Category: Runner Profiles

Thank you Debbie for the nomination, I was hoping to avoid it for as long as possible :-). I enjoy reading everyone’s stories, everyone is so inspiring and achieved so much and I look back...

Thanks for the nomination Sam. I always enjoy reading all the FRR runner profiles, what an inspirational lot you are – giving us a snapshot of your running journeys. I hoped to avoid doing...

Thank you Seamus for the nomination, and like he mentioned we know each other through swimming, and part of the Felixstowe Swimscapes Channel relay team in 2016. I too, am a fairly recent member...

Well, this is a surprise! Nominated to do FRR’s first runner’s profile of 2024 by the mighty Dan G, who I actually know through swimming, is quite an honour for someone who sees himself...

Thanks for the nomination Luke. That’s one I owe you…. Where to start? I guess there may be some newer members who have no idea who I am. Why would you? Covid changed my...

Firstly many thanks to Adrian Goode for the nomination last month, having managing to dodge this for over 10 years as a Felixstowe Road Runners Member. I was lucky enough to be born into...

Thank you David Brewster for my nomination this month. WHERE IT ALL BEGAN! I am an Ipswich boy born and bred and my school year’s spanned all of the 1970’s. A fantastic decade where...

First I’d like to say thank you to Richard for nominating me. How can I follow such an inspirational running profile. Where do I start !?! Having lived in Felixstowe all my life you...

Early years My dad was in the Royal Navy, and I was born in Portsmouth.  We moved around the south coast a lot and when he eventually left the Navy and joined the Coastguard,...

Thank you, Chris for handing me the baton. It’s an honour to be asked, but I am a bit embarrassed too! I have read many of the previous articles and am in awe of...