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Proffeil Aelod / Member Profile NAME : Mike Doolan
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 RACE HISTORY: P.B's, YEAR and EVENT ACHIEVED 5km: 16.53 Rochdale 1989 BEST MOMENT IN RUNNING: Finishing the Tour of Tameside billed as the toughest challenge in British Athletics. 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) 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) 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! 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.
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