Category: Runner Profiles

Runner Profile hiatus

Runner Profile hiatus

We don’t feel that it’s appropriate at this time to celebrate a runner as we normally do on the first of each month. Instead, we direct people to Ben Jacobs’ profile from December 2018...

Runner Profile: Chris Boyt

Firstly, I’d like to thank Sarah for the nomination. I think I remember talking to Sarah about her nomination at the awards night, maybe I should have kept quiet! Early Years: As a child...

Runner Profile: Sarah Banham

Firstly thank you Gemma for the nomination, I still feel fairly new to running so will try and make this as interesting as possible! I also do tend to get told off at training...

Runner Profile: Gemma Gilbert

Firstly thank you to Tom for nominating me, Secondly I am, like many, not the best at writing about myself so apologies if you fall asleep half way through 😊. If you know me,...

Runner Profile: Tom Aykroyd

Firstly, thank you Andy Metcalfe for the nomination. I always enjoy reading everyone else’s interesting profiles, so the pressure’s on to make sure I don’t drop the baton! The Beginning I fell into the...

Runner Profile: Andy Metcalfe

First I want to wish all FRR members and their families a Happy New Year and hope everyone had a great Christmas. Many thanks to Neil Winton for my nomination. I had managed to...

Runner Profile: Neil Winton

Sorry, did I hear that right? You want me to write a runner profile? Thanks, Tom Stephens, for the nomination, but are you sure you’ve got the right person? When I read through the...

Runner Profile: Tom Stephens

I’d like to thank Darren for nominating me. And I wish I could cook as well as I can run. School days At primary school the track we ran on was only about 60m....

Runner Profile: Darren Storey

Thanks Dawn for the nomination, if only I could run as well as I can bake! How it started I was never really into any sports when I was younger; it was something that...

Runner Profile: Dawn Gibson

Intro I’m a Northerner, from West Yorkshire (so the best kind) but ended up in sunny Felixstowe after a girl’s holiday to Corfu, the summer my A levels ended, in a holiday romance with...