Royton Road Runners

Dean Burgess

BIRTHDAY: 26th January

FIRST CLAIM CLUB: Royton Road Runners

FAVOURITE RACE: London Marathon, Great North Run.

TOUGHEST RACE: Loads!! Moonraker 10K, Oldham Half, Shakespeare Marathon.

FAVOURITE TRAINING RUN: The canal on a cool Sunday morning.

MOST MEMORABLE/PROUDEST RUNNING MOMENT: Probably doing my first marathon (Manchester 2000), although I'm proud of all of them. 

FUNNIEST/MOST EMBARRASSING RUNNING MOMENT: I'll have to agree with Chris Eavers!! Running past him at Llandudno, as I reeled him in, only to tragically find that the finishing line had "moved" and he quickly put me in my place. Nice one Chris. 

FAVOURITE PRE-RACE MEAL: Pasta.

PRE-RACE SUPERSTITIONS: Well, I have a voodoo doll of Jeff that I like to put a hex on. 

RUNNING AMBITIONS: To do any sort of a decent time in a 10K! To beat 1:30 for a half & to beat, just once, Dave Phillips!!

IF YOU WEREN'T A RUNNER, WHAT WOULD YOU BE? A fat frustrated non-runner!

TELL US SOMETHING NOBODY IN THE CLUB KNOWS ABOUT YOU: I'm a keen chess player.