Royton Road Runners

BIRTHDAY: 11th September

FIRST CLAIM CLUB: Royton Road Runners

FAVOURITE RACE: Chicago Marathon.

TOUGHEST RACE: Shakespeare Marathon - Stratford upon Avon - I must never try to run a marathon again with too little training. Shattered by 11 miles, with only 15 miles left!

FAVOURITE TRAINING RUN: First run of the summer with RRR, going into Tandle Hills after a long miserable winter.

MOST MEMORABLE/PROUDEST RUNNING MOMENT: Edinburgh Marathon 2007 - 3:12.06 PB time and then enduring 12 months of jealous comments from my fellow (slower!!!) running companions.

FUNNIEST/MOST EMBARRASSING RUNNING MOMENT: In the first few runs with RRR it seemed that the young men of Shaw, Royton & Oldham fancied using me as target practice & I had stones, snowballs & cans of coke thrown at me, despite running behind Ian Casey for shelter.   

FAVOURITE PRE-RACE MEAL: Light cereal-based breakfast (no advertising) & then as much as possible after the race. Do chips count as carbo-loading?

PRE-RACE SUPERSTITIONS: Remember to put my shorts on! 

RUNNING AMBITIONS: Sub 3 hour marathon - we can all hope!!

IF YOU WEREN'T A RUNNER, WHAT WOULD YOU BE? Fat!.

TELL US SOMETHING NOBODY IN THE CLUB KNOWS ABOUT YOU: I've just had tuna for my dinner. No-one said it needed to be an interesting fact.