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I met a man today. - Seafront Plodder - 25-03-2006
Chap called Don Martin.
A large pat on the back to anyone who knows (or can guess) what his fantastic running achievement is.
[SIZE="4"]No Googling[/SIZE]... :p
I met a man today. - Seafront Plodder - 25-03-2006
Found.....
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid starring Steve Martin
I met a man today. - Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 25-03-2006
There is of course the famous Mad magazine cartoonist Don Martin, but I don't know of any running connection.
Did you get his autograph?
I met a man today. - El Gordo - 26-03-2006
Seafront Plodder Wrote:A large pat on the back to anyone who knows (or can guess) what his fantastic running achievement is.
Did he run the Zurich Marathon in under 5 hours?
I met a man today. - Seafront Plodder - 26-03-2006
Well he's one of an ever-dwindling group of people, and in the process has personally raised over half a million quid for charity.
I met a man today. - El Gordo - 26-03-2006
Fought in the First World War AND run the Zurich Marathon in less than 5 hours...?
I met a man today. - Sweder - 26-03-2006
He's the winner of the inaugural (line goes a bit fuzzy at this point) race.
There, that was easy . . .
. . . next . . .
I met a man today. - El Gordo - 26-03-2006
Come on SP, I can't stand the thought of another sleepless night, waiting for the answer......
I met a man today. - El Gordo - 27-03-2006
Sorry, but the tension was just too much for me....
http://www.everpresent.org.uk/
I met a man today. - Nigel - 27-03-2006
What a fantastic achievement for all of them.
I'm certain that this chap was the fellow who crossed Tower Bridge alongside me in the pouring rain during the 2004 London Marathon. He was tossing pancakes every step of the way, and finished in 4:19. Not too shabby for his 24th London Marathon, at the age of 67.
Actually, he has run the race more times than that, since I see he also completed multiple double runnings of the course, and even attempted triple runnings of the race on a couple of occasions, actually succeeding in 1998.
Also claims the three-legged world record for the marathon, completed in the 1995 race (3:58). Sounds quite a character, all round.
I met a man today. - Seafront Plodder - 29-03-2006
And it was an honour to meet the man.
he's run the last two with severely dodgy knees but is determined to keep going.
He told me that the response I gave was common from many people, especially so from runners who know what the sacrifices are to run just one; but (he said) there is a certain organisation, and the (his) perception is that they do not to give a flying fcuk about the 28 surviving ever-presents.
Have a guess who.
No pats on the back this time and they should be bloody ashamed of themselves. :mad:
I met a man today. - El Gordo - 29-03-2006
Seafront Plodder Wrote:Have a guess who.
Oh god, not another sleepless night.....
I met a man today. - Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 29-03-2006
Seafront Plodder Wrote:Have a guess who.
Errrrrrm, the British Association of Pancake and Pikelet Bakers?