Category: Runner Profiles

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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....