2012.

I met Jared Hui around June/July. He wanted to come into Hwa Chong Institution (college) for the direct school admission (DSA). I was avoiding these type of runners who want to be tested but they did not run the National Schools' Cross-Country Championships.  However, I found that this boy was from St Hilda's Secondary School. He has been coming in first for all the years in his own school cross-country championships but was not spotted by any one. Hence, to be fair to the boy, I gave him a chance to do the 2.4km trial on the track.

Jared ran the two rounds in a fantastic manner with very beautiful strides. Straightaway, I felt that he ran the two rounds too fast. After the two laps, he ran slower over the next few rounds. I got the time as 9min 20sec. Jared did not meet my 8min 20sec criteria.

The father was there and I told that Jared did not know how to run efficiently. I felt that Jared would be able to do 8minutes flat. However, it will take at least 3 months to do this. There is no gaurantee in this, at the same time. Worse still, Jared, instead of studying, has to juggle with running 3 times per week.

After a month's training, I told Jared to go and study fully for the GCE 'O' Levels and keep himself fit. With a month training Jared did 18min 52sec in a 5km time-trial.

I did not see Jared until I met him after his GCE 'O' Levels. Jared took a break by going for holidays and decided to train. Following the training program that I gave him, he was able to do 18min 10sec for the 5km time-trial. recently at Bedok Reservoir.

I felt that here is a guy who has great potentials. Last week, Jared went down to Catholic Junior College for a 2.4km time trial and he did 8min 03sec. Even though, his appeal to Hwa Chong was not success, his appeal to CJC was a success.

The mother wrote me an e-mail to thank me for enabling the son to join CJC. I felt very touched by this expression of gratitude. As for me, there was a sense of satisfaction that he landed in CJC. He was supposed to go to polytechnic but the running his given him a chance to pursue a college education. It was an achievement in terms of doing service to Jared, who I feel is a 15 pointer in GCE 'O' Levels and a very disciplined, determined and courageous boy. For next, he also has the chance to be the champion with my prediction, if the training goes well. All the best to him!

I thought of interviewing him. Later on, I thought of putting the message of the mother's gratitude for my service to the son's running progress.

E-mail from Mrs Hui (Jared's mother)

Dear Rameshon,

Thanks for your best wishes you sent over the phone yesterday.

Jared joined the Catholic Junior College's orientation on Tuesday itself and is adjusting himself well there. But he missed the boys at HCJC. He said that they were good running buddies whom he had already bonded.

In addition, the timing that Jared achieved at the CJC's trial was all due to your training. Without your training, Jared would not be able to secure a place at CJC. Many thanks.

Best Regards,

Mrs Hui