Middlesex CC (January 2019) Berkeley Fields, Greenford, 5th of January PHIL CROUT won an intriguing battle with Alex Lepetre and Christopher Wright over the 12,000m course of fairly firm ground...
Looking Back at Tokyo (January 2019) Remember that song, they played on the radio, when the 1964 Olympic Games was on “Good Morning Tokyo!” I recolect that in Tokyo there were attractively dressed...
Fraternity & Sorority Cups (December 2018) Trent Park Saturday November 24th and organised by Barnet & District AC ALEX LEPRETRE had the previous Saturday come third in the London Championships, at...
START FITNESS METROPOLITAN LEAGUE 3 (December 2018) Hillingdon House Farm, Uxbridge 1st of December PAUL MARTELLETTI had his second ever win in the Metropolitan League and following his London victory...
Mexico 50 Years Later (November 2018) Perhaps, the last really unusual venue and amateur Olympics was, in Mexico City in 1968. I went to Mexico with ‘Red Dragon Travel’ and, the bus that took us from...
Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister, was born in Harrow on the 23rd of March 1929, was married with four children. He died on the 3rd of March 2018. Back in the 1950’s his Personal Best times were 800/1:50.7...
Hercules Festival 5k’s (August 2018) HERCULES WIMBLEDON 5000m FESTIVAL NIGHT 15th of August The Festival 5k’s was a success again in good conditions, with 19 runners bettering 15 minutes and, 70...
The Legendary John Gilmour (1919-2018) John Gilmour (Born May 3rd 1919) John Gilmour, The most inspiring runner I have interviewed, since I started doing that in 1962, died at the age of 99 in...
Hercules Festival of 3k’s (August 2018) HERCULES WIMBLEDON 3000 OPEN GRADED MEETING Wimbledon August 1st The seven 3000 races put on were considered by the organiser Ben Noad, to be the First Hercules...
The ‘Great’ Irena Szewinska (July 2018) (Born Leningrad 24/5/46 died Warsaw 29/6/18) Irena Szewinska is in the Jewish Hall of Fame. Another fact. She was elected onto the IAAF on the 3rd of August...
Dick Quax (1/1/48-25/5/18) Just before the ‘Great’ trio of British middle-distance runners Seb Coe, Steve Ovett & Steve Cram led the World of middle distance runners in the 1980’s, an equally...
Night of the 10k PBs (May 2018) - part 9 Alastair Watson (June 2018) (Night of 10,000m PBs - Race 4) When did he decide to go ahead? “Jack Grey was in a little trouble holding his side and, we were...
Night of the 10k PBs (May 2018) - part 8 Joe Morwood (May 2018) (Night of 10,000m PBs - Race 4) Joe Morwood has something else to celebrate, other than winning at Parliament Hill. He is getting...
Night of the 10k PBs (May 2018) - part 7 Bethanie Murray (May 2018) (Night of 10,000m PBs - Race 3) Bethanie Murray (Thames Hare & Hounds) She admitted that Naomi Taschmowitz did a good pace making...
Night of the 10k PBs (May 2018) - part 6 Damian Nevins & Alex Lepretre Damian Nevins of Harrow AC won race 2 in the hottest part of the afternoon sun He remarked “Lepretre did a lot of the work...
Night of the 10k PBs (May 2018) - part 5 Chris Law (May 2018) From the very start of the 10,000 PB’s meeting, you could tell, as it was then bathed in beautiful sunshine, that the day would be a...
Night of the 10k PBs (May 2018) - part 4 Lorenzo Dini & Fionnuala Ross (May 2018) Lorenzo Dini (Born 2/10/94) wiped out his personal best of 29:31.11 to do 28:30.01, to win the 'B' race at Parliament...
Night of the 10k PBs (May 2018) - part 3 Ancuta Bobocel & Katrina Wootton (May 2018) Chemtai Lonah Salpeter, the Kenyan born runner, competing for Israel was the clear favourite for the women’s ‘A’...
Richard Ringer - Night of the 10k PBs (May 2018) On the Evening of the 19th of May 2018, Richard Ringer, (Born 29/8/89) from Germany won, probably the most exciting race ever seen at the historic...
Dave Bedford O.B.E at the 10k PBs (May 2018) About the Night of 10,000 PB’s, the last British runner Dave Bedford, to hold the world record for 10k (27:30.60 achieved in 1973.) Here he is talking a...
Steve Brace (May 2018) Steve Brace (Born 7/7/61) a well known official, organiser, and of course at one time an International marathon runner, from Bridgend AC. The club he has always belonged to...
Bruce Tulloh (29/9/35-28/4/2018) May 2018 MICHAEL Swinton ‘Bruce’ Tulloh, was born on 29th of September 1935 and died at home in Marlborough on 28th of April 2018. BRUCE TULLOH made an immense...
Mike Gratton on the Marathon (April 2018) I talked to Mike Gratton of Invicta AC; at the London Marathon Exhibition, the day before the 2018 London Marathon. (The 38th). Mike is the man who set up ‘2...
The Snow King (TFKJ) - April 2018 At 78. I now look back over the many years I have had and, realise there were three British runners who were my heroes because, they meant so much to me at the time...
Herts & Middx Vets CCC (March 2018) 25th of March 2018 ANDREW LEACH 54, whose son is International Matt Leach, who ran for the UK in the Europa Cup 10,000 last year, was a comfortable winner in 33:44...