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  Hi
folks,I started running with Horwich RMI aged 19, and I'm now 35.
My form has been up and down like a yo-yo, I've had more comebacks
than Frank Sinatra.
However I've had some success, especially on the roads. Fell
running and I don’t mix very well, I think you will all agree.
Likes Road race series – e.g. Chorley and Jubilee 4 milers, 5Ks, 10Ks,
plus 6 and 12 stage road relays
Training hard
Cycling
Swimming
Circuit training
Rest
Pizza
And a good Indian with a pint of larger, or 2 or 3
Dislikes
Fell running (poor at descending)
Injuries - of which I seem to get many
Any distance over 10k
Achievements
Ran for Greater Manchester a few times at Barnsley 10ks
Also ran for the North of England at inter area matches
Won Jubilee and Chorley series in the same year
Won numerous races including Bolton 10k, Burnden Park 10k, Jubilee and
Chorley 4s, Astley Parks, Haigh Hall 5s, Fielden Cups - dare I go on...
PB’s 10k - 30.33
5k – 14.58
Jubilee – 19.57 on the original 4-mile course (the street)
Chorley 4 – 19.28
Fielden Cup (Rivington) 10.35 course record
Most Memorable Moments
Taking over from Paul Dugdale at Birmingham in the National Road
Relays. It was my first ever relay for the club. I was on the 3rd leg. Paul was on the second. Martyn Bell had run the first leg finishing in a
very respectable 16th or thereabouts - he passed on to Paul Dugdale, who
brought Horwich to 1st position and then passed to me. I
think I went pale - very pale!!! I finished in 16th before handing over
to Martin Jones. What a great day. Horwich finished 16th I think, giving
us our best ever 6 stage result.
Another memorable moment was finishing 4th on the first leg of the
Northern 6 stage road relays in Leeds. As I set off, Pete Bland’s words to coach Norman
Matthews were “He’s gone off too bloody quick again!”
There are lots of
great moments, I could go on. But that’s the magic of the HORWICH RMI!!!!
Main Goal for the Future
Still determined to get under 30 mins for 10K.
Credit goes to Norman Matthews for the photo, for coaching and keeping
me in one piece over the years. Thanks Norman!!!
I am on another comeback at the moment, here we go again!!!!!
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