ATHLETE'S PROFILE (11)
Jack Thomas (Buckley)
NAME: Jack Thomas
CLUB: Buckley Runners
ANY PREVIOUS CLUBS: CEPAC/ West Cheshire, Flint, Wrecsam Tri
AGE AND DATE OF BIRTH: 72; October 10, 1941
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN COMPETING: 33 years
ANY OTHER SPORTS PLAYED: Rugby, football, squash
OTHER HOBBIES OR INTERESTS: Art, classic car maintenance
FAVOURITE RACING DISTANCE: 10k nowadays, with occasional 10m and half-marathon
FAVOURITE RACE AND WHY: Nick Beer 10k - a fast downhill!; Alwen Reservoir 7m - beautiful and varied
FAVOURITE TRAINING SESSION: Intervals, either 10 x 400m or 10 x 30s bursts
PROUDEST MOMENT: Lake Vyrnwy Half - 77 mins; London Marathon - 2-51; Welsh Cross-Country vest, Over 60
WHOM DO YOU MOST ADMIRE (INSIDE ATHLETICS AND OUT) AND WHY: Marilyn Monroe - and I'm not saying why!
ANY PERSONAL AMBITIONS: An over-70s' Welsh vest?
ANY REGRETS: None, apart from foolish over-training and getting injured
ANY EMBARRASSING EXPERIENCES: Offa's Dyke Relay Challenge in sub-20 hours. I lost my way on leg halfway through. Challenge completed in the dark, with no records broken.
WHAT CHANGES, IF ANY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE IN THE SPORT: 1. It's a great local running scene. 2. Would like to see the Olympics cut down to size. It's currently too elaborate, with obscene amounts of resources to stage what should be a simple life-enhancing sport.
Jack Thomas (Buckley)
NAME: Jack Thomas
CLUB: Buckley Runners
ANY PREVIOUS CLUBS: CEPAC/ West Cheshire, Flint, Wrecsam Tri
AGE AND DATE OF BIRTH: 72; October 10, 1941
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN COMPETING: 33 years
ANY OTHER SPORTS PLAYED: Rugby, football, squash
OTHER HOBBIES OR INTERESTS: Art, classic car maintenance
FAVOURITE RACING DISTANCE: 10k nowadays, with occasional 10m and half-marathon
FAVOURITE RACE AND WHY: Nick Beer 10k - a fast downhill!; Alwen Reservoir 7m - beautiful and varied
FAVOURITE TRAINING SESSION: Intervals, either 10 x 400m or 10 x 30s bursts
PROUDEST MOMENT: Lake Vyrnwy Half - 77 mins; London Marathon - 2-51; Welsh Cross-Country vest, Over 60
WHOM DO YOU MOST ADMIRE (INSIDE ATHLETICS AND OUT) AND WHY: Marilyn Monroe - and I'm not saying why!
ANY PERSONAL AMBITIONS: An over-70s' Welsh vest?
ANY REGRETS: None, apart from foolish over-training and getting injured
ANY EMBARRASSING EXPERIENCES: Offa's Dyke Relay Challenge in sub-20 hours. I lost my way on leg halfway through. Challenge completed in the dark, with no records broken.
WHAT CHANGES, IF ANY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE IN THE SPORT: 1. It's a great local running scene. 2. Would like to see the Olympics cut down to size. It's currently too elaborate, with obscene amounts of resources to stage what should be a simple life-enhancing sport.
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