Proffeil Aelod / Member Profile

 NAME : Mike Doolan

D.O.B: 27:10:51

PLACE OF BIRTH :Middleton, Manchester (so I believe)

YEAR STARTED RUNNING :1979 (although I ran for my school and county way

back in the 60’s)

HOW LONG BEEN A P.R.C MEMBER : 5 years, when I moved down here
FORMER CLUBS : Middleton Harriers, Oldham Royton, Salford Harriers

RACE HISTORY: P.B's, YEAR and EVENT ACHIEVED
mile: 4.56 Littleborough 5.12 Track Oldham

5km: 16.53 Rochdale 1989
5m: 27.51 Littleborough 1990
10km:  35.39 Leigh 1991 36.12 Track Oldham
10m:  57.41 Preston track 60.00 Track Oldham
Half Marathon: 77.03 Ashton 1992
Marathon:  2.48.57 Birmingham
Double Marathon: 5 hrs 29 mins 52.4 miles in 6 stages Tour of Tameside

MAIN HONOURS: 100yds & 200yds records at school (yards seems ages ago now it’s all metres.) Also represented county (Old Lancashie at these distances). One or two firsts in low key races and 1 st Vet o/40 in early 90’s. Silver medal in Newcastle to Morpeth Road Race after being in the bronze category for a few years.

 BEST MOMENT IN RUNNING: Finishing the Tour of Tameside billed as the toughest challenge in British Athletics.
FAVOURITE TRAINING SESSION/ROUTE: Used to be round Dovestones Resevoir at Saddleworth and laps of Hollingworth Lake, Rochdale, now just happy to get out anywhere, also loved the track sessions two or three times a week.

SPORTING HERO/HEROINE :  Steve Jones, Steve Cram, Paula Radcliffe

OTHER SPORTS ENJOYED : Oldham Athletic Football Club and Oldham Rugby League.

WHAT I WOULD WISH FOR PRC CLUB :  Always friendly, and seeing more and more younger ones joining and taking part.

FAVOURITE RACE:Manchester to Blackpool Relays, Leg 8, Tour of Tameside, Ballycotton 10 miler Ireland.

HARDEST RACE: Trailblazer 7 mile Halifax and Murder Mile and Manic Mile also Halifax. Manic Mile being over before you’ve bunked down very steep hill with hairpin bends.

FAVOURITE DISTANCE :  10 mile and half marathon (now 10 metres)

FAVOURITE SPORTING MOMENTS: Watching Oldham in the League Cup final at Wembley. Winning the Ashes. Going to watch the Barcelona Olympics in 1992

  PLACES YOU'D LIKE TO RUN: Out of my front door at the moment(no seriously Toronto Half Marathon and Jersey Half Marathon)
PREFERED SURFACE:  Track (but definitely not the old shale track though)

FAV FAVOURITE T.V :  Sporting events, the Two Ronnies, nature programmes. Reality shows a no no.

FAV FAVOURITE ACTOR :  Anthony Hopkins

FAVOURITE ACTRESS : Sandra Bullock

FAVOURITE SINGER/GROUP:   Searchers, Queen, Texas, The Who, Killers (Too many to mention)
HATES/DISLIKES: Political correctness, smokers, drug cheats in sports, bad behaviour from footballers who are well paid.

FAVOURITE SCHOOL SUBJECT : Maths/ P.E

CRAZY MOMENTS: Too many to mention, but loosing a shoe on the old cobbles at the London Marathon when thecarpet came away and trying to retrieve it! And when David Beckham walked in my business to buy a bike from me for Brooklyn!
OTHER HOBBIES:  Diving, collecting models, holidays amd more holidays.

FAVOURITE QUOTE : “When the gun goes off just run like hell”(the track coach at Oldham & Royton)

RINGTONE ON MY MOBILE PHONE: Don’t know, it never rings

FAVOURITE FOOD: got to be Italian and Indian, also the chippy now and again.

FAVOURITE CAR: gotto be the one in front but any that gets me from A to B quick and in comfort.

FAVOURITE HOLIDAY: America, Canada and Italy

FAVOURITE PLACES: used to be the top of the World Trade Centre, but now Niagara Falls.

REGRETS: None really, but too much mileage over the last 30 years has taken its toll on the old joints a bit, and not

breaking the hour on the track for 10 miler(finished in 60.00, had to do a 77 second last lap and did a 78!)

BEST DECISION MADE: To join Prestatyn Running Club in 2004 after a lay off from running for a while.