NAME : Gordon Jones

D.O.B: 17/7/58

PLACE OF BIRTH : Liverpool

YEAR STARTED RUNNING: First race – Gwent League cross country in Nov 1982

HOW LONG BEEN A P.R.C MEMBER Two stints, first was 1984-86 and back again in 1992

FORMER CLUBS : Cardiff AC; Bridgend AC

RACE HISTORY: P.B's, YEAR and EVENT ACHIEVED
5km: Never raced one!!!
5m: 26.25 Denbigh 1992
10km:  31.39 Barry, S Wales 1983
10m: 52.28 Bridgend 1984
Half Marathon:  68.30 Reading 1989
Marathon: Only raced one - 2.40.51 Barnsley 1983

PROUDEST MOMENT: Either reaching the finish line at Langenau, Germany after 820 miles, or my half marathon PB achieved when running at my best.
FAVOURITE TRAINING SESSION/ROUTE: From home over the Tysilio mountain and down the other side towards Llangollen, then along the canal in to the centre. About 6 miles.

SPORTING HERO/HEROINE : I admire Paula Ratcliffe very much – such a gutsy performer
OTHER SPORTS ENJOYED: Football (Ruthin FC), badminton, golf – most really.

WHAT I WOULD WISH FOR THE CLUB :  That it grows, but the friendly ‘small club’ atmosphere remains.

FAVOURITE RACE: Castles Relays

HARDEST RACE: Not my Reading PB but a Dinas Bran race in 1993. Finished 8 th but found it ever so hard and decided there and then that I didn’t want to race for a while – it ended up being nearly 5 years! FAVOURITE RACE DISTANCE :  Was ‘longer the better’; now ‘shorter the better’!FAVOURITE SPORTING MOMENTS: Liverpool FC winning anything; seeing Seb Coe, Ovett etc. in full flow
PLACES YOU'D LIKE TO RUN: I’ve never raced abroad and would like to give it a try
PREFERED SURFACE: Was cross country, mountains …. now flat (short) roads!

FAVOURITE FILM:  Casablanca
FAVOURITE ACTOR: I like a lot of Tom Hanks films
FAVOURITE ACTRESS: Ingrid Bergmann, Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts
FAVOURITE TV PERSONALITY:  Struggling – can’t think of one

FAVOURITE SINGER/GROUP:  I’ll have to go high brow here – Rosalind Plowright (opera singer)
HATES/DISLIKES: Sorry – don’t have any (I asked my wife and she answered the same for me)

CRAZY MOMENTS : I said none – my wife says I have them every day because I’ve never grown up!
FAVOURITE SCHOOL SUBJECT: History

WORST SCHOOL SUBJECT : History – judging by my A-level result! Otherwise any of the sciences.
OTHER HOBBIES:  I run a Fantasy Football competition which takes up 2 nights a week, has 140 managers

across the country and raises £350 each year for a good cause. Reading – lots of.
FAVOURITE QUOTE: “Put it in perspective”. “ Soon it will be time for sleep. Let us not lose our way in this

solitude” (a bit morbid as it is about approaching death but lovely excerpt from the Four Last Songs - Richard

Strauss)

MOST VISITED WEBSITE: Athleticsdata now Power 10

RINGTONE ON MY MOBILE PHONE: Carmen for my own phone; no idea for my work phone.

 

 

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