How it all began

I used to run as a child. My dad has been a runner as long as I've known him. Even now at 75 he runs 10KM faster than I can. Until I was 11 or 12 years old I used to run with him sometimes. I was a child member of Blackheath Harriers running club, occasionally even running in club events, including the 100 x 1 mile relay in 1969 to commemorate the club's centenary. In September 1967 when I was 10 years old, during a family caravaning holiday in Scotland, dad ran in a race up and down Ben Nevis. This photograph shows me running around the caravan site in Fort William. Around 1970 I stopped running. As a teenager it was no longer cool!