Public Profile
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| | Name: Graham Melrose | | | County: Kent | |
| | My Running I am a: regular recreational runner
I have been running for: Over 10 years
I run this many times a week: 1-3 times
My weekly mileage is about: 21-30
Running club / race organisation: I am a member of a running club
I do these types of running: road / pavement, trail / grass / woodland
My most important reason for running is: to get/stay in shape
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| | My three favourite events are:
Favourite: Marathon
Next Favourite: Ultra
Third favourite: Half-marathon
I take part in events: 1-11 times a year
I also do these sports: Mountain biking, Swimming, Walking (hill walking)
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| | For any one who is the slightest bit interested - returned to running in 2000 (age 43) after several years of doing bugger all.
Had my best ever running year in 2003 with a 1:23 half-marathon (Bracknell), two sub 3 hour marathons (Leeds and Loch Ness), 2nd place in 3 Forts Marathon and completed two ultra marathons (32 mile Dartmoor Discovery [5th place & best newcomer] and 56 mile London to Brighton [11th place & a silver medal for a sub 7:30 finish].
In 2007, to "celebrate" my 50th birthday, ran 5 marathons on 5 consecutive weekends - Paris, London, Shakespeare, Three Forts and the Orpington "Mara#Fun" followed later in the year by the Amsterdam, Gatliff and Luton marathons.
Ran two marathons in 2008 - Cold Christmas to Good Easter "cross country" marathon and the Gloucester Epney marathon.
So that's 40 marathons in total (maybe one day I might get to 100). Running hasn't quite taken over my life (I'm not as fast as I used to be and now I enjoy a glass of wine or two) but it's an important part of what I do. Photo was taken at the Taunton half marathon in 2003 - haven't changed much since then (a little older and greyer but sadly not very much wiser).
2012 Update - painful knees and loss of confidence have curtailed my running for the forseeable future - very p!ssed off and somewhat depressed at this. | | | Message me |
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